Depressure |Worst Is Yet To Come |Inverse Records

Release Date February 20^th, 2026
Format Digital, CD
Genre Gothic Metal
Country Finland, Poland

Depressure formed in Joensuu, Finland back in 2006. After putting out a couple of demos and playing a few gigs, they went totally silent for about ten years. Antti Heikura brought the project back from the dead in 2018 and dropped the debut album "September" in early 2020. After packing up and moving to Poland, he assembled a brand new lineup featuring Paweł Kempa on guitar, Tomasz Kacmajor on drums, and Konrad Piątkowski on bass. They entered the studio in autumn 2024 to track this new album, "Worst Is Yet To Come".

The music pushes a mixture of alternative rock and cold northern metal, bringing huge walls of guitars and big melodic choruses. As a metalhead looking for decent depressive music, you will quickly notice this basically sounds like a boring version of Sentenced, especially the vocals. The singing completely lacks any real power or genuine sorrow to back up the heavy riffs. Honestly, the album title "Worst Is Yet To Come" says it all.

You get a standard dose of metallic crunch and steady drumming, proving the guys know how to play their instruments. The production keeps the guitars loud, making the choruses huge and audible. The massive problem comes down to the songwriting being completely generic and utterly forgettable. You hear the same standard rock beats and predictable melodies repeated over and over. When the guitar solos show up, they just happen and then fade away, completely missing the aggression you want from this kind of music.

The music is technically competent and the band plays the right notes in the right order. Depressure ultimately delivered a very average gothic metal album wrapped up in a dark Nordic aesthetic. You can probably nod your head to a few of the main riffs, as the rhythm section keeps a solid pace going. The entire thing just gets dragged into the mud by dull vocal lines and uncreative ideas that go nowhere interesting. If you want true Finnish misery done correctly, go listen to the old masters, because this release just misses the mark completely.

Score: 6.0