Release Date October 1st, 2025
Format Digital/CD
Genre Post-Metal
Country France
Sick Sad World started making noise in France, turning pure human misery into loud, aggressive music. These guys signed with Atypeek Music and dedicated their time to writing about total despair. They play a massive, sludgy style of post-metal designed to completely wreck your eardrums and your mind. Now they drop "Deuil", a forty-one minute trip through the worst psychological pain imaginable. The band just pours out their darkest thoughts across five tracks of pure sonic depression.
The whole concept here tackles the agonizing process of grieving. The music follows the actual stages of losing someone, starting with total refusal and ending with some form of resignation. Sick Sad World builds gigantic walls of sound using distorted guitars and completely tortured vocals. The drummer just batters the kit, laying down a devastating foundation for all the sorrowful guitar leads. "Deuil" forces you into a dark corner, making you endure the agony right alongside the musicians.
The production is massive and incredibly loud, making sure every single riff smashes into your skull. Tracks like "Denial" and "Anger" throw huge chords and furious drumming straight at you. The vocals are mostly just primal, agonized screaming, sounding like a guy completely losing his mind in front of the microphone. Those screams echo violently over the hypnotic guitar lines. Sometimes melodic singing rises above the noise, giving you a tiny second of relief from the relentless audio beating.
Everything moves at a totally agonizing, deliberate pace. They switch from thunderous double-bass drumming into totally quiet, melodic parts without warning. Sick Sad World constantly plays with these dynamics, going from soft picking to absolute distortion overload. "Bargaining" shows off this dynamic approach perfectly, sounding like a desperate plea echoing in a massive cave. The band keeps this crushing intensity going for almost the entire runtime. Finally, "Acceptance" brings in lighter melodies, ending the misery with a tiny bit of daylight.
"Deuil" is a totally exhausting, heavy listening session. The French crew totally nails their vision of turning grief into loud music. The riffs smash things up, the vocals sound completely deranged, and the audio quality is super professional. A few of the slower parts drag just a little too long, stalling the momentum right before the next big riff explodes, keeping it out of total masterpiece territory. Sick Sad World put together a genuinely crushing album. You get pulverized by sadness, and then you just sit there in the dark.
Score: 7.5
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