He Is Never Coming Back
Gaza · 2009
51 min · 14 tracks · sludge metal
A chaotic blend of mathcore and sludge metal, delivering relentless heaviness with intricate time signatures and abrasive textures.
Top tracks — play these first
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How It Is. How It Is Going to Be. — This opening track sets the tone with its dissonant riffs and complex rhythms, encapsulating the band's signature sound and lyrical themes of despair.
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He Is Never Coming Back — The title track delivers a raw intensity that distills the album's overarching feelings of loss and hopelessness into a compact, powerful statement.
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Carnivore — This track showcases Gaza's ability to balance aggression with melodic elements, offering a glimpse into their musical versatility while still maintaining an unrelenting pace.
Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
The album showcases complex songwriting and a unique sound within its genre, though it lacks some cohesion in sequencing.
What we noticed
- The album features abrupt tempo changes, often shifting from slow, heavy riffs to fast-paced sections within the same track.
- Several songs end with extended instrumental sections that gradually fade out, leaving a lingering heaviness.
- Composition 25% of the score
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7/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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6/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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6/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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8/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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5/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
Significant within its genre. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 How It Is. How It Is Going to Be. 4:31
- 2 The Kicking Legs 2:56
- 3 Bishop 3:05
- 4 The Biologist 0:49
- 5 Windowless House 1:56
- 6 He Is Never Coming Back 2:07
- 7 Canine Disposal Unit 4:21
- 8 The Anthropologist 0:39
- 9 The Meat of a Leg Joint 3:20
- 10 The Astronomer 2:35
- 11 Tombless 3:53
- 12 The Historian 1:02
- 13 Carnivore 4:06
- 14 [untitled] 15:56
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