PALLBEARER — Heartless (review)

PALLBEARER — Heartless album cover Album · 2017 · Doom Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
Warthur
Heartless by Pallbearer feels like a bit of a gear change for the band. As you can tell just by comparing its tasteful, understated cover art with the phantasmagoria that decorated their previous two albums, this album represents a major aesthetic shift for them. Largely emerging from the shadow of the 1970s and the more traditionally doomy aspects of their sound, here they play a more modern style of melodic doom metal which feels like it could potentially have a bit more mass appeal than the apocalyptic stylings of their early work.

Whereas Pallbearer previously sounded like the world was ending, here they sound like their hearts are breaking; doom and gloom is still the name of the game, but the stakes and the tone are different. It's interesting, but I'm not sure how much more I'd want of this particular incarnation of the band, and it feels like this may be remembered in future as a transitional album for the band. I just hope what they transition into is as promising as their earlier traditional doom works.
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