Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Holy moly Blackwater Holylight!

Photo by Magdalena Wosinska.
I've enjoyed Blackwater Holylight's music for a few years now, and dug last year's If You Only Knew quite a bit. The darkly atmospheric metal racket the band's members conjured up on that album seemed like it'd make for a great, slamming basement set if I ever had the chance to see them live. (This is a high compliment.) 

But on this year's Not Here Not Gone, out at the end of this month, the band does one of those quantum leaps from being a strong genre contender to being a great band.

Sorry for the brevity of my thoughts here, I was listening to this at work and was like holy heck why did I put off listening to this until today? and don't want you to make the same mistake. Get a taste below the whet your appetite until you can get your fill on January 30.

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