12/08/2025
𝔼𝕧𝕖𝕣𝔽𝕖𝕝𝕥 - 𝕊𝕥𝕚𝕣𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕎𝕒𝕜𝕖
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𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝘀𝘆𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀
Out of So. Illinois, EverFelt is an American psychedelic groove metal band, founded in the summer of 2022, and they have a new record, 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘰 𝘞𝘢𝘬𝘦, set to drop next week December the 15th. With musical influences that range from Alice N Chains and Audioslave to Pink Floyd and Slayer, the resulting sound amalgamation is nothing short of darkness personified. A style consisting of a harmonic driving force of psychedelic sounds with ominous metal undertones it often has my memory wandering back to bands like Danzig and Type O Negative. It channels the haze, the heaviness, and the hooks into something that doesn’t just sit in your ears, it bores into your brain. When they first sent it to me, I listened with head cocked like a curious German Sheppard. Unique to be sure, something kept me coming back, and somewhere between the second and third spin, it began to sink in, and before I knew it, I found myself here at the keyboard tapping away. Coming off a holiday week, I am going to get right to the point on this one, so lets get into it.
My first standout track is 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑. It’s ominous start puts you on notice. It almost has a wicked feel to it. For some reason, the chanty low key vocals at the beginning remind me of Maiden’s song, Hallowed By Thy Name. I can just hear it, “the sands of time for me are running looooooowww.” I hope that’s taken as a compliment, because it is Adam’s favorite song on the record. He told me it captures their psychedelic metal sound more than any of the other songs. Lyrically it is about the real you being the stranger within, not the outward you. He said he loves that philosophical concept. In my mind, akin to all of us wearing a mask we show to the outside world, keeping our true identity hidden. 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄 is another of my favorites. I like the tempered guitar and drumline at the beginning. When I compared to Danzig, this is one of the songs I think of, with the almost Powwow feel of the vocals. It just gives me a chanty feel right up until he lets loose with those Danzig howls. Powerful. 𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐂𝐇 𝟏 is my final standout and is the one that gives me the Type O feels. I don’t know if it’s that wet guitar, or the pitch of the vocals, but whatever it is I can hear “black black black #1” in the back of my mind every time it comes on.
All that being what it is, there has to be something I don’t like about this record, right? Certainly, it’s not all tiddies and beer? No, sadly it is not. I could never get on board with 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎. Fifty-seven seconds I could really do without if I am being honest. The first few times I listened to it I couldn’t help but think someone found a thesaurus and set about trying to purposely overcomplicate what should be a simple statement. The thought kept coming to mind, never use a big word, when a nanoscopic miniscule one will do. Not a fan of verbal intros to begin with, after the first couple of times I began to skip it.
So, there you have it, 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘰 𝘞𝘢𝘬𝘦 according to me. As the band puts it, music is the cornerstone of their existence, and with this release they aim to etch their energy permanently into the minds of anyone willing to take the trip. If you ask me, goal achieved. EverFelt is ready to rise, ready to shake the dust off the scene, and ready to pull listeners into their world. Is it a perfect 5 out of 5 horns? Maybe not, but I do like this record, and 3 standouts ain’t no joke. It can be hard trying to gauge the quality of the record itself, knowing these smaller bands don’t have the budget to compete, but all in all the sonics are pretty solid, and even with the aforementioned disdain for 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎, with a horn for each standout and another half for being unique in a copycat industry, I think I could make the case for a 3.5, so that is where I will stop and make my stand today. We put up a couple tracks here over the weekend, and added some to our Spotify playlist as well, so no matter how you do it, get these guys in your earholes and let me know what you think.
𝟏-𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎
𝟐-𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐂𝐇 𝟏
𝟑-𝐒𝐋𝐔𝐃𝐆𝐄
𝟒-𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄
𝟓-𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐄
𝟔-𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐁𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐄
𝟕-𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐌𝐘 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃
𝟖-𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑
𝒱𝑜𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓈/𝓁𝓎𝓇𝒾𝒸𝓈 - 𝒜𝒹𝒶𝓂 𝒮𝓉𝑒𝑔𝓁𝒾𝒸𝒽
𝑅𝒽𝓎𝓉𝒽𝓂/𝓁𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝑔𝓊𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓇 - 𝒞𝑜𝓇𝑒𝓎 𝑅𝑜𝒷𝒾𝓃𝓈𝑜𝓃
𝑅𝒽𝓎𝓉𝒽𝓂 𝐵𝒶𝓈𝓈 - 𝑅𝓎𝒶𝓃 𝑀𝑜𝑜𝓇𝑒
𝒫𝑒𝓇𝒸𝓊𝓈𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃 - 𝒟𝒶𝓃𝓃𝓎 𝐹𝓊𝓇𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔
