7/10
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Sonically, Black Metal 2 tends to revisit its predecessor’s A-side, with even darker and terser results.
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Sweet Trip is mostly unaffected by the comeback curse on A Tiny House.
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The additional instrumentation doesn’t always do Jubilee favors, but rarely distracts from Michelle’s strengths as a lyricist and performer.
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Pray for Haiti would be a good starting point for getting into Mach-Hommy’s music.
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What Black to the Future has in refinement, it ever so slightly lacks in the electricity of the group’s past work.
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Iceage’s unruly energy can be at odds with Seek Shelter‘s grandeur, but only rarely is this at the expense of the album.
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Some of its ideas do get a little stale, but all in all Bright Green Field is an ambitious and very promising debut album.
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Gojira’s conceptual thoughtfulness remains a mark in their favor on Fortitude.
