LETHVM // ACEDIA - CLEAR W/ BLACK SMOKE VINYL (LP)

LETHVM // ACEDIA - CLEAR W/ BLACK SMOKE VINYL (LP) RELEASE DATE: 10th Oct 2019 From the opening moments of “Fatigue,” Acedia’s lead track, Belgium’s Lethvm demonstrates why it is one of the most unsettling and remarkable bands to emerge on the heavy music scene in the past few years. Bursting immediately with fevered intensity and confrontational energy, Acedia is not a record that listeners can be passively involved with. This is music that shakes, inhabits and consumes you, demanding unrestrained physical response and emotional commitment. Acedia refers to the concept of spiritual apathy, of drifting listlessly away from that which you’ve thought to be your life’s purpose. While Lethvm seeks to explore and honor this conceptual foundation, they also offer a kind of respite from it. This is a record that is unrelentingly compelling and engaging; it never rests, and even in its quieter moments there is a sense of imminent explosiveness. Even as the band pays homage to the concept of l