To be honest, before I’d even hit play on Labyrinthian, the new album from US blackened death metal crew The Breathing Process, I’d seen the label Unique Leader and had mentally prepared myself to finish this record feeling like I’d been hit by a truck. By the end, how The Breathing Process actually left me feeling was more akin to someone taking a sledgehammer to every single one of my senses. Hurtling into “Terminal,” the mix of blast-filled death metal, dramatic breaks and black metal fury is truly epic. Lurching between relentless blasts of filthy deathcore and slower, more morbid passages, Labyrinthian is an album that takes you on a real journey. “Shadow Self” starts off with some epic symphonies before pushing you straight into a melting pot of symphonic metal, black metal and death...