Instrumental post-rock/post-metal band Coastlands’ previous album, The Further Still (2018), was one of the finest releases the post-anything genres had seen for quite some time, and now the band are ready to release its follow up and Translation Loss Records debut in Death (released on DUNK! Records in EU). Opener “Abandoner” swirls with ominous energy reminiscent of Cult of Luna (particularly on latest release A Dawn To Fear) which makes it no surprise that their own Magnus Lindberg handled mastering duties on the album. This feeling is present throughout the length of Death; where previous releases and much of the post-rock genre would conjure sorrow and longing, Coastlands manage to go one step deeper and invoke stronger feelings of devastation and threat. The back half of the second t...
