“The Man Dies in His Hometown” or “Kokyou De Shinu Otoko,” as translated into English, marks the long-awaited full-length debut from the band Seek, despite their formation over two decades ago. Spanning a captivating 50 minutes, this album showcases the Osaka trio’s unleashing of tempestuous blackened hardcore. Within its corrosive tones and restless bursts, woeful riffs of despair and mourning emerge. Vocalist Suguru Inomoto passionately roars in his native Japanese, intertwining haunting clean vocals that soar alongside his screams. In the title track, he bellows, “Thread a thin needle through dry sand, a moth with no pattern dies elegantly,” confronting