Ropes Inside a Hole (RIAH), composed of members from the renowned Swedish post-metal group Suffocate for Fuck Sake, have followed up their debut album in 2019 with a split record in 2020 with Postvorta, and now their latest offering, A Man and His Nature. The album is steeped in the current zeitgeist of isolation, with the production taking place in seclusion and reflecting a sense of fear, hunger, doubt, and uncertainty that permeates throughout the album. From start to finish, the listener is transported into RIAH’s world, a world of melancholy and despair, with an underlying sense of musical calmness. A Man and His Nature’s six songs offer no joy, but rather an introspective exploration of the human condition, characterized by themes of solitude and isolation. The album show...