Born out of both a personal and collective uncertainty, Never Return, the third album from Vancouver progressive death/black metal warriors Svneater follows their acclaimed 2021 album Chinook and finds the band exploring a period in time which has seen climate emergency, a global pandemic and the kind of worldwide upheaval which most of us will have never witnessed before. All of this unease has been channelled by the band into the harsh, progressive tones of their new album and, for the latest in our series The Standard, V13 sat down with guitarist and vocalist Vitharr Monteith and guitarist James Readman to have them talk more about the album. For those not familiar with SVNEATR can you tell us a little bit about yourselves? Vitharr Monteith (guitars and vocals): “In the simplest terms, ...