BETRAYAL by SMEGMASMOG

 

Honey, wake up, the new SMEGMASMOG just dropped, on time for International Women's Day!

It's super loud, really abrasive, and distinctively sad due to the keyboard lines added to the noise, feedback, shrieks, and tortured screaming.

If there was ever a depressive blackened HWN genre, this is it. Obviously, it thematically revolves around the title, which gives you a whiff of the upcoming rot, BETRAYAL.

It's a two-track album, over 40 minutes of pleasurable aural abuse. I could go on about it but you should really just make time and listen to what these chaps do.

It's available on their Bandcamp, and will also pop up on streaming platforms within the next month or so.

While you're clicking links, make sure to follow their Instagram page for more updates. They really deserve your attention.




The fusion of harsh noise wall with melodic keyboard elements creates something genuinely unsettling in ways traditional HNW rarely achieves. Where most harsh noise wall maintains an almost meditative static quality through sheer unrelenting consistency, SMEGMASMOG punctures that wall with haunting melodic fragments that feel like memories bleeding through concrete. The keyboard lines don't soften the blow, instead, they make the abuse feel more personal, more targeted, transforming what could be abstract sonic punishment into something that cuts closer to lived emotional experience. It's the difference between standing in a blizzard and standing in a blizzard while remembering warmth.

The International Women's Day release timing adds another dimension to the album's thematic weight, though SMEGMASMOG wisely lets the music speak for itself rather than over-explaining the connection. At over 40 minutes across two tracks, "BETRAYAL" demands serious commitment from listeners, this isn't background music or something you put on casually. Set aside time, ideally in complete darkness with headphones turned up dangerously loud, and let the feedback, shrieks, and keyboard-driven despair wash over you. This is noise as emotional exorcism, and it works best when you're willing to sit in the discomfort until something shifts.

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