Instrumental post-metal can lose me fast if the riffs aren’t carrying enough weight, or if the atmospheric parts feel like they’re just filling time. The Sky Was Colored as Hammered Lead never really had that problem.
The whole thing runs like one long piece more than eight separate tracks. I didn’t even catch where one ended and the next began the first time through.
The guitars are doing most of the talking here. Sometimes they drift for a while, almost weightless, then suddenly everything drops into these huge slow-moving riffs that feel way heavier because of how long the space before them was.
That title track hit hardest for me (intro – top!).
“Speak No Evil” too. Both of them build pressure for a long time without rushing it. When the heavier parts finally land, it feels earned.
That’s the thing I kept noticing on this album – patience.
A lot of bands in this style go straight for the loud part too early. This one waits.
There were moments that pulled me toward Russian Circles or Cult of Luna, maybe even some My Sleeping Karma in the calmer sections, but it never felt pinned to any of them for too long.
Fifty minutes went by quicker than I expected.
That usually tells me enough with a record like this.
Went back to the middle stretch right after it ended.
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Released by Argonauta Records on June 26th, 2026
Music source for review – Grand Sounds PR
