I will admit that this one took a little while to get into. The band switches gears somewhat frequently between sludgy doom metal, which I enjoyed, to moments of random feedback and noise, which I really did not care for. Nonsun is a very harsh listen. There is nothing particularly pretty about anything that the band does. When they are playing the more metallic parts, the tone is muddy and hostile and the vocals are rough. The noise parts are very grating on the ears as well. Of course, all of this is the point. Nonsun is not trying to be particularly pleasant. They are trying to be as loud and painful as possible. And in that respect they certainly succeed.
There are moments on the second track "Rain Have Mercy" that border on the catchy. As such, that is probably my favorite track on the EP. It also has far fewer noise moments. Of course with the good comes the bad, and third track "Message of Nihil Carried by the Waves of the Big Bang" is a complete noise/drone track. The final track makes up for it with its very slow burn leading into nothingness.
As I said, this one took a couple of listens to get into. There are some moments I did not care for, but by and large they were outnumbered by the good parts.
Nonsun bandcamp page.
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