QRIXKUOR- Womb of the World

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Not many bands can beat QRIXKUOR when it comes to impossible names to pronounce. Everything about this band exudes seriousness, the kind that promises music capable of taking you to new levels of despair and horror. Enter Womb of the World, an album that, judging by its cover art alone, is ready to fight for a spot in my top releases of the year. The album only has four tracks! This is either going to be amazing or crush my will to live in all the wrong ways. I’ll just warn you now: there won’t be anything easy about this tortuous journey.

There’s no way around it — this album gives Spectral Voice a run for its money. It’s no surprise they share the same label. The sense of cosmic and deconstructive horror here is suffocating. There’s nothing remotely accessible about Womb of the World; it’s a voyage through imagery so disturbing that words barely do it justice. I can’t even come up with a single joke about it — that’s how murky and anxious it feels. The chaos is relentless, reminiscent of Ingurgitating Oblivion, with that same sense of structure dissolving into something grotesque and unknowable. This is Death/Doom taken to its most obscene and impenetrable extreme.

And yet, somehow, amid all the madness, there are graceful moments of melodic brilliance that force me to compare QRIXKUOR with the best works Deathspell Omega released decades ago. It’s without a doubt a contender for “outro of the year” in my book. The string work is stunning — it gives the album an enormous sense of scale. You feel like an ant facing monolithic structures you can’t possibly comprehend. The overwhelming horror is undeniable, but so is the intricate ambition behind the band’s vision and how utterly uncompromising it is. Do I have complaints? Not exactly — just a deep unease that lingers long after listening.

Womb of the World is a maze of nightmares and pain, with tracks that feel longer than getting your teeth pulled without anesthesia. It’s impenetrable to a degree that will send most people running, but that’s part of its challenge — and its charm. The production is a beautiful mess, and that chaos is precisely what makes the album so haunting. At the same time, it’s what will push many listeners away. In a way, the ideas here draw from old-school Death Metal but stretch them to the next level of horror and excess. QRIXKUOR is the embodiment of extremity itself, and you might not be ready for this overdose.

With mixed feelings of confusion and joy, I can only invite you to experience something truly extreme — an album that might just crawl back into your dreams. Hopefully in a good way, but probably more like the soundtrack to an endless fall into a lightless pit, where you never quite hit the ground. It’s been a quiet year for Disso-Death… until now. Is this an album of the year contender?

Label: Dark Descent Records

Release date: November 7, 2025

Website: https://qrixkuordeath.bandcamp.com/album/the-womb-of-the-world

Country: UK

Score: 4.5/5.0 (I’m not playing it save this time)