Metalcatto
Jarring and hysterical are great ways to describe a band as productive as Krallice. For real, it’s hard to keep up with so many albums. Yet, I have my favorites—Go Be Forgotten or Dimensional Bleedthrough are excellent examples of a band that has maintained its quality. Even the last releases were good. So how can Scourge Order keep up the pace? How can it have even more NY artsy feels than anything the band has done before? Let’s find out.
So, Scourge Order has everything Krallice is loved and hated for: merciless pacing, constant anxiety, an almost instrumental approach to songwriting. The vocals are as usual just there as decoration, a way to increase the decadence of the sound. But the album is carried by its obscure and almost impenetrable atmosphere, which can wear down even the most enduring Metalhead. In that sense, the band is as strong as ever. There are no radical or obscene sound changes, but somehow everything is as engaging as before. The riffs are dense and the rhythms are chaotic. Exactly what the doctor recommended for you.
As with many Krallice albums before, the guitar work takes everything to a nightmarish dimension full of pain and agony. It demands real physicality to tremolo-pick so much for so long. Aside from the melodic challenge, the album will also destroy your wrist—but that’s nothing new. The tracks are long and full of suffocating sequences that at times are emotional and at other times cacophonic. Krallice really sounds like you’re drowning in wastewater. The production is thick and claustrophobic, making every note feel like it’s pressing against your skull.
Now, it’s always hard to rate such a polarizing act. On one hand, this is creative and audacious. On the other, those parade-band drums and uncompromising song structures can drive anyone mad. Don’t expect anything pretty or accessible from these guys. This is real NY art, which means the equivalent to watching the most abstract painting you can find and trying to work out what it means—if there’s any meaning at all. On a less pretentious note, you could argue that Krallice has done it all before, with small twists and turns to keep things interesting.
I’ve got exactly what I wanted from the Black/Death/Prog/Avant-Garde—yes, labels are useful, right?—act that refuses to give us anything comforting. Yet no other band sounds like Krallice. Simple and complex at the same time. Tormenting, but calming. This is the Immolation of weird bands. The one that, despite not revolutionizing its sound, can still give us something nobody else can.
Label: Profound Lore Records
Release date: September 28th, 2026
Website: https://krallice.bandcamp.com/
Country: USA
Score: 4.0/5.0
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