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ALBUM REVIEW: Worldless – The Sun’s Journey Through The Night

Since the release of their debut demo The Endless Night in 2019, THE SUN’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE NIGHT have quickly become one of the UK’s most prolific acts, resulting in a swift rise to prominence within the underground. The band’s blend of grating, discordant black metal and heady dark ambience has given this project a sound that is atmospheric and claustrophobic in equal measure, gaining them a reputation as one of the best raw black metal acts in the country. Now, with the band’s sole member being joined by a full line-up and beginning to tour, they look poised to rise even higher, and their fourth album Worldless shows a more inspired and focused version of what this band could be moving forward.

Abolishing Consciousness , with its shimmering atmospherics and sludgy guitar tone, proves to be an immersive and monolithic start to proceedings, ducking and weaving between crystalline moments and visceral frenetic ones with ease. The acerbic howl of the vocals perfectly complements the weighty hooks, tinged with melodic flourishes, making this an extremely eclectic track with an opaque, murky quality that helps make everything sound even more beguiling. Worldless leans into the lighter, polished guitar sound that was hinted at on the first song, but applies a more jarring approach to the playing, turning this into an angular slab of black metal with soaring, grandiose elements that distinguishes it from the denser, darker sound of its predecessor. A lot of space is left open for dark ambient passages, which add another hypnotic layer to an already varied and adventurous offering, thickening out the sound with an ethereal touch.

Void Walker adds even more depth to the album’s sound, with subtle, borderline symphonic keyboards and acoustic guitars setting the scene before the music launches headlong into a vicious slab of blistering black metal with razor sharp guitars, thunderous drums and acidic vocals, blending the heavier and punchier components within the band’s sound together more seamlessly than on the last two tracks. It’s another cavernous, imaginative number that pushes the music into an even more ambitious direction. Grief, The Star , a shorter, more subdued effort, completely strips away the black metal core of the album and embraces the underlying ambient keyboards more fully, serving as a powerful interlude between the album’s two halves and using only the barest musical elements to create an engrossing and dramatic break from the rest of the record.

Flood Of Flames picks up seamlessly from where the last track left off, introducing grand, post-rock inspired guitar work that very abruptly lurches into blistering, caustic black metal, serving as perhaps the album’s most grating and aggressive offering so far. Everything, from the intricate drums and tight, razor sharp guitars through to the arid, piercing vocals, feels more focused and intense, rarely departing from this speed and ferocity, other than for a few cleaner, ponderous moments from the guitar that are peppered liberally throughout. Even these sections are imbued with a discordance that makes them feel sinister, playing up to the dark ambient undercurrent within the band’s sound whilst using these elements to complement the music’s harsher side.

Orion adopts the formula of the preceding track, but manages to add catchier leads and a punchier sound overall, with the end result being an impressively bestial slab of black metal with some excellent memorable hooks and venom-soaked vocals and jarring flourishes that help keep things anchored well within the genre’s more acerbic side. The haunting atmospheric interlude at the heart of the song similarly is one of the album’s best, in no small part due to the underlying symphonic touches that immediately grab the listener’s attention. This is a suitably epic conclusion to the record, bringing things to a close on arguably one of its strongest efforts.

Worldless is easily the band’s definitive album so far, with the sound feeling far tighter and more polished than on their first three albums, without sacrificing any of the intensity and acerbic qualities that made their early work so impactful. Much of the murky rawness of those early records has been stripped away, but still has a place deep within the sound, with a lot more emphasis being placed on the black metal rather than the dark ambient influences within the band’s sound. The fact that this album was written and recorded by four rather than just one person has helped to make it sound more varied and imaginative, building on the strengths of the band’s earlier records and presenting a tighter, leaner and, most importantly, catchier version of their established style, making this a much more eclectic piece of music as a result.

Rating: 9/10

Worldless is out now via Church Road Records.

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The Sun’s Journey Through the Night – Worldless | Album Review

Enigmatic UK black metal outfit The Sun’s Journey Through The Night return once again to explore the suffering wrought by the cosmos with the staggering new studio album; Worldless.

Hailing from the spiritual home of metal and initially starting as an anonymous one-man black metal project, Birmingham based frontman known only as No One has been cultivating a signature sound for a number of years now. Debuting in 2019 with the aptly named DEMO 1 , The Sun’s Journey Through The Night quickly gained an audience for their (self-described) “raw, chaotic and cathartic” black metal, thematically exploring personal traumas through narratives that take inspiration from “creation, death, the universe and life beyond humanity”.

With the aspiration of evolving from just a studio project after releasing three full length studio albums between 2020-2021, No One recruited a full live band to showcase the material. Finding the chemistry between all parties so strong in a live environment, this led Lune, Deimos and Corvus joining the band full time to contribute to new album Worldless , arguably the band’s most accomplished work to date.

Opening track ‘Abolishing Consciousness’ sets the stage perfectly. Beginning with multi-layered guitars saturated in reverb, chiming in the distant expanse before walls of oppressive distortion make themselves known like a gut punch. Churning back to the remote post-rock ambience briefly before finally unleashing into raw black metal fury with one hell of a main hook. The turbulent textural shifts continue, not only throughout ‘Abolishing Consciousness’, but across Worldless as a whole.

“ Balancing the traditional black metal vocal style with significantly more emotive output, at times the vocalist’s pain feels all too real, almost agonisingly so.  ”

The title track opens with post-metal riffs that are very reminiscent of Russian Circles and Amenra (if they were a little faster), before No One’s vocals stir up the blast beats to come. The track has a heavy groove that permeates the black metal theatrics, even featuring a tasty little guitar solo for good measure. As the track winds down, so do the band, continuing to repeat the main riff only getting slower and heavier each time before deteriorating and fading out.

There are a variety of explorative moments across the six-tracks and thirty-nine minute run time, bolstering the power of the black metal passages by allowing room to breathe around them. ‘Void Walker’ takes great advantage of this, with synth layers building ambience and an acoustic lead introduction with a haunting, almost primal, vocal passage that sits somewhere between spoken word and softly sung. It patiently builds anticipation for around two minutes, letting the ambience fade before dramatically returning in intense fashion, replicating the acoustic chord patterns through tremolo guitar work.  

All the expected hallmarks of black metal are present, relentless tremolo riffs on the guitars and bass, cataclysmic blast beats and double kick on the drums (with some absolutely ludicrous fills thrown in for good measure) and No One’s piercing howls. The lyrical themes channeling No One’s personal traumas are presented phenomenally through their vocal performance. Balancing the traditional black metal vocal style with significantly more emotive output, at times the vocalist’s pain feels all too real, almost agonisingly so.  

“ One of the more unique black metal releases of the year ”

‘Grief, The Star’ acts as an instrumental interlude and a reprieve from the fury, if only briefly. Using electronics and samples to build capacious atmospheres that swell and grow, tension weaved throughout the instrumentals as a highly filtered spoken word passage lingers just below the surface, feeling like a lost transmission emanating from the depths of the void. It seamlessly flows into “Flood Of Flames”, piano notes gently ring out in the distance as post-rock melodies accompany the underlying synthesis as the band blend monolithic riffs with their black metal aggression, yet still it closes with an unsettling ambience of gentle post-rock melodies.

The closing track ‘Orion’ is arguably the most intense track on the album and a fitting thematic and emotional climax. The band really pull together an excellent amalgamation of the textures explored across the album, the relentless emotion heavy black metal core taking centre stage at the start. At around the two-minute mark the beat breaks, leaving just a simple drum beat, one guitar and vocals before they themselves fade away into ambient guitars and electronics. This gives way to a stunning programmed orchestral passage dominating the middle of the track as the ambient guitars and electronics support the epic orchestral melodies building to a crescendo, reaching the emotional and instrumental zenith as the album fades away.  

At times hypnotic and expansive, at others claustrophobic and haunting, The Sun’s Journey Through The Night continue to carve away a space for themselves within not only the UK, but the wider black metal scene. The wider influences drawn in and the exploration of varied soundscapes make for one of the more unique black metal releases of the year and a milestone of the growth and maturation within the UK scene.

Score: 8 / 10

Wordless is released july 28th via church road records. pre-order the record here. , the sun's journey through the night.

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Album Review: The Sun’s Journey Through The Night – Wordless

• August 2, 2023

I can’t be the only one who has very specific artistic itches that need to be scratched. Whether it’s a certain author’s style, a favorite movie or TV show, or a unique band, we all have our preferred avenues we explore.

I got into black metal later in life than some (thanks Catholic upbringing for the sheltered existence). The first black metal act that I fell in love with was Gaerea. Here was a band with some mystery, sure, but who took the maximalism of post-hardcore, the emotion of post-metal, and a furious streak of third-wave black metal. Maybe it’s because I resonate more with philosophy and personal turmoil than European history, but there was just something that hit me in that cranial pleasure center. Where are other bands who take similar ideas and marry them with black metal’s fury?

Enter The Sun’s Journey Through The Night (hereafter TSJTTN) and their fourth release. Wordless, finds the masked frontman, No One, adding to a prolific and unique catalogue and firing on all cylinders. Lyrics that balance philosophy, trauma, and deontology? Check. No clue who the actual frontman is? Check. Eerie atmosphere? Triple Check. Where TSJTTN breaks away is with a powerful and fairly unique implementation on the modern black metal formula. With blast beats and haunting tremolo riffs aplenty, you know you’re square in black metal-land; however, there’s much depth and creativity on display throughout Wordless that impressed on initial and repeated spins.

Musically, I hear a lot of Church of Ra in the use of atmosphere, hardcore fury, and extreme emotional investment. Listening to Wordless feels like stumbling upon an ancient pagan religious rite, the kind that may or may not end terribly, though you are drawn to a certain beauty amidst the growing unease. TSJTTN’s use of noise and almost mathcore segments remind me of Converge at times in the best way, though I won’t dare use that word that rhymes with pedalcore.

To get back to the beginning, sure TSJTTN are imbued with the sorts of things that I like about Gaerea, though what separates them feels more interesting. Having gone to Portugal this past winter, Gaerea absolutely sound like their home country—baroque, opulent, introspective, and thrown about by the sea. There’s also the touch of the Gothic, like their country’s famous architecture. TSJTTN, while allegedly hailing from the U.K., feel more universal and borderless. Again, hints of that Belgian angst, American fury, and worldwide despair permeate Wordless . This is a harder band to pin down, and they are all the better for it. In the battle between the two bands, there are no losers. Do you like maximalism? Go for Gaerea. Do you want to feel every emotion all at once? TSJTTN is your guy.

Ultimately, it does no good to argue whether a band fits a certain mold, though it’s important to note that Wordless might go down as the black metal record of the year. It’s that good and likely to be on repeat if you give it a chance. The Sun’s Journey Through The Night are harrowing and magnificent.

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The Sun's Journey Through The Night is the creation of it's masked frontman, whose true identity has always been obscured and hidden. Name's have come and gone, but the moniker that has been most consistent for the dark figure behind the project is "No One".

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With three albums behind him, each reaching a larger audience than the last, No One began assembling a live version of the band, in order to take his comic black metal from the solitary world of one-man black metal, to the live stage. The visceral energy of this live version of the project led to live musicians Lune, Deimos and Nereid joining the band to help write the monolithic new album "Wordless".

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Full Album Stream: The Sun’s Journey Through the Night – ‘Wordless’

What began four years ago as a solo project by an anonymous masked fiend who goes by the moniker No One has been transformed on The Sun’s Journey Through the Night’s  fourth full-length release,  Wordless.  On this newest effort No One is joined by three collaborators—Lune (guitar), Deimos (drums), Corvus (bass)—in crafting a dynamic, modern black metal album rife with ambient flourishes contrasting the doom-laden hatred fueling the bulk of the material. And in assembling this lineup, No One has transitioned from performing all instruments to simply providing vocals.

The six-track Wordless is set for release via Church Road Records on July 28 on vinyl, CD, cassette and digitally. You can preorder it here .

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“ Worldless is the chaotic cultivation of every key element of this project’s sound thus far when pushed beyond their breaking point, into a new sonic world that TSJTTN has never traversed before. The world that has been built within this album is darker, faster, heavier and routed in a story that has been five years in the making since No One began this journey through the darkest reaches of the cosmos. This is Worldless .”

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The Sun’s Journey Through the Night – Worldless

How did black metal become a high brow artform? To answer that, we must highlight its differences with old school death metal. Compare a photograph of Death in 1987 with Mayhem in 1987 – which band look like adults (despite the corpse paint)? Analyse the lyrical content – Mayhem are ashamed of an early song called ‘Chainsaw Gutsfuck’ because of its perceived immaturity. When not rehashing the church of Satan, Black metal bands write about the abyss, about staring into the void, and about transcendence. Traditional death metal bands prefer blood and gore. They sound like frustrated jazz musicians when they embrace technical music; black metal artists earn the avant-garde moniker when they do the same.

Anonymous English composer, No One , released the debut LP by The Sun’s Journey Through the Night in 2020 and now unleashes album number four in as many years. His vision for metal is of the blackened variety, where man recognises the loneliness of his existence as a speck of dust in a galaxy that never acknowledged him and therefore cannot even offer the insult of forgetting him. The levels of rage are as loud as the silent moments of contemplation. Vocal shrieks hide a masculine voice that could enhance any hardcore band. High-treble guitar distortion gnaws into your brain like a persistent tic that entered through your nostrils.

For this record, No One expanded the line-up after recruiting a live band in the aftermath of album number three. Opener, ‘Abolishing Consciousness’, starts with a mystical passage of resonating guitar arpeggios before the first power chord erupts at 00:45 to announce the arrival of your personal dark angel. For, as Kafka might have said, your fate was always to be confronted with this angel on the appointed day of your reckoning. No One’s flesh-ripping vocals dominate the mix, but the drum patterns put up a heroic show of force throughout the seven minutes and six seconds of chaos. New York black metal quartet, Liturgy , are the nearest comparison until the song slows down into an atmospheric cloud of doom metal posturing. The title-track leaves no risk of losing momentum as the successor song. It dares to experiment with distorted seventh chords in a hurricane of blast beats and agonising screams. Imagine a vengeful father who finds himself alone with his daughter’s rapist – that’s the aggression level here. You think the switch of dynamics from nuclear to new dawn at the four-minute mark is the end, but it comes back to life as if emanating from the bottom of a mass war grave.

The search for abstract melodies among the cacophonous noise is one of the more interesting aims of this album. Progressive elements seep through into the maelstrom of distortion. The same atonal guitar sequences beloved of label mates, Svalbard , appear here. Sometimes, you could do with a hammer fall of chunky guitar riffing to compliment the violence of the drums. ‘Void Walker’ is as much fun as meditating on the emptiness of the universe. But that’s the point – there’s no place for fun in black metal. This is serious art. Its creators read Nietzsche and appreciate the works of Herbert Spencer.

No One (ridiculous as that name sounds) understands how to create an album experience for the listener. He doesn’t leave you in the throes of yawning, either. Thirty-nine minutes is just right for a record of this substance. The interlude at ‘Grief, the Star’ may be built on suspense drones and eerie atmospherics, but it leaves you hesitant as well as intrigued. Does it conjure images of an extra- terrestrial presence stranded on planet earth or the dying transmission of an astronaut stranded in the outer reaches of space? The enchanting melodic droplets of keyboard at the beginning of ‘Flood of Flames’ sound like a search for life rather than a disavowal of it. Only when the void speaks back to you at 01:09, like a hungry vacuum, can you feel the force on your skin.

Closing track, ‘Orion’, doesn’t bother to warm you up for the leap into the storm, yet it uses the midway point to reset to a delicate flow of clean guitar chords and ethereal bass notes. A string ensemble emerges from the solitude as if Philip Glass has possession of the conductor’s baton. There’s no denying that No One fancies himself as a serious composer, and few will disagree if he reaches his full potential over the coming years.

Release Date: 28/07/2023

Record Label: Church Road Records

Standout tracks: Abolishing Consciousness, Worldless, Orion

Suggested Further Listening: Noctule – Wretched Abyss (2021), Kamra – Cerebral Alchemy (2022), Liturgy – 93696 (2023)

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SEATTLE (AP) — Kumar Rocker’s debut in the majors finally arrived. It was a mixed bag for his highly anticipated first outing.

Rocker threw four innings for the Texas Rangers on Thursday night in their series opener against the Seattle Mariners. It was the conclusion of a lengthy journey through the pro game for the one-time college phenom and the top pitching prospect in the Rangers organization.

With his parents watching from the stands, Rocker endured a shaky start, giving up a single to Victor Robles on the first pitch of his career and a dribbling single to Julio Rodriguez. But he escaped the first without damage getting strikeouts of Cal Raleigh and Randy Arozarena, and a flyout to the warning track from Luke Raley.

He eventually struck out seven, at times leaving Seattle hitters guessing . Rocker missed a chance to leave with the lead after giving up the first run of his career on Justin Turner’s solo homer in the fourth, but watched as his teammates came back from a three-run deficit to claim a 5-4 win over the Mariners.

Rocker was pulled after throwing 74 pitches. He allowed three hits and walked two to go along with the seven strikeouts.

“We got him where we wanted him, around 75 pitches, and he’s got to feel good about that start,” manager Bruce Bochy said. “I’m sure he was nervous out there, and then the first two guys get hits, and, you know, he’s got runners in scoring position, nobody out, and he made pitches when he had to. So it says a lot about him.”

After being a dominant star in college at Vanderbilt, Rocker was the 10th overall pick by the Mets in 2021 amateur draft and went unsigned due to medical concerns. Texas drafted him third overall in 2022 and he has recovered from Tommy John surgery in May 2023 to earn the promotion leading to Thursday’s debut.

“It’s been an incredible journey,” Kumar Rocker’s mother, Lu Rocker said on the Rangers TV broadcast. “And he’s just come out just fighting, putting his head down, and just working hard.”

Rocker smiled when talking about having his parents in the stands for his first start in the big leagues.

“(It means) a lot. I’ve been blessed,” Rocker said. “And I also play for them. Everything I do is for them, from college to here, just trying to make them proud.”

Texas general manager Chris Young said it was a “fun weekend” for the Rangers with Rocker’s debut, followed by Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer scheduled to start Friday and Saturday.

“Obviously we’re getting Max and Jacob back on subsequent days and then on top of that having our top draft pick from a couple of years ago make his debut. Someone who is not just making a September debut, someone who has really kind of flown through the minor leagues because of his performance who has now earned the opportunity to pitch in the big leagues,” Young said.

The 24-year-old Rocker has a 1.96 ERA in 10 games for three different Rangers affiliates since July 5. In his final two starts for Triple-A Round Rock, he had 18 strikeouts over 10 innings, and finished with 47 strikeouts and four walks in 29 2/3 innings over seven starts combined for Double-A Frisco and Round Rock.

“I’m excited. I’ll say that. The fans should be. This is a big part of our future when you’re looking at Kumar and Jack (Leiter) and young guys that come up,” Bochy said.

For Rocker, the key to bouncing back from his tough start to the game was to rely on his “favorites”— a sinker, and his wipeout slider that helped lead to 17 swings and misses from Seattle.

“That’s the beauty of that pitch,” Rocker said. “I’m glad I have it, glad I work on it, and things can be a little bit better once that (fastball) command comes back.”

Rocker’s dad, Tracy, is the defensive line coach for the Tennessee Titans. Tracy Rocker left the team following practice on Thursday to fly to see his son make his first start.

“Forget being a coach. Now he’s the happiest parent, you know, one of the happiest parents in the world,” Titans defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson said. “And to be able to go to see your son throw out the first pitch in a Major League Baseball game and your son has gone through the adversity he has and went through the minors to get to this point? Man, it’s a hell of a feeling.”

While the journey to get to the big leagues was long and winding, Rocker’s parents never had a doubt he’d get here.

“At 2 years old, I told my husband he’s going to be a pitcher,” Lu Rocker said.

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