Long has metal music had a reputation for tackling themes of personal torment whether it’s in the succumbing to our own inner demons or finding yourself rising above such adversity that could only be categorized as life changing. The crafting of an album can be the thing that drives a person forward in their very lives in order to keep them moving forward, rooted to this world in a way that very few other things can hope to accomplish. When one of the two helmsmen of Weeping Sores suffered a severe shoulder injury, it was the crafting of a new work from the promising death-doom of Weeping Sores that helped the man recover to overcome such a tremendous event. Within every given moment of this new opus, you can feel the pain and suffering while constantly alongside a band that is striving for something greater than itself with the results simply magnificent to behold.

Even with the inner turmoil that Weeping Sores faced in the crafting of this new offering, it demands to be made clear that there wasn’t peace outside in the world as well given all that has transpired over the six years since the last time we heard from Weeping Sores. To be tormented from within and without can lead to you finding yourself in truly dark times, and not everyone is able to overcome such adversity. However, it’s in being dead set on moving forward through such pain that “The Convalescence Agonies” takes on a form that feels as poignant and powerful as it is utterly enrapturing. Already did Weeping Sores show off their immense proficiency for their own particular brand of death-doom, yet it is here that we see such expertise expanded upon in stupendous fashion. Right from the beginning, it’s clear that this is a creation that digs deep in order to draw something from the deepest wells of the human soul. Between its riffs, intelligent instrumentation from an incredibly flavorful menagerie of guests, and raw passion that coats every minute of the record, “The Convalescence Agonies” is catharsis of the highest order. This is craftsmanship of the highest order delivered with such care and meticulous attention to detail to not just make this record an exemplary piece of death-doom, but an experience that cuts deep and always finds its mark.

The suffering of Weeping Sores is what drove “The Convalescence Agonies” into existence, and it’s through overcoming such turmoil that we’re granted a record that is just damned exquisite from beginning to end for it is in every given moment of this record that the performer bleeds truly and passionately to offer us an experience that is art of the highest order. This is the kind of opus that people go their whole lives hoping to craft with Weeping Sores accomplishing it on what’s only their second album. For anyone who wants to lose themselves in a gorgeously deep piece that has all the hallmarks of greatness, Weeping Sores is the only stop you need make.

“The Convalescence Agonies” releases on May 30th via I, Voidhanger Records!

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