Band: ATHOUSANDANGELSANDSEVEN
For fans of: Malevich, Crestfallen, Cult Leader, Rotting In Dirt, Gaza, Casket Dealer, and Closet Witch.
Genres: Punk / Hardcore / Metal / Metalcore / Metallic Hardcore / Mathcore / Screamo / Skramz / Grindcore / Doom / Sludge
For fans of: Malevich, Crestfallen, Cult Leader, Rotting In Dirt, Gaza, Casket Dealer, and Closet Witch.
Genres: Punk / Hardcore / Metal / Metalcore / Metallic Hardcore / Mathcore / Screamo / Skramz / Grindcore / Doom / Sludge
Related artists: Endless, Nameless, Birdhouse View, maintainer., Fainting Dreams, .sugar., Fatalist, Bodybox, Homesick, Shield Maiden, Graveview, and Noctambulist
Country: Denver, Colorado U.S.A.
Years Active: 2023-present
In late 2024 I got a message from Elle. I knew her from Endless, Nameless and was stoked to hear the new project was more raw and screamy - but nothing could have prepared me for the four songs I was about to disintegrated by. And just as I suspected when I agreed to release their debut, self-titled EP, ATHOUSANDANGELSANDSEVEN is making some fucking waves and have immediately carved out a niche for themselves in...uhhhhhh, less than a month. Okay so this is gonna be a pretty long review for just a four-track EP...but I'd argue this isn't long enough. Commence paragraphs.
"77 Years of Immeasurable Pain" lurches rabidly toward the jugular in a violent and chaotic assault only to lead quickly into a behemoth of a breakdown just 20 seconds in. The song then blows around like wild tornado, destroying houses and generally fucking shit up. This jam includes one breath of clarity and beauty via the eerie clean singing that sprinkles itself over the latter half of the song. I also must mention the absolute mastery that is the attack of the bees section at 1:39 which transitions beautifully into another prodigious beating complete with snarling, venomous vocals.
Years Active: 2023-present
Label(s): Zegema Beach Records
In late 2024 I got a message from Elle. I knew her from Endless, Nameless and was stoked to hear the new project was more raw and screamy - but nothing could have prepared me for the four songs I was about to disintegrated by. And just as I suspected when I agreed to release their debut, self-titled EP, ATHOUSANDANGELSANDSEVEN is making some fucking waves and have immediately carved out a niche for themselves in...uhhhhhh, less than a month. Okay so this is gonna be a pretty long review for just a four-track EP...but I'd argue this isn't long enough. Commence paragraphs.
Things are a bit more scary and less chaotic when "I can't understand how you never thought it would get to this point" gets started, with an almost doomy/sludgy build ala Malevich before the shrieking vocals careen the train off the tracks. Things get hella interesting around 1:10 with a very uncomfortable and discordant riff that leads to a crushing mid-section. The song flies off course again afterward and goes full head-fuckery mode with echoing vocals and instrumental nuances that are as unsettling as they are awesome.
My personal favourite track was released almost a month before the full EP on Zegema Beach's Zampler #24 and those two things are definitely connected. "We Suffer (the Same Fate)" goes SO FUCKING HARD. It opens with an audio clip discussing the fragile nature of our hearts and love before absolutely eviscerating the listener with a section that sounds like a 20-ton pendulum swinging back and forth uncontrollably...and it's decked-out in razor-sharp blades. The death pendulum finally lands at 1:20, completely severing the part of the brain that stops one from entering the pit and throws you in frothing at the mouth. The simple palm mutes, rolling drums, and cacophonic screams of "just one more shove!" combine to make a truly deadly...dare I say...chorus? as the song quickly circles back around to shove you back into the pit right after you nearly collapsed from exhaustion. Then my friends, then comes the ultimate riff. This ridiculousness starts revving up at 2:10 with some quick back-and-forths between the guitars before everything collides at 2:19, detonating in a cataclysmic explosion that ruins me to this day. Fucking hell, what a track.
Closer and obviously the fourth straight banger is "Clipped Wings", which while having the shortest runtime is also the jam that harnessed the absolute badass music video created by members of the band. The video is very "Sober"-esque (by Tool) with nightmarish and crude animation that could be put in any horror flick, while the song mirrors those gloomy and oppressive themes using an onslaught of maniacal shrieking, incredibly precise drumming, booming bass, and dark guitar wizardry. I love the ending of the song which is just an automated robot reciting the letters in the band's name over and over again.
So yeah, that's probably my EP of the year, and top 3 at the very least. 7"s coming in the summer, and a podcast with the entire band coming the first week of March. New material? You betcha. Oh and they're playing ZBR Fest 2025 muhahahahaha. The year of ATHOUSANDANGELSANDSEVEN!!!
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DISCOGRAPHY
2025 - athousandangelsandseven cassette/7"EP (stream/donate/download here)
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(2025) ATHOUSANDANGELSANDSEVEN - "Clipped Wings" (from 'athousandangelsandseven') official music video
(2025) ATHOUSANDANGELSANDSEVEN - "We Suffer (the Same Fate)" (from 'athousandangelsandseven')
(2025) ATHOUSANDANGELSANDSEVEN - "77 Years of Immeasurable Pain" (from 'athousandangelsandseven')
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ATHOUSANDANGELSANDSEVEN additional links
Video review of "Clipped Wings" from HMHD (start at 1:30:47)
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