Lorna Shore – I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me
Lorna Shore – I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me
Century Media
12/09/2025
Review by Oli Gonzalez
9/10
Well, this was different. It’s rare I dip my toes into the world of deathcore. I’m quite content to stay within my strange world of post, black metal, and instrumental rock. However, after discovering Lorna Shore’s upcoming release “I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me”, I couldn’t let this opportunity pass. After all, they’re creating quite the noise in more ways than one. They’re upcoming tour, which sees them come to the EU and UK in early 2026, is already selling out respectable-sized venues! Century Media are putting out some quality records as of late, too, and they seem like the suitable label to handle the release of a band of Lorna Shore’s calibre.
Things kick off with ‘Prison of Flesh’. Well, I thought I knew heavy music before encountering this monstrosity! It’s not just the gut-busting sub drops and crushing rhythm section at the crescendo of this song. It’s the slow build towards this, the orchestral elements in the background, provided by Andrew O’Connor, which elegantly build tension that is finally released in this volcanic eruption of a breakdown!
The lead guitar work is mindboggling! ‘In Darkness’ is perhaps the best example of this, in a track where you’d assume the riff was written first and the rest of the song was built around it. After all, guitarist Adam has clearly put in some effort to dial in the most incredible tones and craft the most elegant emotion from that lifeless wooden object. Genuinely, you’ll be rewinding this song multiple times! Especially the 4.30 mark for one of the finest solos I’ve heard in such a long time.
‘Unbreakable’ has been released for quite some time now, but it’s still worth mentioning. Namely due to the multitude of textures within this complex sound, and again for some wonderful lead guitar work. The pits caused by the savage breakdown will be biblical, too!
‘Glennwood’ feels like one of the more gentle and melodic numbers on this album, but still packs a potent punch. It’s another example of Adam De Micco taking a much-deserved spot in the sunlight for his incredible lead guitar efforts, too.
I haven’t really mentioned vocalist Will Ramos yet. Throughout the album, he is a force of nature, and this record is just another example of a vocal talent that ought to be studied by scientists! Any song off this record could be used to showcase this, but ‘Death Can Take Me’ is the one that I think demonstrates the raw aggression and primitive edge in his voice the best!
My favourite off of ‘I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me’? Easy; ‘Forevermore’. This near 10-minute rollercoaster will tear you apart in multiple directions emotionally, with the usual carnage you’ve now come to expect from Lorna Shore, interceding with tactical pauses that include pianos and violins that tug and gnaw at your heartstrings before chewing you up again with a savage wall of full-throttle intensity.
We haven’t discussed production yet, but let’s be clear, this really is next level! The beautiful, crisp melodies shine brightest when they’re needed, capturing the subtle emotion of orchestral elements (especially during ‘Forevermore’) elegantly, too. When the band want you to feel the bowel-shaking rumble of Austin’s drums and Michael’s bass, you WILL feel it.
This review may have lacked a little coherency. So let me make it simple. Lorna Shore have well and truly arrived now! “I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me” will be the noise loud enough to make others stop and take notice of a band who command respect.
Check out my VIDEO REVIEW here:
TRACK LISTING:
01. Prison Of Flesh
02. Oblivion
03. In Darkness
04. Unbreakable
05. Glenwood
06. Lionheart
07. Death Can Take Me
08. War Machine
09. A Nameless Hymn
10. Forevermore
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