Sludge/Doom Metal band MODDER was formed in Belgium in 2020. This album is the band's third full-length release. The album has six songs, and "Stone Eternal" is first. Following a gentle opening, without much sonority, the sound comes busting in like a freight train destroying concrete gates. The riff, bass, and drums are very weighted, and there is some electronica over top. When the drums fire, they sound like a machine gun at times, and the band's presentation is very tight. The heaviness of the song is perhaps only bested by the strong thread of darkness that runs through. "Mather" has a ton of weight…even more than the previous song. The band hits the riffs with deadly accuracy, and each strike is like a sledge hammer smashing through concrete.

"Type 27" enters with clean, even melodic tones, but it still quite dark and somber, but you can feel the tension in the air and you know the heavy sound is about to drop. It hits hard, like a Mike Tyson uppercut, before retreating into the shadows once more. "Mutant Body Double" has a thick and nasty groove, and man, that bass line is bossy. When I listen to the dark groove, I picture Satan himself on a joy ride, laughing and killing anyone he comes across. There are also some nifty electronic elements. "Chaoism" is another devastatingly heavy song, and you can talk about heavy, and then have a separate conversation about MODDER. Some of the riffs are tinged with Djent effects, and they make the sound even more weighted.

"In the Sun" is the final song, and it's another weighted offering, swirling with electronic and a punishing riff. The riffs chugs away like a truck's diesel engine, blowing a cloud of black smoke into the sky. Overall, this was an absolutely crushing album. Even without vocals, the point was easily made. They took whatever ingredients they could find, crushed them endlessly, until they dissolved into the stew with one stir. As I mentioned above, there is heavy, and then there is MODDER.