Band info
Band: Echoes of the Moon
Album: ‘Extract‘
Genre: black metal, post-black metal
Released: February 27th, 2026
Location: US
Review
Experimental metal fans gather, as today we present the 5th album of Echoes of the Moon, a metal band from Chicago, Illinois. No, you won’t be listening to any Sufjan Stevens-style folk strumming from Echoes of the Moon, but the catalogue of already released material from this project features a wide breadth of musical references, from shoegaze and post-rockish atmospherics to avant-garde and noisy soundscapes, while still having a very central metal influence (even at its non-metal material).
While albums like 2024’s ‘Absence‘ and 2019’s ‘Presence‘ have such characteristics, this year’s ‘Extract‘ is undeniably a metal album with rasping black metal vocals and riffing that shows elements of technical black/death metal, centred around a more expansive post-metal vision, with lyrics that tackle issues like exploitation and the ruination of human creativity through AI. There’s a lot of thought and talent behind these long, expansive compositions, so Echoes of the Moon bears a lot of potential for the future, for sure, and an already big body of work that welcomes exploration.
Other links and platforms:
BC: https://echoesofthemoon.bandcamp.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/echoesofthemoonmusic
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/echoesofthemoon