Review: Light The Pyres / Warcloud (Split album, 2025) | Blackened crust, hardcore

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Album: ‘Light The Pyres / Warclouds‘
Released June 20th, 2025
Location: US
Band: Light The Pyres
Genre: blackened crust, hardcore
Band: Warclouds
Genre: hardcore punk, blackened crust

Review

Today, we present to you a split of two projects, the first is the raw d-beat hardcore punk Warclouds, and the second is the blackened crust Light The Pyres.

The split features two numbers each; those from Warclouds are fast and ruthless with a political message, those from Light The Pyres are definitely black metal in lyrics and sound but with distinctly crust and hardcore punk elements. What both projects have in common besides punk, of course, is anti-fascism. Very cool split with decent music. Punks and metalheads are always against fascism.

We remind you that today is the International Day of Solidarity with anti-fascist prisoners. Support the local groups, go to the gigs they organise, come to their actions, give them intel, support them financially and with a good word. Let those who have sacrificed freedom know that they will never walk alone!

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