{"id":231444,"date":"2026-02-16T18:30:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.angrymetalguy.com\/?p=231444"},"modified":"2026-02-16T18:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:30:05","slug":"worm-necropalace-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.angrymetalguy.com\/worm-necropalace-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Worm – Necropalace Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Worm<\/strong>s are rich fodder for metal band names,1<\/a><\/sup> and it’s not hard to see why. They’re gross, alienlike, and carry connotations of death and decay; and that’s before you start spelling it with a ‘v’ and thereby reference dragons, sea monsters, and the Devil himself. While sharing the collective imagination, this <\/em>Worm <\/strong>definitely distinguishes themselves. After a shaky start, it was Foreverglade<\/em> that first saw Worm <\/strong>realize their potential with a lean towards doom-death that retained just enough synth-forward black metal and balanced a murky soundscape with syrupy sweet guitar solos. Since then, Bluenothing<\/em> and Dream Unending <\/strong>split Starpath <\/em>developed this characteristic sound, extending further into the spooky and atmospheric, whilst never losing sight of the slimy heaviness that apparently makes their music inaccessible to around 99% of the human population. Necropalace<\/em> being released on Century Media indicates the kind of meteoric rise the band has recently enjoyed,2<\/a><\/sup> but far from selling out, it’s this album that feels like Worm<\/strong> being the most entirely and unapologetically themselves they’ve ever been; and it pays off.<\/p>\n

Necropalace <\/em>is instantly identifiable as a Worm<\/strong> album: disEMBOWELMENT<\/strong>-esque cavernous doom-death, a dungeon-synth level of fondness for keyboards, and surprisingly beautiful lead guitars all echoing in a cavernous mist. However, following the trajectory set by the interim EP and split, the music now channels a different subgenre of horror. The grandiosity is more theatrical than imposing, the tone is haunting not by a sense of dread, but by an almost camp spookiness, and more time than before is given over to explosive forays into faster tempos. That may sound bad, but it’s brilliant. This expansion into pretty much all black metal has to offer musically gives Worm<\/strong>’s signature interweaving of sinister heaviness and eerie echoey melody room to spread its wings and express all the otherworldly magic and brooding drama it always teased. In Necropalace<\/em>, Worm<\/strong> transform fully from the swamp beast of yore into the haunted-castle-guarding dragon out of some weird dream<\/del> nightmare.<\/p>\n