Erdve - Savigaila (2021)

Heaviness, of course, is a subjective concept. While many focus on crushing riffs, pummelling drums and harsh vocals, there can be more to it than that. Sometimes, an album is heavy in more of an atmospheric sense. In other cases, records can carry a serious emotional weight, often in their lyrics or themes. Whatever your personal preference, there’s no question Lithuania’s ERDVE have pretty much all of that in spades. With just three members, the band’s mix of hardcore, black metal and sludge is utterly apocalyptic. They first made waves in our scene with 2018’s Vaitojimas, which now gets a much anticipated follow-up in the form of Savigaila.