Skip to content

Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life

Games, Horror & Heavy Metal…What Else Is Life For?

  • Game Reviews
    • Xbox
      • Xbox One X
      • Xbox One
      • XBox 360
    • Playstation
      • PS3
      • PSP/PS Vita
      • PS1
    • Mobile
      • Pay Up Front
      • Free to Play
    • Nintendo
      • Nintendo Switch
      • Nintendo 3DS
      • GameCube
      • N64
      • SNES
      • NES
      • Game Boy
    • Sega
      • Dreamcast
      • Saturn
      • Mega Drive/Genesis
    • Steam
  • Horror Movie Reviews
    • Years 2020 – 2021
      • 2021
      • 2020
    • Years 2010 – 2019
      • 2019
      • 2018
      • 2017
      • 2016
      • 2015
      • 2014
      • 2013
      • 2012
      • 2011
      • 2010
    • Years 2000 – 2009
      • 2009
      • 2008
      • 2007
      • 2006
      • 2005
      • 2004
      • 2003
      • 2002
      • 2001
      • 2000
    • Years 1990 – 1999
      • 1999
      • 1998
      • 1997
      • 1996
      • 1995
      • 1994
      • 1993
      • 1992
      • 1991
      • 1990
    • Years 1980 – 1989
      • 1989
      • 1988
      • 1987
      • 1986
      • 1985
      • 1984
      • 1983
      • 1982
      • 1981
      • 1980
    • Years 1970 – 1979
      • 1979
      • 1978
      • 1977
      • 1976
      • 1974
      • 1973
      • 1972
      • 1971
      • 1970
    • Years 1960 – 1969
      • 1968
      • 1966
      • 1964
      • 1962
      • 1960
    • Years 1950 – 1959
      • 1958
  • Rock/Metal Reviews
    • Album Reviews
      • 2021
      • 2020
      • 2019
      • 2018
      • 2017 & Before
    • EP Reviews
      • 2021
      • 2020
      • 2019
      • 2018
      • 2017 & Before
    • Live Reviews
      • 2021
      • 2020
      • 2019
      • 2018
      • 2017
      • 2016
      • 2015 & Before
    • Festival Reviews
    • Music Demo Reviews
  • Extra Entrails
    • TV Series Reviews
    • Book & Comic Reviews
      • Horror – Book Reviews
      • Comic/Graphic Novel Reviews
    • Horror Shorts Reviews
    • Top Lists
      • Top Lists: Gaming
      • Top Lists: Horror
      • Top Lists: Metal
    • The Definitive Lists
    • Video Game Soundtracks
    • Game – Movies/TV
      • Game – Movie Reviews
      • Game – TV/Web Reviews
      • Game – Book Reviews
    • Rock & Metal
      • Music – Movie Reviews
      • Metal/Rock – Book Reviews
    • Opinions
  • Contact/Advertise
    • Contact Us
    • Advertise With Us
    • Interviews
      • Music
      • Authors
      • Horror
    • Competitions: Terms & Conditions
  • Shop
Album Reviews 2019 

Album Review: Third Island – Unspeakable (Self Released)

28/11/201926/11/2019 Carl 'The Disc' Fisher Album Review, Albums, Albums 2019, Doom, heavy metal, Metal, Post Doom, Post-Metal, Self-Released, Third Island, Unspeakable

Third Island are a post-metal band formed in 2015 and based in Limerick, Ireland. Aiming to create a unique sound, the band draws from a wide array of influences including doom, post rock, shoegaze, sludge, progressive and stoner rock to experiment within their post-metal framework. Using huge guitar tones and against a backdrop of slow, pummeling rhythms, they set out to create a stifling, dark atmosphere tinged with haunting melodies, contrasted against itself through varied structures.

It’s been a little while since we checked in with Third Island. Following up their debut release Omelas, the band are back on the 29th November with their new album, Unspeakable. The second full length and fifth release by Third Island, is themed around a selection of short stories by H.P. Lovecraft, with each song lyrically following a different story.

 

 

Without compromising the heavy doominess and post-metal taste of what we’ve come to expect from them, Third Island deliver a much more refined and melodic listen here. A layered album, the eight tracks that make up Unspeakable are thought-provoking and dark, often the hopelessness of the music matching up nicely with the subject matter.

Talking of which, Lovecraft is always an interesting subject matter to be inspired by and Third Island certainly do the horror legend justice. Not just lyrically but in making each track feel like as confounding and puzzling as the author’s work. You never know what you’re going to get next but rest assured that it will be cold and dark.

The strength in the Unspeakable comes from the the mournful heaviness, where two different style of vocals work in tandem. One clean and clear, the other gruff and throaty. These, over deep cuts of post/doom rhythm, are very appealing. The likes of ‘Til A’The Seas, Dunwich and It Wakes creeping and crawling up towards you and before you even know it, you’re in caught in a vice-like grip.

Third Island can be so damn heavy but their disconcerting approach to how that comes out on Unspeakable is memorable as hell. Ward is a standout example of a track that is brutally heavy while confounding the mind with squealing guitars and savage drumming. It and the others like Cyclopian Ruins really get under the skin. Really deep under the skin, where no matter how maddening the itch is, you can’t get relief.

Third Island – Unspeakable Full Track Listing:

1. ‘Til A’The Seas
2. Whisperer
3. Ward
4. Dunwich
5. Cyclopian Ruins
6. Unnameable
7. The Colour
8. It Wakes




Links

Bandcamp | Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube

Third Island - Unspeakable (Self Released)
  • The Final Score - 9/10
    9/10
Sending
User Review
0 (0 votes)
Liked it? Take a second to support Carl 'The Disc' Fisher on Patreon!

Share this:

  • Tweet

Related

  • ← Previous Horror Movie Review: The Spirit Gallery (1995)
  • Album Review: Revel in Flesh – The Hour Of The Avenger (War Anthem Records) Next →
Support GBHBL on Patreon!
Buy Me a Coffee at ko-fi.com

Top Posts & Pages

  • Best Multiplayer Horror Games For Android!
    Best Multiplayer Horror Games For Android!
  • The GBHBL Definitive Ranking of the Bad Ben Movie Series
    The GBHBL Definitive Ranking of the Bad Ben Movie Series
  • Horror Movie Review: Dybbuk Box: True Story of Chris Chambers (2019)
    Horror Movie Review: Dybbuk Box: True Story of Chris Chambers (2019)
  • Game Review: Stairway to Heaven! (Mobile - Free to Play)
    Game Review: Stairway to Heaven! (Mobile - Free to Play)
  • Game Review - Slendrina The Cellar (Mobile - Free to Play)
    Game Review - Slendrina The Cellar (Mobile - Free to Play)
  • Horror Movie Review: What the Peeper Saw (1972)
    Horror Movie Review: What the Peeper Saw (1972)
  • Album Review: Bushido Code - The Ronin (Upstate Records)
    Album Review: Bushido Code - The Ronin (Upstate Records)
  • Game Review: Save the Girl! (Mobile - Free to Play)
    Game Review: Save the Girl! (Mobile - Free to Play)
  • Horror Movie Review: Sick Boy (2012)
    Horror Movie Review: Sick Boy (2012)
  • 2021 Album Reviews
    2021 Album Reviews

Archives

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy

Copyright © 2021 Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life. All rights reserved.

We occasionally run sponsored content/promotional articles and some of these may relate to online gambling. When the Fun Stops, Stop.