Consisting of only two members – guitarist/vocalist Tyler Campbell and drummer Julia Geaman – Nott summons an all-smothering vortex of doom-death. With viscous tones, and with tempos ranging from mid-paced to glacial, Hiraeth unfolds like a slow-motion free fall into the abyss.
The album title is a Welsh word with no direct translation, but which Campbell defines as "the longing for what once was, and what you cannot go back to." The title takes on new weight, in light of Campbell's and Geaman's personal stories. The two migrated to their current homes in the Pacific Northwest, by way of Alaska and Romania, respectively.
Buy the album, here (LP): https://silentpendulumrecords.com/collections/nott
Buy the album, here (digital): https://silentpendulumrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hiraeth
More info: https://thechainworld.blogspot.com/2023/05/nott-hiraeth.html
"There’s a storm brewing out there, and it’s coming from the Pacific Northwest. Nott, the dynamic duo of Tyler Campbell and Julia Geaman, has summoned the clouds to rain death-doom terror on their upcoming album Hiraeth. If you’re a fan of the dissonant death metal that emerged over the last decade from bands like Ulcerate, then you definitely need to get harmonized with this."
–Decibel
"The sophomore effort from Pacific Northwest duo Nott is a uniquely devastating prospect that lands in some kind of fascinating middle ground between death-doom and deathcore to stand out as one of the heaviest records of the year."
–Distorted Sound
"As a duo, the devouring bleakness of previous work is omnipresent, a suppression of positivity that disintegrates into something bordering on catastrophic... 'Hiraeth' finds solace in turmoil, drawing creative strength from the darkest places."
–Heavy Music HQ
"The tumultuous two-piece of Tyler Campbell and Julia Geaman evoke the oppressive sounds of both Triptykon and Immolation, while the vocals shred with each successive decibel. They're able to conjure an uncomfortable atmosphere that becomes more real and fully realized with each successive pick scrape..."
–Invisible Oranges
"Nott is impossibly heavy... This band knows another level many other bands do not. Taking on the music feels like mental and physical tumult, a struggle to survive where the surroundings feel uninhabitable."
–Meat Mead Metal
"A shadowy realm brimming with anger, denial, and desolation. Nott‘s sound is deathcore’s response to Ulcerate."
–Metal Epidemic
"'Hiraeth' is dark and heavy. When it's not pummeling you with death metal blasting, it crushes with lumbering doom."
"The tumultuous two-piece of Tyler Campbell and Julia Geaman evoke the oppressive sounds of both Triptykon and Immolation, while the vocals shred with each successive decibel. They're able to conjure an uncomfortable atmosphere that becomes more real and fully realized with each successive pick scrape..."
–Invisible Oranges
"Nott is impossibly heavy... This band knows another level many other bands do not. Taking on the music feels like mental and physical tumult, a struggle to survive where the surroundings feel uninhabitable."
–Meat Mead Metal
"A shadowy realm brimming with anger, denial, and desolation. Nott‘s sound is deathcore’s response to Ulcerate."
–Metal Epidemic
"'Hiraeth' is dark and heavy. When it's not pummeling you with death metal blasting, it crushes with lumbering doom."
–Metal Injection
"Each track is packed with some of the most whip smart songwriting and whip ass bleakness we’ve heard in some time... It is a huge leap forward for a band that already had a knockout punch of a debut."
–Nine Circles
"A brand of death-doom that will surely cause California to fall into the ocean... Riffs that sound like a boulder being dropped off a skyscraper."
–No Clean Singing
"Nott deliver galactic devastation of the highest order."
"You will Nott regret checking this out... It can shift enigmatically from an angular Ulcerate riff to a plodding doom pace to an almost deathcore-ish growl and breakdown."
–Toilet ov Hell
"'Hiraeth' is an absolute monster of an album from Nott, benefitting from massive guitar tones, crushing vocals and gorgeous overarching production..."
–Two Guys Metal Reviews
"Each track is packed with some of the most whip smart songwriting and whip ass bleakness we’ve heard in some time... It is a huge leap forward for a band that already had a knockout punch of a debut."
–Nine Circles
"A brand of death-doom that will surely cause California to fall into the ocean... Riffs that sound like a boulder being dropped off a skyscraper."
–No Clean Singing
"Nott deliver galactic devastation of the highest order."
–The Heavyist
"You will Nott regret checking this out... It can shift enigmatically from an angular Ulcerate riff to a plodding doom pace to an almost deathcore-ish growl and breakdown."
–Toilet ov Hell
"'Hiraeth' is an absolute monster of an album from Nott, benefitting from massive guitar tones, crushing vocals and gorgeous overarching production..."
–Two Guys Metal Reviews
