The Emptiness of All Things by Massa Nera

For fans of Frail Body, Orchid, Truck Violence, skramz, and being the one person who looks out at the world and dares to ask “why,” The Emptiness of All Things by Massa Nera dashes all our hollow, manufactured optimism with a dynamic, intense post hardcore sound. From moments of pure emoviolence intensity, complete with arm-breaking blast beats and throat-shattering screams, to sections of tense aesthetic sparseness, furnished only with suspended guitar riffs and whispered esoteric poetry, Massa Nera alternates between the eyes which witness injustice and the mouth which shouts out in vain. Pervading all of these shifts comes a general understanding that the gimmick solutions to our problems, or worse yet the spectacle designed to distract us from those problems, will never save us. Until we all reach such realizations, a ground-level reality of undue physical suffering and meaningless heartbreak awaits us all, leaving us no choice but to continue shouting at a crowded room with all ears sewn shut.