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Wormwood returns with The Star, a 2024 release on Black Lodge Records that solidifies the Swedish collective's position as architects of expansive, genre-defiant metal. Building on their reputation for layering death metal, thrash, and black metal into something far stranger than any single descriptor allows, this record represents another step into their increasingly ambitious sound design. Where previous work established their willingness to traverse cosmic and existential territory, The Star pushes those impulses further into the void.

The album opens with STJÄRNFALL and sweeps through standout passages like A DISTANT GLOW, LIMINAL, and GALACTIC BLOOD—each title suggesting the band's continued fascination with isolation, vastness, and the spaces between worlds. THOUSAND DOORLESS ROOMS and SUFFER EXISTENCE deepen this exploration, layering dissonant guitars against arrangements that shift from crushing density to near-ambient drift. The sonic palette here feels deliberately fractured, with the band using silence and space as aggressively as they use distortion. This is metal that feels less concerned with conquest and more preoccupied with documentation of dread.

Tracklist:

A1. STJÄRNFALL
A2. A DISTANT GLOW
A3. LIMINAL
A4. GALACTIC BLOOD
B1. THOUSAND DOORLESS ROOMS
B2. SUFFER EXISTENCE
B3. RO