On his new single "please answer..." alexsmind pours raw emotion into a 13-minute pit of drone and doom metal as heavy in sound as it is in spirit. Inspired by the legendary band Boris, the track is a reflection of personal struggle, anxiety, and the dichotomy of communication in the modern era.
Beneath the song's landscape lies the track's heartbreaking backstory. The title is a plea, a self-address inspired by alexsmind's internal struggle with phone calls. Even something as apparently ordinary as a ringtone can be a trigger, a gateway to memories or anxieties that last longer than the phone calls themselves. This song becomes a means to process, cope, and express oneself without words.
"please answer…" is an unapologetically slow, loud, meditative work. Its dense layers of sound reel you in and manage to keep you captive, like a fog you're loath to leave. It's even more affecting due to the lack of vocals, allowing you just enough room to breathe in the tension and the turmoil present in each riff and drone.
"please answer…" is a tender tone-poem muffled by feedback and reverb. It doesn't rush. It doesn't comfort. It exists, and it has power. Those into droning, sludgy doom metal need to check this out, as alexsmind has done an excellent job of creating something absorbing, meditative, and unapologetically blunt. alexsmind has made a moment. A place to sit with the silence, to feel the static, and perhaps even answer the call within.
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Reviewed by LyricalOdyssey Music
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July 02, 2025
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