Dispar
Autumn Ends


4.5
superb


Release Date: 10/01/2023 | Tracklist

Review Summary: Blackgaze is back with one of it's best albums in a decade.

Blackgaze is a subgenre of black metal that will get purists pissed the hell off. How dare anyone mix such a sacred, Satanic genre with, dare I say, the beauty and atmospherics of post-rock and/or shoegaze? Alcest was the band that pioneered the sound in the mid to late 2000's and ever since then there has been a massive amount of bands trying to pull off the blackgaze sound and that continues in 2023. Problem is, most bands that have tried to imitate have fallen flat on their faces. Dispar is a one man blackgaze band from Brazil and he's looking to reverse the trend.

Autumn Ends is only this guy's debut (after one demo) and I'm already willing to say that he's better than 99% of Alcest copy cats out there. Dispar is so much more than a copy cat though. Nothing less than sheer emotion, both agonizing and beautiful, can be found in every single atmospheric riff, every single wailing cry and every time you get lost in the drove of keys that are constantly portraying an image of dreamland yet never intrusive. This album is a constant balance of darkness and sunlight, love and loss. Most blackgaze bands fail to keep the listener engaged because of the monotony. There is absolutely none of that to be found here. If you're not being mezmorized by the hypnotic riffs, you'll be lost in the atmosphere of ambient bits and melodic keyboards.

For only being a debut album, Autumn Ends really sets a high standard for Dispar going forward. When your first release is an album that, in my personal opinion, is one of the most varied and engaging listens a genre has seen in the past decade, you know expectations are going to be high. I can't wait to see what Dispar does with those expectations, but this will do for now.



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Hawks
October 4th 2023


93615 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Really enjoyed writing this one. Hopefully you fucks will check it out. m///

bellovddd
October 4th 2023


6779 Comments


never heard of blackgaze. but sounds tasty.

Hawks
October 4th 2023


93615 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Get on it ahrd bro.

DadKungFu
Staff Reviewer
October 4th 2023


5489 Comments


Damn keeping busy with the reviews, nice

Hawks
October 4th 2023


93615 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Thanks bro!!!

Hawks
October 4th 2023


93615 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

GIVE THIS ATTENTION COME ON MEN FUCK!!!

MarsKid
Emeritus
October 4th 2023


21035 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

Your writing actually is pretty solid here and I'm impressed with the growth you've shown! Blackgaze isn't usually in my wheelhouse but I'll give it a shot.

Hawks
October 4th 2023


93615 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Means a lot bro thank you!!! If you dig Ecailles and/or Kodama from Alcest there's a great chance you'll dig this too. m///

MarsKid
Emeritus
October 4th 2023


21035 Comments

Album Rating: 3.7

Yeah this has some pretty moments, "The Day I Lost You" to the end is a great run.

Hawks
October 4th 2023


93615 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Yessss glad you dig bro!

Azazzel
October 4th 2023


937 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

this was a lovely start to my listening sesh today with the breezy cold-front rolling through. the kind of mesmerizing river you get lost in

Hawks
October 4th 2023


93615 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Fuck yeah!!!

zaruyache
October 5th 2023


27750 Comments


im listening

Hawks
October 5th 2023


93615 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

U dig???

zaruyache
October 5th 2023


27750 Comments


hawks you really need to start hitting up Sadness' back catalog if you like this kind of blackgaze, this is basically Sadnesscore.

Hawks
October 5th 2023


93615 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I've been jamming some of his stuff recently. He has so much music but I'll get through it slowly but surely lol.

zaruyache
October 5th 2023


27750 Comments


his older dsbm-kinda blackgaze is def what you should look into first, that's what this stuff sounds the most like.

Hawks
October 5th 2023


93615 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I've heard Close, The Rain That Falls Alone, Somwhere Along Our Memory and I Want to Be There and they all slay ahrd. I'm jamming Rose/Lavender right now and it also slayz.

zaruyache
October 5th 2023


27750 Comments


yeah Somewhere Along Our Memory and Leave are probably his most popular depressive blackgaze albums. Rain is also good, then Circle of Veins/I Want to Be There are prob his best and most experimental.

Hawks
October 5th 2023


93615 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I just bought Such a Short Time off of his Bandcamp so guess I'm gonna jam that one next lol.



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