GIRL OF GLASS’ LATEST RELEASE

MYSPACE REVIVAL FAILURE

Some Words Were Never Enough is Girl of Glass’ debut LP, coming after their wildly successful self-titled EP. This powerhouse of a group erupted into the deathcore scene in 2024 at the peak of the myspace revival sound. This band is a super group of metal musicians consisting of members from other high-profile bands like Fromjoy and Corpse Pile, both which differ greatly from this band’s sound.

Girl of Glass’ particular strain of deathcore is all about stripping the music down to its basics and making it as brutal and heavy as possible which is what they are known for. This really pushed them into the spotlight at the time and made them one of the biggest names in the scene. Now about two years after their first release, the myspace revival sound is starting to die off, but shockingly this LP has still managed to garner a large amount of attention from within the deathcore scene.

In this LP, the band took their sound and really polished the mixing, making it sound overproduced compared to their last EP. This change in mixing heavily altered their songs, losing their amateur and raw production style from their first EP. The band loses its charm in this album and begins to sound like a lot of other bands in the myspace revival movement. Sure, the album is more accessible, but it’s at the cost of losing what sets them apart. This is evident when comparing tracks like “Son Devouring His Saturn,” and “Heart Upon Stone (ft Spencer Aragon).” Both songs were in their first EP but have been rerecorded for this album. Listening to the two different versions gives a clear example in the change of mixing. In the myspace deathcore scene everyone has the same inspiration of late 2000s deathcore, so everyone will already end up with similar results, but taking away the mixing that made them unique really just makes it much harder for them to separate themselves from other bands.

Despite its issues, this album definitely has its moments, “xEnd Of Daysx (Where’s Nick Stacy?)” has some super fun and heavy riffs and tons of super crazy bass drops, and “MoreKnifeThanBack” has one of the most standout breakdowns in the album which really encapsulates what this album does right, barebone brutality. The drum production, simple guitar riffs and heavy vocals all come together to really emphasize this, no embellishments, just riff after riff of brutal breakdowns that make you want to mosh.

Despite its positive moments, I don’t think their efforts are enough to save this album. I believe that this album came out at a really bad time for its success; it seems like it is trying to participate in a trend that has already been played out. If this album came out a year or two ago, I think it would have done better commercially. All together this album feels like its missing style and content while replacing it with nostalgia for an older sound.