PALLBEARER
Forgotten Days
NUCLEAR BLAST
Arkansan doomsters return with the feelbad hit of the autumn
Pallbearer: head and shoulders above their doom peers
DEATH AND MISERY have long stalked Pallbearer’s output. Yet the past eight years have seen the band claw themselves out of the funereal pits of debut Sorrow And Extinction as they introduced stronger gothic, melodic and even prog elements into their repertoire. Sure, they haven’t exactly been sunshine and daisies since, but their gloom had transformed into something shared, almost triumphant. By the time the band released Heartless in 2017, their songwriting had reached anthemic peaks, albeit peaks they summarily flung themselves from.