HolyName were already featured on the pages of this zine, as they released singles that were prior to the release of this full length opus with Facedown Records. This one features twelve songs. Music of HolyName is not Krishna hardcore as their name would suggest(anybody remembers the same titles 108’s album?), but it is also devotional in lyrics, this time a love letter to their beliefs and their souls and what the guys in the band carry within themselves. Music of HolyName is interesting mixture of gentle melodies with post hardcore guitar vibes and atmosphere, like in Meet Me Somewhere. But, there are also harsher and strong metalized hardcore elements where brutal vocals mix perfectly with almost ethereal clean main vocals on choruses. The perfect example for that is one of my personal favorites Creed. There are also some almost blast beat drums in Sect, another personal favorite of mine. I don’t know why exactly but in vibe these guys remind me a bit of hardcore version of Polish band Batushka. Incredible how this band shifts with ease from doom metal influences to blasts of hardcore energy to ethereal melodies and this album shows really varied and strong songwriting. Great one.