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Feb 5, 2026While the album covers a wide range of heavy sounds, Blackwater Holylight designed the album so some of these intensities bleed into each others while some intentionally upset the balance. It’s a perfectly architected expression of uncertainty and stress, one that only occasionally offers a reminder of hope somewhere in the distance.
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Feb 3, 2026Not Here Not Gone is Blackwater Holylight’s most assured record yet, powerful not because it overwhelms, but because it knows exactly when to hold back.
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Record CollectorFeb 2, 2026Not Here Not Gone reaffirms Blackwater Holylight's status as metal elites. [Feb 2026, p.101]
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Feb 2, 2026Marking their rangiest and most integrated foray, Not Here Not Gone is a doom, 'gaze, and stoner speedball. There’s an existential space here we all know.
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Feb 2, 2026Their most consistent and propulsive set of songs yet.
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UncutFeb 2, 2026"Bodies" and "Sludge" bring some metal chops to the show, but experimentalism comes in the shape of "Giraffe", based around a beat by David Sitek. [Feb 2026, p.31]