In The Company Of Serpents - A Crack In Everything (2025)

Unleashing a hefty dose of twangy Sludge/Doom Metal with some Stoner elements, today we have Denver’s In The Company Of Serpents with “A Crack in Everything”. As the band’s fifth full-length release, this album features over 43 minutes of engaging music that has a traditional vibe for the genre while infusing some Spagetti-Western undertones and a solid dose of heavy riffs. If you like bands like Yob, High on Fire, and Neurosis, check these guys out.

Opening with the crafty “Don’t Look In The Mirror”, the band opens the onslaught with some ripping riffs and a very catchy vibe. The raspy vocals perfectly blend with the tempo changes and the masterful melodies of the crushing guitars. Moving into funkier territories, the twangy “A Patchwork Art”, the playful “Cinders”, and the fierceness of “Endless Well”, the band experiments with a wider palette of elements, creating memorable tracks that induce plenty of headbanging moments.

The hypnotic “Buzzard Logic”, has just the right amount of repetitiveness to induce the listener into a trance, just to be fully woken up with pummeling guitars and very tight drumming. The atmospheric and acoustic interludes “Delirium” and “Tremens” are a spacer between the movements in this release, leading to the more Dark Rock/Folky vibes of “Until Death Darkens Our Door” and the closer. Closing with “Ghosts On The Periphery”, the band was holding out on us, being the best song in this release thanks to its very Neurosis-esque styling.

As a whole, “A Crack In Everything” is a very powerful release filled with masterful guitar riffs, a very dense and yet crafty wall of sound, and just the right amount of raspy vocals to be fully effective. The Company Of Serpents has certainly honed in their craft over the years, and with this release they make a statement that they are a force to reckon with. If you are ready to be sore from all the headbanging, be sure to pick up a copy of this release.

Label: Self-released

Release: July 11th, 2025

Genre: Doom/Stoner/Sludge Metal

Country: USA