Country: Denmark
Genre: Dissonant / Progressive Death Metal
For fans of: Ulcerate, Gorguts, Cryptopsy, Blood Incantation
Release: 10 July 2026 (Transcending Obscurity Records)
Review
Dysgnostic return with End Whispers, an album that dives deep into dissonance, technical death metal and dark atmosphere. From the first minute, “The Last Refrain” shows that the band knows how to build tension: a short acoustic intro and then a full assault. The guitars move alongside each other, not in unison, creating that characteristic “crooked” soundscape that makes dissonant death metal so recognizable. When they finally lock together, as on “The Black Sun” or the title track “End Whispers”, the strength of the material rises sharply.
Thomas Fischer’s voice is a constant, heavy drone that blends with the chaos of the riffs, while Kannegaard’s solos add a more sorrowful, almost mournful dimension. Richardt Olsen, however, is the one who steals the show: blastbeats, double bass, and subtle moves in the calmer passages that build atmosphere before the next explosion.
The first half of the record is solid and full of tension. In the second half, the band loses some of its momentum. “Ignis Fatuus” is slower and doesn’t keep the momentum, while tracks like “Feast of Emptiness” and “The Shattered Timekeeper” don’t have the same impact as the first ones. The closing “Glimpses of a Lost Horizon” ends with saxophone — a choice that doesn’t blend with the rest of the album and feels more like a trend of modern prog death than an organic part of the composition.
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Despite the weaknesses of the second half, End Whispers shows a band with enormous potential. When Dysgnostic find the right balance between dissonance and groove, they hit hard. With more cohesion, they can stand comfortably next to names like Ulcerate and Gorguts.
Tracklist
- The Last Refrain
- The Black Sun
- End Whispers
- Into Salvation’s Night
- Ignis Fatuus
- Feast of Emptiness
- The Shattered Timekeeper
- Orphaned and Abandon
- Glimpses of a Lost Horizon
Ratings
– Heavy Metal: «dissonant death metal with nerve, depth and a clear level of artistic ambition» – 9/10 –
Metal-Rules: «they push their sound into more adventurous, experimental territory» – 4/5 – Metal Epidemic: «a complex, intricate album that advances the idea of what distortion and dissonance can do» – 4/5 –
Everything is Noise: «uncompromising, dissonant death metal atmosphere in a condensed dose» – Toilet ov Hell: «tech death closer to Ulcerate and Gorguts, with ugly groove» –
Head-Banger Reviews: «bold and exciting to explore» –
Heavy Blog is Heavy: «a fine blend of barbarity and incoherence» – Pitstop Metal: «one of the most controlled and carefully constructed examples of modern dissonance» – 8.7/10 –
Acta Infernalis: «it hits with full force, whether through complexity or violence» – 80/100 – Les Eternals: «worthy of any death metal playlist» – 15/20 – The Headbanging Moose: «absurdly technical, dissonant and visceral» – 3.5/5 –
Metal Eclipse: «the contrast between dissonance and thoughtful pauses is the most interesting element» – 3.5/5 –
No Clean Singing: «hard to forget, infectious, with kaleidoscopic twists» –
Flying Fiddlesticks: «Dysgnostic achieved their goals. Recommended.» –
Hard Rock Info: «fast, intense, progressive and technical»
