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Netherwilds – Peasant Rising Review
When 2026 started, I had no history with indie rock group Tokyo Police Club’s frontman David Monk or…
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If the rest of this album is even half as good as Return the Goat, this is going to feature on a lot of year end lists. Canadian (folk/black/hardcore) metal rules!!
When 2026 started, I had no history with indie rock group Tokyo Police Club’s frontman David Monk or his viral TikTok peasant-sona Worm Chewer. But when the lead single of Monk’s avant-garde “peasant metal” side project Netherwilds dropped—”Return the Goat”—Peasant Rising immediately shot to my most anticipated release of the year. That snapshot of blackened hardcore folk was wild in a way I couldn’t have anticipated. The promise of a concept album following Worm Chewer’s peasant revolution involving mud mages, witch hunters, and Druidic battlemechs only sweetened the deal.1 But I’m also seeing high expectations for an untested band’s debut in Peasant Rising, something that could easily smite Netherwilds’ fairytale ending. Is Peasant Rising a kingmaker, or are Netherwilds’ ambitions…feudal?
To my knowledge, nothing else sounds like Peasant Rising. Netherwilds pushes thrash, industrial, hard rock, black metal, and doom through a sieve of eclectic Refusedesque hardcore and romanticized medieval folk. Between EDM drums meeting crossover thrash on “Helm Yeah,” “Dungeon Song” trading hypnotic folk with blackened blasts, and theater choir setting the stage for double-f’d-up tuff groove on “The Fall,” there’s always something novel happening with Peasant Rising. Like a ye olde Systemme of a Downe, every disparate genre thrives symbiotically in Netherwilds’ sound, stacking strength upon strength into a distinct, singular identity. Two ubiquitous factors tie Peasant Rising together sonically: folk aesthetics and insanely catchy hooks. Led by Monk’s bouzouki, folk instrumentation offers continuity whenever Netherwilds jumps from hardcore riffing (“Farmer’s Armoury”) to Slayer-informed thrash (“Return the Goat”) to acoustic industrial groove (“Blight!”) and back. With this creativity come well-earned earworms. Hear the radio-ready “The Ballad of Sir Gregory” or the atmospheric “Cry in the Hay,” or any one of the bombastic choirs across Peasant Rising and you’ll be humming them before you know it. It’s one thing to sound one-of-a-kind; it’s another to also sound as sharp, vital, and catchy as Peasant Rising.
What makes Netherwilds’ genre witchcraft so compelling is how it forwards the narrative told on Peasant Rising. Aided by many short narrative interludes,2 Peasant Rising tells a story of desperation, oppression, and revolution. Each beat is met with an appropriate musical identity. Worm Chewer’s belligerently drunk early ideations of rebellion are captured in the raucous ragers of “Peasant Pit” and “Helm Yeah,” while his tighter, more focused calls to revolution in “The Fall” and “Return the Goat” come later. SepticFlesh-like symphonic death riffs and choirs on “Heretic” characterize the seething sanctimoniousness of the king’s Inquisition, while the grimy Sabbathian doom riffs on “Wickermech” sell the monstrosity of its titular war machine. Guitar solos are few on Peasant Rising, but when Worm Chewer feels badass on “The Ballad of Sir Gregory” or unspeakably livid on “Return the Goat,” you’d best believe they come out ripping. Netherwilds play with an ear for hooks and a mind for narrative, portraying Peasant Rising’s tale in convincing earnestness.
That earnestness is what most surprised me about Peasant Rising; I never expected to be as moved by Netherwilds as I was amused by them. Eager to hype up Worm Chewer’s “Siege Proof Hovel” or “show these nobles who’s King of the Crops” (“Peasant Pit”), Netherwilds are just as equipped to bear the cruelty of the ruling class and show Worm Chewer at his lowest: “cry in the hay and call it a prayer” (“Cry in the Hay”). Encapsulating Peasant Rising’s narrative identity is one brilliant metaphor: the goat. The object of jilted remorse on “Peasant Rising,” the goat transforms as Worm Chewer radicalizes (“Siege Proof Hovel”), suffers oppression and degradation (“Dungeon Song”), and galvanizes the Humble Horde (“Farmer’s Armoury”). By the time we reach “Return the Goat” in Peasant Rising’s climax, the goat isn’t just a metaphor for the peasants’ labor being exploited by the parasitic nobility but also Worm Chewer’s self-respect and dignity. “Take me for no fool,” he implores. Despite the farce of Peasant Rising, I must oblige.
Merging grand storytelling, dark humor, a keen social consciousness, and some of the wildest compositions out there, Netherwilds swing Peasant Rising like a battering ram against the gates of Metaldom. Rarely has a record been so affecting as it is fun as Peasant Rising. Inventive and approachable, high-minded and down-to-earth, Netherwilds lived up to the hype and then some. The boon of hard labor and relentless creativity, Peasant Rising is a debut Netherwilds can hang their helmet on. Don’t be the village idiot; take up your pitchfork and get with Peasant Rising.
Rating: Excellent
DR: 83 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps MP3
Label: King Volume Records
Websites: netherwilds.bandcamp.com | facebook.com
Releases Worldwide: October 9th, 2026
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Gåte – Sigil (2026)
(10.476) Timo (9,0/10) Folk/Rock/Metal
Label: Season of Mist
VÖ: 25.09.2026
(...) Für mich haben GÅTE einen Seltenheitswert. So vielschichtig und spannend hört man Folklore selten, dabei ist die Band alles andere, aber nur nicht gewöhnlich (...)
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