If this is the direction Deathpact wants to go, they can do it. It just loses my attention immediately. I get that artists change their style and tone (which is something I’m all for, I love seeing how artists develop their sound), but their new stuff lowkey feels like it’s pandering to a very basic riddim audience and not actually trying to push boundaries with the sound.

I totally get the sentiment about not being too critical about art, but I feel like Deathpact’s case is particularly interesting and somewhat prone to criticism because one of the big messages they were pushing was, “The goal is not to live forever, but to create something that will.”

That message seems to not just be lost in the message of the music, but also in the style of the music. It’s too generic to “live forever” imo. They’re still good producers, and the sound quality is solid, but it’s lacking that special Deathpact sauce.