Portsmouth, Ohio horrorcore trio & Lengthy Dwell Evil founders Alla Xul Elu ending the first month of 2026 with their seventh LP. Consisting of Billy Obey in addition to Joey Black & Lee Carver, they broke out a decade in the past as a duo by releasing their first 2 albums Head of Horns & Sci-Co that very same 12 months. This was adopted up with their 4/20-themed debut EP Necronomichron in 2017 & including Carver into the fold shortly after, but it surely wasn’t till Twiztid signed them to Majik Ninja Leisure in 2018 when the Xul Boys’ music bought more and more higher. Their MNE debut The Almighty is definitely the best horrorcore album of the 2010s, their 2019 sophomore EP Church of Xul took a a lot darker strategy, Mauxuleum made it within the high 10 of my Greatest Releases of 2020 record regardless of them ditching their signature growth bap sound for a extra industrial, lure metallic route & Necronomichron 2: Useless by Bong was a superior sequel to their 4/20 EP. The Magic Xul Bus preluded their last MNE providing Gods of Evil Rise produced by Mike E. Clark, opening for Psychopathic Data & Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW) founders the Insane Clown Posse this previous Hallowicked. A pair weeks after JCW Lunacy head author Vince Russo topped Facade of The Neon Blondes & Ken Anderson the brand new JCW American Champion & JCW World Juggalo Heavyweight Champion respectively, A.X.E. are dropping No Masters.
After the “SINTRO”, the title monitor begins leaping over this horror-sounding lure instrumental speaking about them bowing all the way down to nobody whereas “BRINGTHEVIOLENCE” goes for a growth bap vibe & getting gorier with their pens for the Xuligans’ sake. “ONEXONE” blends industrial hip hop & lure speaking about changing folks on the Church of Xul main into the 33 second Billy Obey solo reduce “FROMAXE” advising to cop a shotty if anyone bought an issue with somebody.
“INLOVEWITHAGHOST” has a funkier vibe to the beat exhibiting a extra lustful aspect of Xul relating to the horror film queens from their darkest desires & an outro paying homage to “Rigor Erectus” however after the “BUCKYFUCKNERS” skit, “Black” takes a darker growth bap route instrumentally speaking about blackening out the solar. “FUCKLIFE” offers a center finger to all of the bullshit they’ve been fed up with & not issues on the brighter aspect whereas “CHURCHBURNER” infernally talks about being hearth respiration shell blazers.
Kicking off the 2nd half, “DIEONEDAY” goes for a classic growth bap strategy stylistically reminding us that each dwelling being will quickly meet it’s demise whereas “REALFAKEAI” talks concerning the rise of AI these previous couple years attending to the purpose the place folks don’t know what’s actual anymore. After the “WORKOUTPLAN” skit, “UNDERNEATHTHEFLOORBOARDS” offers flowers to the horrorcore subgenre they’ve been representing for a decade whereas “OPPOSITEOFCHRIST” talks about there being nothing like what the Church gives.
After the minute lengthy “CANTSAVETHEMALL” intermission from Billy Obey kinda like what “FROMAXE” was, “NOREASONWHY” that includes S.O.N. & the Tremendous Well-known Enjoyable Time Guys brings the trendy day Darkish Lotus collectively for an LLE posse reduce whereas “TIMEBOMB” comes throughout as one other interlude utilizing the identical structuring “CANTSAVETHEMALL” & “FROMAXE” did. “MASKMAKER” ends No Masters speaking concerning the Eternally Faces bought their title as a result of they’re everlasting, though “IGETITTWIZTID (DEALWITHTHEDEVIL)” was a nasty Twiztid diss.
Warming up for this new chapter in Alla Xul Elu’s prolific profession the place they’ve No Masters doing their very own factor below Lengthy Dwell Evil for all of eternity by having Billy Obey & Lee Carver going solo with each Rhymebook of the Just lately Deceased & Meathead: Satanic Steakhouse this previous fall, the manufacturing’s like a mixture of all of the sounds they’ve explored from growth bap to industrial hip hop & lure with Billy, Lee & Joey Black lyrically declaring their independence.
Rating: 9/10