Hello Metalheads! This is John back with another album review! This time I am bringing one of my more anticipated albums since it was announced. Thus Spoke Zarathustra(TSZ) released their sophomore album I’m Done With Self Care, It’s Time for Other’s Harm just a few days ago on May 23rd, 2025.
I am a newer listener to TSZ, only finding them right after this new album announcement. But going back and listening to their first album called Act Like You Don’t Know I was hooked. Just off of the singles alone I KNEW this was going to be great, and damn was I right. Clocking in at 30 minutes this album goes by in a flash because of great it is. Every track is heavy, creative in its own way and makes me just want to keep listening.
This band manages to fuse a bit of tech death flourishes, melodic death metal style riffs with deathcore attitude and brutality like some of the best. The best meaning As Blood Runs Black and All Shall Perish to name a few that come to mind. A perfect example is the main riff off of Gage Lanza 2: Return of the Red Hammer is this ridiculous thrashy drum part with a melodic riff over top of it. In the middle of the track and end they feature an absolutely crushing breakdown that drags the listener through every inch of darkness they project.
TSZ also like to have some fun in their music with a variety of samples. Some of them are their for some comedic relief it seems like, while others like at the beginning of The Final Blow Will Bring Blood is a clip of someone saying “Even a God Will Bleed.”
The longer I mull it over in my head, the longer I can’t pick a favorite track on this record. It’s honestly just great from start to finish and all great. To me this is an easy 10/10 and way up in my top albums of the year only a few days after being released. I’m glad that there are a few bands like this one giving us a fresh take on some “older” deathcore styles. The more popular brands of deathcore just don’t do it for me like this material does! As always don’t forget to listen and even buy this album if you love it like I do. Streaming and social links will be provided below.
https://music.apple.com/us/album/im-done-with-self-care-its-time-for-others-harm/1791602554
https://open.spotify.com/album/2s49Avw876t7lHNa8jwZVD
https://x.com/tszdeathcore?s=21
https://tszdeathcore.bandcamp.com/album/i-m-done-with-self-care-it-s-time-for-others-harm
I’m Done With Self Care, It’s Time For Others Harm by Thus Spoke Zarathustra
