Low Before the Breeze

Photo Credit 📷 : random fan at the show

When hope is at its lowest, when we fight and we scream at the world, crying out against the thousand paper cuts that score the skin, we seek comfort from duress. For some of us, therapy is our therapy. Others use their art to lift themselves from the dark — and some of us find solace in that. Today’s new music review is the track Proverbs 7:22 from Atlanta’s Low Before the Breeze, and this is the kind of track that seemed to act as catharsis for its authors, but serves its audience with its existence.

The opening chords ring out, thick with distortion, and a driving pummeling baseline that slides up the neck may not be your first introduction to Low Before the Breeze, who released the single Night Wept on Valentine’s Day, 2025. To begin with, Low Before the Breeze is best described as “a band whose ability to defy genre expectations is certainly going to start arguments based on how reviewers decide to classify them in order to increase their appeal.” This is a subject that we’ve spent far too long discussing about all the genre-bending awesomeness that we’ve been exposed to this year, and Low Before the Breeze is another band that I’d happily play Devil’s advocate when arguing for or against their inclusion in a given genre.

Ultimately, Proverbs 7:22 is the sum of many influences, and when you expose yourself to the Venn diagram of bands like Majority Rule, Altar of Plagues, and Portrayal of Guilt you’ll find that all bands are UNDENIABLY heavy. The swarming guitar riff that kicks in at 10-seconds harkens to that post-blackened sound, and the subtle electronics and burbling noises (headphones, people) lend themselves to all the sonic possibilities that rise to the surface of repeated listens. So is it chaotic blackened hardcore? Blackened screamo with a mewithoutyou influence? Mathcore? The classifications and “for fans of” statements are helpful starting points when exploring new music (or starting arguments in the group chat).

This new track is part of the forthcoming full length, A Hole Beneath the Home We Shared, which is to be released this May. In conversation with the band they remark that the creation of the album was “a fucking mess” but if the currently released tracks are indicative of the sum of their parts, we’re in for “a fucking treat.” Guitarist and vocalist, Andrew, provided context to the writing process on the album, noting that he would often go “to practice with an outline of a song, and then the band will break it down and refine it until it turns into something that reflects our collected personality.”

“WHILE THE COMMON THEME IN METAL ORIENTED MUSIC IS TO FOCUS ON POSTURING TOUGHNESS, I'D MUCH RATHER HIGHLIGHT MY MOMENTS OF VULNERABILITY. I WANT TO CONVEY KINDNESS.”

- ANDREW, @LOWBEFORETHEBREEZE

The inspiration for the record is a chronicling of dark times run through the filter of religious guilt. Failing relationships, abusive relationships, and the near death of loved ones bring power to the music of Low Before the Breeze. Flipping that script on the brutality and machismo associated with heavy music, the band offers its experience to help others, whether through the trading of stories and shared experiences or support in finding the necessary resources to see somebody through the difficulty life puts in their path.

The record was recorded by Conner Ray at Sobek Sound Studios, mixed by Simon Small (Tunnel of Reverb) and mastered by Erol Ulug at Hi Octane Recordings. It is being released by Terminus Hate City.

They’re a very heavy band based in Atlanta, and they’ve created an incredible piece of music in Proverbs 7:22, enjoy.

Proverbs 7:22 by Low Before the Breeze:

From the day that you crawled into my home
I could tell that you were hungry, starving
First I’m screaming at the gas pump
(Screaming)
Next I’m weeping to the parish
(Weeping)
Methadone Lockbox
(That I paid for)
That we paid for every other day
I often wonder if it’s just your nature
Or if your god made you a martyr
Just like your boy

Low Before the Breeze is Andrew Spann on vocals, guitar and electronics, Johnathon Kemp on guitar, Dennis Maganda on bass, and Jonathan Balsamo on drums,

Follow them on Bandcamp here : Low Before the Breeze

Writer : @garevthistle

Editor : @just_reidz

03/25/25