Releasedate: 02-10-2026
Label: Century Media Records

For the five years of GHØSTKID’s existence, the third album Follow The White Rabbit stands as a sign of high productivity. This time, it’s a direct nod to the ageless Alice in Wonderland and a long journey to the self.

Because this material refuses to be easily boxed into a single genre, I find myself using the “temporary contemporary” label. At first glance, these 11 tracks promise a helluva box of bold experiments. But once you crack it open, you are left with a secondary, slow-tempo, and depressive industrial art, heavily covered in the patina of time.

It all starts with the delirium speech of “The End”, pushing its clock-ticking texture into “Ivory” before transforming into ‘I destroyed you’. The only way to find a real gem is to dig your own path halfway down that Rabbit’s hole into “Purple Snakes” – the only place where the energy truly hits. From there, “Neon” (featuring Maz Univerze) drags you into a cinematic, melancholic slow-motion, trapping you in a beautiful lie where the clock keeps ticking toward a missing mars.

This despair only deepens in “Unconditionally”, which starts as a nostalgic, alternative noughties throwback, then morphs into proto-metalcore with an unsynchronized system of falling and chaotic breakdowns. Yet, it completely lacks that swift, blazing meteoric drive to ignite the track. After that peak, the record suffers a heavy loss of energy, turning completely calm, where only the “Lovely” path remains to help you finally see the “White Rainbow”.

Seriously, what promised to be a treasure chest of experiments ends up fading out as a beautifully secondary, melancholic sadness. But have your own madventure, tick-tock.

Line up:

• Sebastian “Sushi” Biesler – Lead vocals, guitars, bass
• Iain Duncan – Guitars
• David Friedrich – Drums
• Axel One – Bass

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