Will DeakinI was about to write down a long list of all the roles and rail #DataRegulation organisations I am involved in but following a sudden attack of #ennui I will resist the urge...
El Pregoner del MetallENNUI (Geòrgia) presenta nou àlbum: "Qroba" #Ennui #FuneralDoomMetal #Febrer2026 #Geòrgia #NouÀlbum #Metall #Metal #MúsicaMetal #MetalMusic
Angry Metal GuyEnnui – Qroba Review
By Grymm
Got a question for you all: when’s the last time an album just absolutely, from out of nowhere, blindsided you and kept you enthralled for the entirety of its length on the first play? I don’t mean from your favorite bands (though that’s pretty damn cool, too), but from a completely out-of-left-field pick in the promo sump?1 Georgian funeral directors Ennui have been toughing it out with their craft since 2012’s Mze Ukunisa, with the then-duo working with what they had available. Now, the duo is a full-fledged band, and on their fifth album, Qroba, they hit graveyard paydirt.
From the very first moment the keyboards swell in opener “Antinatalism,” you know you’re in for some fun(erally dismal) times. Creeping at the pace of a drugged-out snail in the Antarctic region, “Antinatalism” brilliantly glistens while also dragging you through the icy snow with its crashing (and crushing) riffs and methodical drumming. When founder David Unsaved growls, it’s with the force of the bear from Annihilation after freshly devouring Daniel Neagoe (Eye of Solitude and a fuckton of other bands), further throwing the listener into a pit of existential despair and woe. Most impressively, at over 10 minutes, the time flies by effortlessly, due to its ability to draw you in and keep you enthralled for the entire length.
The other four songs on this 62-minute behemoth hold up pretty damn well themselves. The album centerpiece “Decima,” which features mournful melodies from a panduri (three-stringed lute) that accentuate the sorrow midway into the song, giving the album even more breathing room to expand and envelop you in its snare. “Becoming Void” sounds like Canto III on steroids, picking a fight with Turn Loose the Swans-era My Dying Bride for lunch money, and again feels like a six-minute song at over 15 minutes due to how well-crafted it is. None of the songs overstay their welcome, but they still feel like soulful journeys to a mournful end.
Produced by Greg Chandler (Esoteric), Qroba does an amazing job of giving breathing space while also smothering the listener. The drums feel cavernous and monstrous, plodding with intent. The scant few leads2 amplify the dour vibes a thousandfold, making damn sure there’s no light escaping this realm. If there was a nitpick to be had, this is the epitome of mood music. You’re not going to grab this on a warm, sunny day out in the sun with some lemonade and a book to read.3 Qroba is solemn, reflective music if there ever was some.
And this fits in quite well with other solemn, reflection-time music from the likes of Skepticism and Shape of Despair. Qroba came at a time when I didn’t know I needed it, with all the chaos going on around the world as well as in my own circle, but I’m glad it did, as this has been playing non-stop since I first laid ears upon it. If you’ve never taken to funeral doom ever, Ennui won’t change your mind, as this is sorrow personified and exponentially amplified. However, if you need a severe purging, welcome to your new favorite band.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 319 kbps mp3
Label: Meuse Music Records
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook
Releases Worldwide: February 27th, 2026
Shardik MediaThe fifth album from Georgian funeral doom band Ennui is Qroba. Review at Rêverie, https://flyingfiddlesticks.com/2026/02/24/ennui-qroba-meuse-2026/ #Georgia #Tbilisi #doom #funeraldoom #heavymetal #deathmetal #Ennui #MeuseRecords
dominik schwind"the sense of psychological ennui leading into existential dread that many software developers are feeling thanks to the encroachment of generative AI into their field of work"
Sigh. Again.
Laurent Espitallier (nouveau)L’ennui n’est pas seulement acceptable chez les enfants, il est bénéfique https://theconversation.com/lennui-nest-pas-seulement-acceptable-chez-les-enfants-il-est-benefique-273755 #ennui #enfant #jeunesse #divertissement #éducation #écran
WIST QuotationsA quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
Far better it is to dare mighty things, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those who neither enjoy much or suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Speech (1899-04-10), “The Strenuous Life,” Hamilton Club, Chicago
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Roosevelt, Theodore - Speech (1899-04-10), "The Strenuous Life," Hamilton Club, Chicago | WIST Quotations
Far better it is to dare mighty things, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those who neither enjoy much or suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
JulieRI am ready to be struck with the metaphorical lightning that determines my art style. I know what I want, but it requires the one element I do not have.
#ennui
why yes, I am in the liminal transition between art projects. How could you tell?
have a bird
WIST Quotations Has Moved!A quotation from George Bernard Shaw
The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation, because occupation means pre-occupation; and the pre-occupied person is neither happy nor unhappy, but simply alive and active, which is pleasanter than any happiness until you are tired of it.George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright and critic
Treatise on Parents and Children, “Children’s Happiness” (1914)
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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shaw #georgebernardshaw #activity #boredom #busyness #ennui #happiness #introspection #meme #misery #occupation #preoccupation #purpose #work #worry #meme
A quotation from Bertrand Russell
Work, therefore, is desirable, first and foremost, as a preventive of boredom, for the boredom that a man feels when he is doing necessary though uninteresting work is as nothing in comparison with the boredom that he feels when he has nothing to do with his days.Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 2, ch. 14 “Work” (1930)
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Conquest of Happiness, Part 2, ch. 14 "Work" (1930) - Russell, Bertrand | WIST Quotations
Work, therefore, is desirable, first and foremost, as a preventive of boredom, for the boredom that a man feels when he is doing necessary though uninteresting work is as nothing in comparison with the boredom that he feels when he has nothing to do with his days.