This is the debut album from Quiet Man, a doom/sludge band from the US who were formerly known as God Root.
Across 50 minutes Quiet Man bring an apocalyptic vision of darkness and extinction to the listener, rubbing their face into the contemporary horrors of existence as they unleash their wide-ranging sonic nightmarescapes.
Quiet Man play a hybrid form of sludge that claws together broken pieces of doom, drone, noise, and sludge, and then smashes them into a psychedelic ball of jagged shards. It’s well-written, well-crafted stuff, with a firm grasp on dynamics, immersive structure, and emotive depth.
Combining brutality and beauty, The Starving Lesson crafts layers of expressive sludge metal that are easy to get lost in. Quiet Man have a talent that allows them to merge ugly harsh abrasive heaviness with sublime emotive texture and nuance, somehow without losing the power of either. The songs are absorbing and engaging, building mood and tension with ease. Quiet Man have mastered the art of mixing atmospheric heaviness with raw emotive presence, and The Starving Lesson is not a lesson easily forgotten.
The Starving Lesson is the sort of album that I really enjoy, yet is not as often found in the wild as it once was. It reminds me of the mid 00s period quite strongly, while still containing elements reminiscent of more contemporary times. I’d place this record (un)comfortably alongside those of bands like Light Bearer, Usnea, Fall of Efrafa, Neurosis, Monachus, Isis, Mouth of the Architect, Amenra, Morne, Nux Vomica, Huldra, Red Apollo, Old Man Gloom, North, etc. and urge fans of those acts to definitely seek out what Quiet Man are up to on this highly recommended record.
Wonderbox Metal 
I am so happy you said Nux Vomica. This is right on.