Latter Day Exploits – „Within Consumed (Expanded Edition)”

The new release by Latter Day Exploits is more than “just another” metal drop—it’s a testimony of faith voiced through sounds of pain, loss, and hope. Within Consumed (Expanded Edition), released on October 24, 2025 via Christian label The Charon Collective, unites the earlier mini-albums Within Consumed and Grief into one fully remastered whole, enriched with new vocals and textures.

The artist and the vision

Based in Roseburg, Oregon, Aaron Wilmot shapes a striking fusion of doom, death, industrial and black metal under the Latter Day Exploits banner. It’s extreme music, yet deeply spiritual—charged with prayerful tension, raw hurt, and inner purification.

A personal story and a motto

The record is also a personal account. Wilmot shares the loss of his son Cameron (at 19 weeks). That experience became a meditation on love, passing, and eternal life in Christ: “From the womb, into loving arms, then off to be with Jesus; this is the sum of it.”

Between lament and hope

Contemporary metal seldom offers such an authentic Christian perspective without lapsing into cliché. For Wilmot, spirituality means fully inhabiting grief and wrestling with despair. The album invites the listener into a dialogue with Mystery.

Songs that cut—and heal

“Hallelujah” opens in gloom and gradually ascends toward prayerful ecstasy. “Paenitentia”, drawing on Latin penitential liturgy, is the most demanding piece—its vocal dialogue by Isaac Senteza and Kristina McKillop sends shivers. Perhaps the most complete statement on loss and hope is “Be Still” (featuring Zoe Bandelman and Isaac Senteza), a nod to Katharina von Schlegel’s classic hymn.

Lyrics: grief and meaning

In “Discourse” we hear a conversation on the brink of faith and doubt; in “Worship” a prayer torn between anger and humility (with Ruvch). Each song reads like a spiritual journal entry—an effort to save one’s soul and those of the closest ones.

Sound and production

Brutal riffs, cold industrial loops, clean choral lines and quasi-liturgical harmonies form a mosaic of mourning and contemplation. Producer Justin Murray highlights contrasts: austere drums vs. soft vocals; electronic chill vs. the resonance of acoustic textures.

Expanded Edition = deeper healing

The Expanded Edition brings remastering, new vocal layers and notes that complete this passage through grief. The artist thanks those who were “here to sit in the sadness with you” and dedicates the album to Melech Hamoshiach Yeshua.

Guests

Alongside Wilmot and Kristina McKillop you’ll hear Ruvch, Isaac Senteza, Zoe Bandelman and Kylee Aldstadt—a community of voices shaping a modern Passion.

Reception and significance

Early reactions (Bandcamp, forums, blogs) praise the album’s candor and artistic bravery. In 2025’s polarized landscape—between experimentation and a return to roots—Latter Day Exploits manages to embrace both without losing a personal line.

Verdict

Within Consumed (Expanded Edition) reads like a diary and a liturgy of grief—a work about pain, but also the meaning that can emerge from it.

FAQ

156-char summary: Latter Day Exploits’ new album is a moving testament to faith and loss—doom, industrial textures, personal grief and spiritual redemption in 2025.

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