nothing,nowhere. - Void Eternal (LP) - Marble Smoke Vinyl

Void Eternal lands like a left hook, and it suits nothing,nowhere. better than anyone expected. Released on 31 March 2023 through Fueled By Ramen, Joe Mulherin’s fourth studio album chucks the lingering emo-rap tag to the side and surges into full-bore heaviness. Not a dabble. A commitment. You can hear it in the down-tuned guitars that grind through the mix, the live drums that hit like a practice-space wall, and vocals that flip from ice-cold melody to vein-popping screams in a blink. He always had a knack for atmosphere, but here the feeling is armour-plated.

Plenty of artists flirt with heavier textures for a single or two. Void Eternal builds a world. The production is dense and physical, with synths swimming under chugging riffs and flickers of digital grit stitching it all together. It feels built for small sweaty rooms, hands in the air, the kind of show where the stage monitors are taped within an inch of their life. That energy reads across the whole set, helped along by smart collaboration. The guest list pulls from the metalcore and post-hardcore corners that clearly shaped him growing up, including members of Underoath, Static Dress, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, and Will Ramos of Lorna Shore. Those features aren’t window dressing. They change the weather mid song, pushing Mulherin to scream harder, write tighter, and lean into breakdowns that actually break.

Take VEN0M, which lurches with a serrated groove and a proper chorus you can shout from the back of a venue. Or MEMORY_FRACTURE, where he lets the verses simmer in grayscale before the floor drops out. THIRST4VIOLENCE is the most blunt title in the set, and the music lives up to it with a low-end snarl that nods to early 2000s nu metal while staying very 2023 in its programming choices. Even the calmer passages have a tautness that keeps you on your toes. He knows when to let a synth bloom or a guitar line echo for a bar longer than expected, so when the hit comes back it lands harder.

Lyrically he stays locked in on isolation, fear, and the grinding cycles of modern life, but there’s a new edge. Less diaristic confession, more fight-or-flight. The delivery sells it. He can still toss a hook like he did on Trauma Factory, but here the hooks often carry real weight, glazed with panic rather than sugar. That contrast is the point. It is what separates Void Eternal from nostalgia cosplay. You can hear the influence of Linkin Park and Korn, sure, but the writing feels rooted in his world, not in a museum.

Critics clocked that shift straight away. Kerrang! and Alternative Press both highlighted the album’s conviction and the way it bridges scenes without feeling opportunistic. Fans who fell in during the early SoundCloud days might have been wary at first, yet the live clips after release told their own story. These songs breathe when they’re loud. You can picture the pile-ons during the biggest refrains and the quiet recalibration when he pulls back to a whisper.

If you’re chasing a copy, the VOID ETERNAL vinyl is worth hunting down. The low end does better on wax than it has any right to, and the guitars carve out a proper lane instead of smearing together. Nothing,nowhere. vinyl has become a talking point among collectors for exactly that reason. If you buy nothing,nowhere. records online, keep an eye out for colour variants that floated around on release. And if you’re crate-digging in a Melbourne record store, this one jumps off the shelf next to the post-hardcore staples. It also slots neatly into a stack of nothing,nowhere. albums on vinyl, showing how sharply the project can pivot without losing its core.

Void Eternal works because it sounds like a risk taken with clear intent. Mulherin didn’t swap out 808s for riffs to chase a trend. He chased the feeling that made him want to play music in the first place, then surrounded himself with people who live and breathe that sound. The result hits like a release valve for a decade of bottled-up pressure. If you came in for the genre blend, you’ll get that. If you came in for a heavy record with heart, you’ll get that too. Either way, it’s a welcome addition to the shelf for anyone who loves a cathartic spin, whether you’re shopping for vinyl records Australia wide or cueing it up for a late-night, lights-off listen.