New Zealand’s Blindfolded And Led To The Woods channel obsession and madness into their heaviest and most ambitious record yet. The quintet—Stace Fifield (vocals), Stuart Henley-Minchington (guitar/vocals), Dan Hayston (guitar), Nick Smith (bass), and Anthony “Coota” Asimakopoulos (drums)—deliver a concept album tracing a stalker’s descent into insanity. Self-produced for the first time, and mixed/mastered by Forrester Savell (Karnivool, Animals As Leaders), the album balances technical ferocity, eerie atmospherics, and narrative depth. Tracks like “Compulsion,” “Cafuné,” and the title cut showcase unrelenting brutality, poetic lyricism, and cinematic scope, while closer “Coalescence” features Icelandic artist Hera Hjartardóttir. Expansive and uncompromising, The Hardest Thing About Being God Is That No One Believes Me cements Blindfolded And Led To The Woods as one of metal’s most compelling storytellers.