‘Aokalypsis’ is Chelsea Wolfe’s tirade against the ‘singer-songwriter’ record, a term it’s obvious she’s both disgusted by and interested in making disgusting. 

Instead of making a directly confrontational record, akin to the more delicate, guitar-orientated gothic rock of Marissa Nadler, Wolfe’s amped-up brand of the genre is informed by a myriad artists who disguise, distort and fuck themselves up.