On PERTURBATOR's sixth and latest album, "Age of Aquarius"--James Kent's first for the renowned metal label Nuclear Blast--he presents a more propulsive version of his atmospheric early work, delivering his most confident, simply beautiful, and thematically sophisticated music yet. While his previous album, "Lustful Sacraments" (2021), dealt with bad habits and addiction, "Age of Aquarius" explores how individualism, conflict, and war are interconnected and dominate societal forces. At once brutal and sublime, the album feels like the musical equivalent of a scream into the existential void.