This is one of my favorite albums of all time, and if hard pressed & with a gun to my forehead I could maybe name it as THE favorite of all time and have at least a 33% chance of survival.
This was Gridlink's third full-length release, but in all honesty the debut and sophomore albums were more of a warm-up for the glorious chaos of "Longhena". It is the apex of Jon Chang, formerly of grindcore luminaries Discordance Axis. His tortured shrieks, just on the cusp of shattering apart, are vividly matched up by the lightning fast guitar work of Takafumi Matsubara who does the work of two and a half men all by himself. It is brutal, and fast, but also marked by delicate beauty and melody on a knife's edge. From the upbeat intro of the opener "Constant Autumn" to the bittersweet violin-tinged outro of "Look To Windward", Longhena is a chaotic whirlwind of regret and hope. I fucking love it, and would not have it any other way.