Pacific
Northwestern blackened doom unit, MAESTUS, will unleash their debut
full-length, Voir Dire,next week via a joint venture between
Domestic Genocide Records and Glossolalia Records. Comprised of Stephen Parker
(Arkhum) and Jarrod Hyam (Sophos), with Kenneth Parker (Grst) and Cordell Cline
(Dimensionless) recently enlisted to fulfill rhythm duties, Voir
Dire was engineered and mixed during the Summer months of 2014 at
Parker's own The Wilderness studio and delivers seventy-four minutes of
heart-blistering grimness, concluding with a four-part epic, 'Opaque Shadows In
Framed Stillness,' the duration of which makes up nearly half the record's
length. Mastered by Agalloch's Jason Walton at Earth In Sound in October
2014, Voir Dire integrates black metal, doom and ambient,
resulting in a caustic yet lush confessional.
The
dread-bringers at Cvlt Nation are pleased to offer up a sample helping of Voir Dire
by way of second movement, "Weeping Granite," remarking, "This
blackened doom horde from Eugene, Oregon, will crush your skull with their
massive riffs like a mammoth block of slow-moving granite that engulfs your
senses millimeter by millimeter. Their music is a blend of black metal,
doom and ambient, allowing the listener to drift into peaceful fantasy before
they are flattened to a bloody pulp."
Let
the flattening commence HERE.
Voir
Dire Track Listing:
1. Shrouded by Peaks, Valleys Speak
2. Weeping Granite
3. Tears of Sky
4. Algid Lungs
Opaque Shadows In Framed Stillness:
5. I: Overcast Fields Ridden With Dew
6. II: Specie Æternitas
7. III: Water Sifting Through Iceladen Veins
7 V: Per Æternitas
1. Shrouded by Peaks, Valleys Speak
2. Weeping Granite
3. Tears of Sky
4. Algid Lungs
Opaque Shadows In Framed Stillness:
5. I: Overcast Fields Ridden With Dew
6. II: Specie Æternitas
7. III: Water Sifting Through Iceladen Veins
7 V: Per Æternitas
MAESTUS will
bring their solemn odes to the stage this Friday for a special record release
show at Wandering Goat in Eugene, Oregon with additional live exhibits to be
announced in the coming weeks.
MAESTUS:
2/27/2015
Wandering Goat - Eugene, OR Record Release Show w/ Facing Extinction, Dark
Confidant, Black Woofer [info]
Voir
Dire follows
the release of the band's 2013-issued Scarlet Lakes EP, which
A Kvlt Of Personality commended for capturing, "nature in all his
horrific beauty.... uncomfortable ...bipolar and dissonant, but often
beautiful."
Preorders
for Voir Dire can be placed at THIS LOCATION or THIS LOCATION.
Source: Earsplit
PR
