East Coast Death Metal trio Horrendous are set to unleash their third full-length album, Anareta, October 30 on Dark Descent Records.
Among
the leaders of the New Wave of Old-School Death Metal movement,
Horrendous raised the bar last year with the release of their sophomore
album, Ecdysis. The critically-acclaimed album was considered
by many to be one of the year's most impressive releases. Decibel
Magazine ranked Ecdysis 3rd on their 'Best of 2014' list and
Fenriz listed the album among his favorites of the year. A year later,
Horrendous have once again set a new standard for death metal with Anareta, an eight-track offering of highly-evolved and intense OSDM.
The band had this to say about Anareta:
"We are all very proud of the album and feel it is our best work to
date. While our composition process has always been spread out over
several separated writing-specific sessions, one thing that
separates Anareta from our past work is our recording process. We
recorded all the songs over one continuous period (the recording
sessions for The Chills and Ecdysis were more spread out)--Matt and
Jamie stayed at Damian's house/studio for weeks on end and the three of
us lived, breathed and dreamed of nothing but the album during that
time. It was our entire lives for over a month (two months if you
include the mixing and mastering stage), and we think this complete
dedication to the record is one of the factors that really made it turn
out so well. There was a lot of magic in the air once we finished the
foundation of the record, and each day we built off of the prior day's
creative energies and inspirations until it bloomed into something
immense."
Decibel Magazine has posted the exclusive premiere of album track "Sum of All Failures"
at this location.
Anareta was recorded, mixed and mastered this summer at Subterranean Watchtower Studios (www.SubterraneanWatchtower.com and www.facebook.com/SubterraneanWatchtower). Cover art comes courtesy of Brian Smith.
Anareta track listing:
1. The Nihilist
2. Ozymandias
3. Siderea
4. Polaris
5. Acolytes
6. Sum of All Failures
7. Stillborn Gods
8. The Solipsist (Mirrors Gaze)
HORRENDOUS is:
Damian Herring - Guitars/Vocals/Bass
Matt Knox - Guitars/Vocals/Bass
Jaime Knox - Drums
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