Acclaimed French progressive death-doom metalactEPITAPHEis pleased to announce their upcoming second album"II", due outApril 11th 2022viaAesthetic Death(CD) andGurgling Gore(tape).
The official album trailer is now availableHERE.
On occasion there are bands who offer promise... an unfettered guile, a disdain to established norms, an unbounded exuberance and liberated freedom that only comes with a debut recording. Seldom does that promise, that anticipation of something great, be realised in a follow up.However, it is a rare talent that not only meets a destined promise but far exceeds it.EPITAPHEare one such band.
EPITAPHEtake the primordial funeral death foundations that were at the core of"I"and exquisitely hone and meld their unique sound and identity upon that."II"is a beautiful work ' an album that, firstly, needs to be consumed as a whole, to experience the full variation and journey therein. It is clearly more than just a collection of tracks.
This is a subtle and enigmatic journey, more progressive in its composition and craft, almost Floydian in its lighter atmospheric moments, yet never losing the notion that it is borne out of death metal.The composition, musicianship and tone are exceptional ' all members attuned to the other creating a symbiosis and cohesion with theEPITAPHEsound.
As with the debut album, the sound design and mix of"II"has been in the hands ofJames LeonardatPlastic Lobster, creating a spacious and majestic sound, with the mastering undertaken byGreg ChandleratPriory Recording Studios.Stunning cover art byPetri Ala-Manus.
Not only should this album be to many a highlight of 2022 ' it's an album which has the quality to withstand the test of time.
Tracklist:
01. Sycomore
02. Celestial
03. Melancholia
04. Insignificant
05. Merging Within Nothingness
EPITAPHE
https://epitaphe.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/epitaphemetal/
Aesthetic Death
https://aestheticdeath.bandcamp.com/
https://www.aestheticdeath.com/
https://www.facebook.com/aestheticdeath.uk
Gurgling Gore
https://gurglinggore.bandcamp.com/
https://www.gurglinggore.com/
