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Yesterday, sci-fi black/death metallers Zetar released "Landru" - the second track taken from the band's highly anticipated debut album, Devouring Darkness, set for international release on 15 October via Spirit Coffin Publishing.
Named for a planet of telepaths who'd transcended into a roaming mass of pure psychic energy to curtail their own meteoric extinction, sci-fi themed black/death metal trio Zetar initially formed in 2019 as a solo act via Austin, Texas-area musician R.G., who'd forgo the public demo process in favour of developing recording and compositional skills in private alongside a host of talented international conspirators. The circle was complete with the addition of French vocalist T.P. and relentless Ecuadoran drummer David Lamas, both of whom add their own extra-dimensional touch of madness and malevolence to the album's living and breathing psychic mass.
Seeking to graft their collective disembodied consciousness onto new hosts, the trio present Devouring Darkness as a trance of transitive black and death metal properties, exposing fresh mythos and mystery within our undiscovered Infinitum. Computer gods! Universal evils! Mind-rending telepathic control! Serpentine melodies and jagged riffs intertwine to power all warp coils through these eight steadily bounding expeditions: All horrors (and wonders) beyond are revealed via this oddity of unclear influences, which range from classics of '90s death metal, synth-laden and thrashing black metal, and classic science fiction scores.
The artist's ethos also seeks to capture the true, tangible essence of heavy metal recordings to some degree, choosing to forego muddy down-tuning, direct-input recording, and any artificial peace-keeping: "Overall, I wanted the album to have a bit of a nasty, gritty, filthy, underground vibe to it. I didn't want it to be too clean, sanitized, and sterile like a lot of 'perfect'-sounding modern extreme metal albums. I believe metal should have some of that element, though it shouldn't be a distraction". The result is an out-of-this-world yet entirely carbon-based species of black/death metal. You can listen to "Landru" right below. Link
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