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Los Angeles-based atmospheric doom act Qaalm has released its debut single/video "Existence Asunder," taken from the band's colossal debut full-length, Resilience & Despair, due out March 2022 via Hypaethral Records and Trepanation Recordings.
Despite featuring current/former members of notable metal bands Act Of Defiance, Harassor, and Seven Sisters Of Sleep, Qaalm has no musical comparison, having forged a sound unlike any of its previous efforts. Combining the crushing heaviness of sludge, the melancholic harmonies of funeral doom, with the atmosphere and intensity of black metal, Qaalm has created a gloomy, depressive, and unique interpretation of the doom metal genre.
Co-produced by Steve White (Act Of Defiance, Thrown Into Exile) and Qaalm and mastered by Maor Appelbaum (Faith No More, Candlemass), Resilience & Despair is over 73 minutes of soul-eviscerating despondency set forth by an absolutely pummeling undercurrent of anguish and distress. Madeleine Fleming handled the album's gloomy artwork.
Formed in 2019 by Henry Derek Elis (Act Of Defiance, ex-Scar The Martyr) and Pete Majors (Harassor), the initial musical endeavour stalled while Henry focused on the supergroup Act Of Defiance and wrote new material. Pete later introduced guitarist Brock Elmore (ex-Seven Sisters Of Sleep) before bassist David Huet and drummer Dave Ferrara proved to be the last pieces of the puzzle.
Check on "Existence Asunder", an edited version of the album's epic 20-minute track, right below. Link
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