QAALM - Sets Release Date For Upcoming Debut Album

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Published on Sunday, 27 February 2022 19:10

Written by Jerneja

The USA based atmospheric funeral doom outfit Qaalm, featuring former members of Act Of Defiance, Harassor and Seven Sisters Of Sleep, will unleash its devastating Resilience & Despair debut full-length on 15 April via Canadian label Hypaethral Records.
 
Despite its collective lineage, no musical comparison can be made to Qaalm, who has forged a sound unlike any of the member's previous efforts. Combining the crushing heaviness of sludge, the melancholic harmonies of funeral doom, with the atmosphere and intensity of black metal, Qaalm manifests a gloomy, depressive, and unique interpretation of the doom metal genre like no other.
 
Issues guitarist and principal songwriter Henry Derek Elis of Resilience & Despair, "This album represents the perfect storm of emotions. In some respects, it's hopeful and the contrast of heavy guitars and majestic melodies are a companion to the mournful clean passages and atmospheric drones within. It's a sonic landscape that I've flirted with for many years and it's a joy to have helped create a band such as Qaalm to fulfill that void. Resilience & Despair is a record that should be experienced as a whole. It's an epic journey into the cruel uncertainty of life and at the same time a symbol of strength amidst adversity."

In case you've missed it, check on "Existence Asunder", an edited version of the album's epic 20-minute track, unleashed in December 2021. Link

Resilience & Despair tracklist:
1. Reflections Doubt
2. Existence Asunder
3. Cosmic Descent
4. Lurking Death