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Today, the USA-based melodic death/doom outfit Hinayana released its sophomore full-length, Shatter And Fall, via Napalm Records.
The band has also shared a lyric video for "A Tide Unturning", featuring guest vocal contributions from Tuomas Saukkonen of Wolfheart. The track shines as one of the most brutalizing yet pensive metal ballads of 2023, as flowing melodies and deep resonating guitars surround the crushing voices of Saukkonen and frontman Casey Hurd, and it awaits you in the player below.
In 2018, Hinayana first ensnared the masses with its self-released debut, Order Divine, and later defied the pandemic with its subsequent 2020 release, the Death Of The Cosmic EP. Produced by frontman Casey Hurd and Kevin Butler with mastering by Dan Swanö at Unisound, Shatter And Fall serves as a darker, more solemn work in comparison to Hinayana's previous releases, yet superior without question in songwriting, technicality and cohesiveness. Shatter And Fall also features guest contributions from melodic death metal purveyors and labelmates Tuomas Saukkonen of Wolfheart and Vincent Jackson Jones of Aether Realm.
Setting them apart from contemporaries like Insomnium, Amorphis and Swallow the Sun, Shatter And Fall blends modern, accessible elements with equal parts melody and menace, emerging as a fresh entry in this year's most head-turning metal offerings.
Frontman Casey Hurd says about the album: "Shatter And Fall is about Karma, one's own fate, consequences, grief about our own actions, depression, loss of faith, yin and yang, light and dark, and our own unchanging nature as humans. It's darker, heavier, and more diverse than our previous releases. We're evolving and expanding on our sound to include more catchy and anthemic elements in addition to the darker, heavier material. This new album is a significant milestone for Hinayana". Link
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