New World Order, the latest full-length from Italian progressive occult metal alchemists, VOID OF SLEEP, is now available on limited edition vinyl via Aural Music.
A
seven-track concept offering thrusting forth a cosmic amalgam of stoned
out, progressive sludge rock where epic rhythms melt into bottom heavy
doom breakdowns, complex time signatures and psychedelia, New World Order was captured by bassist Riccardo Pasini (Ephel Duath, The Secret) at Studio73
in Ravenna, Italy and mastered by Collin Jordan (Eyehategod, Indian,
Wovenhand, Voivod etc.) at The Boiler Room in Chicago, Illinois.
Released on CD and digitally in the Fall of 2015, New World Order continues to reap critical hails including landing at the #12 position on MetalSucks' Top 15 of 2015.
Dead Rhetoric celebrates a record that falls, "somewhere in the
netherworlds of sludgy doom, proggy doom, and occult doom," Outlaws Of
The Sun warms, "embrace the darkness as New World Order is a stunning record," while Metal Temple, in an 8/10 score, calls New World Order, "simply captivating." Adds The Obelisk in a thorough breakdown of the record, "Split into two sides, New World Order presents
its atmosphere through its theme and through the sound of the material
itself - precise but not too clean. Early on, with the opening duo of
'The Devil's Conjuration' and 'Hidden Revelations,' VOID OF SLEEP show
themselves to be capable of melding complex structures with resonant
hooks, the melodies and shouts banding together in order to make an
individual impression as 'Slaves Shall Serve' takes hold leading into
the side A closer 'Ordo ab Chao,' which slows down and spreads out
earlier intensity as a precursor to some of the second half of the
album's more grandiose sensibilities. Those manifest quickly in the side
B intro 'Lords Of Conspiracy' - one may recognize the same from which
this record derives its title from Ministry's use of it in 'N.W.O.'
circa 1992 - but only get more expansive as VOID OF SLEEP push through the title-track and into the fourteen-minute closer 'Ending Theme.'"
VOID OF SLEEP's New World Order is now available on limited edition vinyl via Aural Music at THIS LOCATION.
Forged in Ravenna, Italy, VOID OF SLEEP is comprised of guitarist Gale, vocalist/guitarist Burdo, drummer Allo and bassist Paso. Following a three-song promo EP, Giants & Killers, which garnered the attention of Italian imprint, Aural Music, the band released their full-length debut, Tales Between Reality And Madness.
The record proved wholly engrossing both sonically and thematically
with lyrics exploring the darkest corners of the human psyche, oneiric
visions and lysergic nightmares. With New World Order, VOID OF SLEEP continues their multi-faceted, audio journey towards oblivion. New World Order
comes shrouded in the arcane cover creation of Simone Bertozzi who
relays of the work, "while doing it I experienced the breath of Lucifer
on my back, the Illuminati around the corner and reptilians getting
ready for my abduction. Coincidence? I think not."
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