It just so happens that we’ve got a slew of excellent dissonant death metal music on the label this year, and each of the bands contributing to that sound are doing so in their own way without it all becoming redundant. It started with the widely lauded releases of Saevus Finis and Resin Tomb, and then there’s the release of the mighty Replicant album lined up, which will immediately be followed by the massively anticipated debut from Mære, a band started by multiple former members of Ingurgitating Oblivion.
If you’re a fan of dark, atmospheric and dissonant music, or are into the sound propagated by bands like Gorguts, Morbid Angel, Immolation and others, this is most certainly for you.
Enveloping the listener in darkness and thereby heightening the auditory perception, the music Mære create feels too personal and impactful, and lingers around in the human psyche longer than it should. The atmosphere in this pitch black, vacuum-like environment is all too palpable, nearly deafening even in its silence or the slower, pensive, heart-bursting parts, and the spoken words, when chanted or whispered, are bound to get imprinted deep into the consciousness. The music, through repetition, causes a state of trance which is next to impossible to snap out of. The gargantuan riffs writhing, swirling around with purpose in the vast nothingness are far too compelling, and standing in the middle of the vortex, the listener, only gets sucked deeper into the void. It is clear that ‘…And the Universe Keeps Silent’ is an outstanding, highly immersive debut full length from this German band having experienced members, and it’s an album whose music will infiltrate and haunt the deepest and darkest recesses of the mind.
For fans of: Gorguts, Incantation, Morbid Angel, Immolation, Replicant, Phobocosm, Saevus Finis
Line up:
III – Guitars
IV (ex-Ingurgitating Oblivion) – Bass
V (ex-Ingurgitating Oblivion, Fetocide) – Drums, guitars
Mastered by Colin Marston
Artwork by Ingo Neugebauer
Track listing:
1. All Those Things We’ve Never Been (The Grandeur of Nihilism)
2. Traumlande (Ascending The Abyss)
3. The Darkness Is Your Mother
4. Zdrowas Mario (Building The Temple)
5. Think Of Me As Fire
Official release date – April 19th, 2023