Willowtip Records has released Tooth and Nail, the new album from Polish Death Metal duo, Dormant Ordeal! The album is available on CD, vinyl, cassette, and digital formats. Purchase/stream at the links below!
willowtip.com/bands/details/dormant-ordeal
dormantordeal.bandcamp.com/album/tooth-and-nail
open.spotify.com/artist/4ui3qa98lqUVnnHhphk9OG
music.apple.com/au/album/tooth-and-nail/1790702778
“This is death metal perfection on every level.” (5/5)
– Metal Epidemic
“The album is fantastic from front to back.”
– Metal Storm
“Dormant Ordeal have another titanic monster of an album on their hands that will be well worth yelling at people to listen to for a long time.”
– No Clean Singing
“Anyone looking for dark death metal without melancholy but with a vengeance will find it here.” (14/15)
– Twilight Magazin
“An album that will crush your neurons.” (9/10)
– Pavillon 666
“Dormant Ordeal have delivered a flawless evolution.” (4.5/5)
– Heavy Music HQ
“The head will be banging hard, but thanks to layers of technical proficiency and progressive attitudes, there’s more to this album then may first seem. It might be death metal, but it’s an evolved form of death metal.” (9/10)
– Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life
“A refined yet eruptive modern death metal experience well worth dosing on repeatedly. A high recommendation.”
– Mystification Zine
“This is intense, aggressive, and tight, with impressive musicianship and a melodic edge.” (4.25/5)
– Metal Crypt
“It’s elegant and thumping, punishing and delightful.” (8/10)
– Ghost Cult
“Beyond the obvious aggression and brutality is a well-oiled machine that’s deliciously intricate.”
– Wonderbox Metal
“Tooth And Nail is a great album that deserves to be heard.”
– Musika
“A Polish blackened death metal band I can only describe as ‘fucking evil.'”
– Heavy Blog is Heavy
“The finest brutal fare, which certainly has its origins in the mid-90s, but thanks to its very modern sonic treatment, is aimed primarily at fans of contemporary, extreme, full-throttle thrashing.” (8/10)
– Powermetal.de
“A new album from Dormant Ordeal who perfectly understand how Death Metal should be.” (8.8/10)
– Metallerium
“Songs that roar without losing sight of the elegance and epicness in the background.”
– Metal Italia
“We worked hard to make this fourth album happen,” says guitarist Maciej Nieścioruk. “JNS Studio once again did a great job tuning in to our suggestions, while having the support of Willowtip gave us freedom to focus on creativity without being distracted. Stick around and have a listen once it’s released, might be just what you’re looking for.”
Dormant Ordeal was formed in 2008. Their debut album It Rains, It Pours (2013), showcased the aggressive and energetic sound, while We Had It Coming (2016) refined their songwriting with thought-out structures and darker textures. Released in 2021, The Grand Scheme of Things was critically acclaimed for blending brutal precision with blackened influences and a thought-provoking lyrical approach. Over the years, known for their intense and atmospheric approach to the genre, the band has established itself as a impactful entity in the modern death metal scene.
“This band should be near the top of the death metal scene.”
– Angry Metal Guy
Track Listing:
1. Wije i Mary, Pt. 1
2. Halo of Bones
3. Horse Eater
4. Orphans
5. Solvent
6. Dust Crown
7. Against the Dying of the Light
8. Everything That Isn’t Silence Is Trivial
9. Wije i Mary, Pt. 2
Credits:
Music, lyrics and arrangements by Maciej Nieścioruk.
Drums arrangements by Chason Westmoreland and Maciej Nieścioruk.
All tracks except drums recorded by Paweł Grabowski at JNS Studio in Warsaw.
Drums played and recorded by Chason Westmoreland.
Guest vocals on “Solvent” by Dominic Nucciarone recorded by Samuel Dufour.
Artwork by See Machine.
Art direction by Maciej Nieścioruk.
Design by Michał “Xaay” Loranc and Maciej Nieścioruk.
Photos by Piotr Dzik.
Line-up:
Maciej Nieścioruk – Guitars
Maciej Proficz – Vocals