Extrawelt - Dystortion - VINYL LP

British epic doom metallers Godthrymm (featuring members once involved in such luminaries as My Dying Bride, Anathema, Vallenfyre, and Solstice) return with their new album, Distortions. The follow-up to 2020's widely-lauded Reflections shows the Halifax-based quartet of Hamish Glencross (guitars / vocals), Catherine Glencross (keyboards / vocals), InchSasquatchInch Bob Crolla (bass), and Shaun InchWinterInch Taylor-Steels (drums) elegantly expanding upon their sound and vision. With tracks like InchFollow Me,Inch featuring former My Dying Bride compatriot Aaron Stainthorpe, InchEchoes,Inch and InchDevils,Inch Distortions advances Godthrymm into the hallowed halls of the genre they adore to death.InchI absolutely wanted to create a much more layered and complex arrangement in the sound,Inch says Godthrymm's Hamish Glencross. InchTotally amping up the contrasts to the extreme-the light shines brighter, and the darker depths are vast trenches. There is a lot more harmony and melancholy for much of it, but also some slab-heavy riffing, too. We wanted a total progression in the production and more class and clarity in the sound, as opposed to Reflections, which could get quite dense in tone.InchDistortions is the second part of Glencross' Visions trilogy-the third part, Projections, is already in the works. Throughout it's seven-track, hour-long expanse, Godthrymm's sophomore effort delves deeper into the despondent march of post-pandemic singles InchChasmInch and InchIn Perpetuum,Inch the latter released exclusively on Decibel Magazine's Decibel Flexi Series in 2022. Glencross' emotionally-charged vocals pair perfectly with his towering riffs and thoughtful, crestfallen harmonies. The rhythmic foundation of Crolla and Taylor-Steels is absolutely critical to Glencross' woebegone éclat. With Catherine Glencross' angelic vocals and atmospheric keyboards stitched into the mo

Album Tracks 1. Bleed 2. The Four Seasons Summer 3. Pick Up the Pieces 4. Alien Hip Hop 5. Ode to Joy (Vocal) 6. Seven Steps to Hell 7. Andromeda 8. The Devil's Staircase 9. Ode to Joy (Instrumental)

Album Tracks 1. Self-Importance 2. Rain 3. Boxes 4. Lumber 5. Liverpool 6. Sultana 7. Triumph 8. Florence 9. Shoe Soul 10. Foghorn 11. Amniotic 12. Empires