Ritual Earth - Mmxx - VINYL LP

The debut full length album from Pittsburgh's Ritual Mass is more than a collection of songs, it's a series of calculated assaults on the virtue of the holy. Evolving beyond earlier EP and demo releases, Cascading Misery encapsulates the bludgeoning infliction of pain and the slow peel of skin by flame, rife with both sonic chaos and extinguished hope.From the outset of album opener InchObsidian MirrorInch the atmosphere is oppressive, thick with a suffocating malaise. There is a sense of something ceremonial at work but not in a way that seeks communion. Rather it's ordeal as sacrament. Riffs strangle and churn into convulsive submission, oscillating from slow agony to psychotic break, over which a guttural lament so savage it freezes the blood is wrenched through dungeon stone. Each track unfolds like time spent in isolation, bound by chains, the mind slowly unraveling and surrounded by memories of torment both real and imagined.By the time the epic fourteen-minute album closer 'Disquiet' dissipates into a mass of formless static, Ritual Mass have dragged you into a world where suffering is not an end but a condition of existence. Cascading Misery is music for the dissolution of hope, the terror of being, and the long march toward death. Album Tracks 1. Obsidian Mirror 2. Immeasurable Hell 3. Looming Shapeless Entity 4. Cascading Misery 5. Frozen Marrow 6. Disquiet

Album Tracks 1. This Breath Is Not My Breath 2. Perdition Mirror 3. New Forgotten Ones 4. Faint Flickering Light 5. Tower 6. Unavailing 7. Der Nukleus 8. Sacred Cargo 9. Espirare 10. Shadow Haven

Rituals, out May 30th, is the newest full length album from Watchhouse (Andrew Marlin & Emily Frantz). This is the first of all new, original songs since their 2021 self-titled album, which found the duo embracing a new name and a new chapter for the band. - Recorded close to home in 2024 with co-producer Ryan Gustafson (the Dead Tongues), Rituals explores the boundaries between identity and awareness, and how we often confuse our patterns with our truths. The album muses on the endless nature of our evolution, asking questions like how can we have a positive relationship with change, how can we meet our ends gracefully, and 'is the world on fire or at home in the sun? Album Tracks 1. Shape 2. All Around You 3. Beyond Meaning 4. Rituals 5. Firelight 6. False Harbors 7. In the Sun 8. Glistening 9. Endless Highway (Pt. 1) 10. Sway - Endless Highway (Pt. 2) 11. Patterns