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Now this is a *statement*, fully formed and intentional. Simon Sludge has been pushing this punishing and dissonant sound so well with his Total Dissonance Worship label, with his own band leading the charge. For once, metal feels futuristic without needing reams of notes; these here are careful calculations for summoning the apocalypse.
Favorite track: Suffering Beyond Death.
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Holy shit! This is some great dissonant metal! It isn't hard to track and it's totally listenable despite being very complex and rarely finding a lane for any period of time. Highly recommended for disso-metal heads and most other metalheads for that matter.
5 years after their debut full length and 2 years after the 'Monolith of Corrosion' EP, Nightmarer are finally back with a new album.
Inarguably the band's most diverse work to date, 'Deformity Adrift' ventures far beyond the conventions of the already unconventional genre of dissonant Death Metal, without surrendering an ounce of viciousness.
A 32 minute sonic behemoth, the record is at once confounding and ravaging. Strong nuances of Industrial and Doom Metal can be heard throughout as the record’s nine tracks conclude fittingly with a suffocating wall of sound that leaves its listeners bruised, battered, and shaken.
For fans of: Convulsing, Plebeian Grandstand, Owl
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released May 5, 2023
LINE-UP OF THE RECORDING
John Collett - Vocals
Simon Hawemann - Guitars
Keith Merrow - Guitars
Brendan Sloan - Bass
Paul Seidel - Drums
CREDITS
Guest vocals on 'Taufbefehl' by Christian Kolf and Jan Buckard of Valborg.
Soundscapes and noise on 'Taufbefehl' by Eeli Helin.
Orchestration, soundscapes and samples on 'Obliterated Shrine' by Jesse Zuretti and Robert Bruckmayer.
Additional soundscapes and samples by Nightmarer.
Guitars recorded by Simon Hawemann at Sludge Studios.
Vocals and additional guitars recorded by Keith Merrow at Merrowsound.
Bass recorded by Brendan Sloan at Overland.
Drums recorded by Marc Wüstenhagen at Dailyhero Recordings.
Mixed and mastered by Raphaël Bovey at MyRoom Studio.
Cover art by Jeanne Comateuse.
Layout by Nicholas Marzluf.
Additional layout by Simon Hawemann.
Band photos by Peter Voigtmann.
Ice cold Industrial Black Metal that is bursting with discordant tension. As if the war of the machines came crashing down on us in a blistering Winter. Nightmarer
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Heaviest thing I’ve heard all year along with Altarage. Okay I’ve been listening to this record for the past two weeks and it just gets better and better. Dissonant grooves galore Jacob Ballance
supported by 400 fans who also own “Deformity Adrift”
Oh, this album annihilates. My inner Gorguts fan was floored at Mike's wailing vocals, the warping guitar trickery, and the heavy violence of the dissonant drums. But let's not forget the bass! It hides, slithering about during the brief downtime sections, and appears in full force, creating a layer of hollowness in contrast to the sharp guitars. What an excellent album! Frankly, I loved Malignant Reality, but I adore the power and prowess of this album. A new disso-death standard has been set! barlface