MEMORIA : DEATH CALLS THE ISLANDS
Misantrof ANTIRecords 9. October 2011
Australian blackened metal act MEMORIA have today released their third full-length album, entitled Death Calls The Islands, via Misantrof ANTIRecords. In keeping with the Misantrof philosophy, the album will be available both as a free, high quality MP3 download and in physical format as a CD, which can be purchased from the Misantrof website.
The band describes Death Calls The Islands as a guitar-driven album that is simultaneously beautiful and ugly. Following the 2008 experimental noise album Memorioquia : Auradeutung, MEMORIA have prioritised the heavier aspect of their sound, and Death Calls The Islands is a stunning, moving mix of black metal, death metal and classical guitar traditions.
Founding member Jonathan Carroll (guitars, vocals, sound design, synthesiser) say of the release: I see this album as the very unique product of immersing ourselves in European underground music, letting these influences exist in our minds and then creating without trying to emulate anyone or anything. MEMORIA draw on a vast range of influences, from EMPEROR, ULVER, DHG and MINISTRY to the sound designs of DAVID LYNCH and the modernist fiction of CORMAC MCARTHY.
The abstract, surreal lyrical content of Death Calls The Islands deals with isolation and alienation, themes which also find themselves manifested in the unique album artwork. Created by Australian artwork Danielle Freakley from moulded octopus tentacles, the piece represents the strange beauty and ugliness that reside within us as human beings, and the primal world from which we are not too far removed.
The partnership with Misantrof ANTIRecords, founded in 2007 by Daniel Vrangsinn (VRANGSINN, CARPATHIAN FOREST, SECHT etc.) was a logical one for MEMORIA. Given that the band is experienced in producing its own material, the Misantrof approach of letting the bands have full creative control of their own work proved to be a great fit. To be part of an evolving, independent artistic entity such as Misantrof fits perfectly with our values and was not a hard decision, says Jonathan, We create music because we love this art form and no one in MEMORIA wanted this tainted by the nastiness of financial or commercial considerations. Misantrof surpasses pathetic considerations about how to sell things that are genuinely different. For his part, Vrangsinn is extremely pleased to be releasing Death Calls The Islands, and has high hopes that it will be received with as much acclaim as the 2010 breakaway Misantrof release, Death Reclaims The Earth, by Turkish black metallers EPISODE 13.
The MP3 and CD versions of Death Calls The Islands are available via Misantrof at
http://memoria.misantrof.net/ LINKS
Official Webpage :
http://www.memoria.com.au/ Misantrof Webpage :
http://memoria.misantrof.net/ Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/pages/MEMORIA/316839766561
Misantrof Homepage : www.misantrof.net
Contact : memoria@memoria.com.au
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