Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.based funeral doom metal warriors DROWN, via BANDCAMP, is streaming the projects anticipated new release "SUBAQUEOUS", unleashed 2/28/2020 via PROPHECY PRODUCTIONS . .
FROM DROWN:
On his second album "Subaqueous" under the Drown moniker, Funeral Doom
enthusiast Markov Soroka - also the heart and soul of Tchornobog and
Aureole - sets out to absorb all light and in the process creates realms
of fluorescent beauty.
While celebrating surges of darkness and disturbance through Tchornobog,
the obsessively driven artist offers a different facet of his persona
via Drown. Although the foundation of the music is uncompromisingly
heavy and grief-laden, it is carried by a current of playful melodies
and weightless harmonies. These forces combined create a relentless
maelstrom into the depths of the sea.
Produced by Greg Chandler (Esoteric), who is no stranger to funeral doom
metal, "Subaqueous" is a jewel that shines brightly within this still
rather obscure genre. As Markov frankly states: "Drown is what I wished
'aquatic doom' sounded like before I started the project."
Just as his other ventures, Drown is based on an ongoing conceptual
story and to be seen as a musical theater of sorts, focussing on one
protagonist among other characters. Since such stories can work on a
metaphorical level too, Markov says: "The drowning of our lives is as
much a metaphor as it is a construct to escape into on this album. The
common woe of human life are the various forms of grief and depression we feel as loss."
The water filling the protagonist's lungs not only crushes them; they make him one with the ocean deep …
"Subaqueous" is available as Digipak CD and Gatefold LP (black, limited transparent blue).
worldwide: en.prophecy.de/artists/Drown
US/Canada: us.prophecy.de/artists/Drown
DROWN: "SUBAQUEOUS" (VIA BANDCAMP, COURTESY OF DROWN):
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hanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-