Australian depressive black metal warriors DEADSPACE have announced NOVEMBER 2023 AUSTRALIAN TOUR DATES and a new release in flyer above.
DEADSPACE unleashed "A PORTRAIT OF SACRIFICIAL SCARS", 3/5/2020 via BANDCAMP.
FROM DEADSPACE:
Attention Australian fans:
This year marks the approximate 8 year mark of our existence as a band. As we are about to embark on the release of our 7th album, we thought that it is perhaps time to celebrate live on stage with those friends that supported us from the start and new fans alike.
Joining us for both shows will be our brothers Woewarden along with an excellent selection of local bands.
To those outside Perth and Melbourne, we apologise that these will be the only 2 Australian appearances for us in 2023. Our vocalist Chris is living in Belgium at the moment and is flying a considerable distance to make this possible. We haven't forgotten about other states, it just falls outside our grasp on this particular run. That being said, we are announcing this early enough to allow those who would like to make the journey adequate planning time.
Expect Deadspace like you've never seen before, new merchandise, and 2 big nights to be remembered. Venues, lineups and ticket details will be revealed in due time. See you there.
So now the cat’s out of the bag, let us provide some more substantial information regarding the fabric of this upcoming record.
‘Unveiling the Palest Truth’ will mark a pivotal point in Deadspace’s 8 year existence. When we put the band to an end in 2020, it was primarily due to the style of music not resonating anymore with all members of the band. There was no musical conversation regarding Deadspace for a lengthy time. After a break, it became obvious that the band, if continued, should travel in a heavier and darker direction, leaving the dsbm moniker behind. The energy that dominated some of the latter releases, such as Dirge and the Grand Disillusionment, were much more ferocious in nature and created for us a canon of new musical ideas. We began working on material slowly and meticulously, cutting the majority of songs that were then considered complete, but not good enough. We were unsure of any future release but set out to make a short and violent representation of everything the band stands for. At roughly 25 minutes, what we were left with sits somewhere between the length of a long EP and short album, but its density and completeness beckoned us to release it as an album. 5 tracks of pure rage, aggression and oppression. We teamed up once again with production guru Déhà from Opus Magnum Studios to give this beast some claws.
Lyrically, the record is concerned with the philosophical pursuit of happiness, and the anthropological reasons that it is unattainable, demonstrating the ancient path that man has long forged towards its welcomed demise. Our long friend Arnaud Vansteenkiste helped us summarise the entire ethos of the band and put it into the sigil you see in the center cover. It represents the fire that burns at the heart of man, his strength and inescapable relationship with death. The layout, constructed by Anett S Caedes Hauzu (Anett Gebauer Photo & Film), is made up of hand selected paintings purchased from vlad.darkness666art.official from Ukraine. These paintings portray the apocalyptic convictions of the lyrics and music. Featuring dystopian landscapes buried in corpses, these works felt like they were simply made for this release. Anett worked on interweaving the specific texts of songs into the perfect pieces of art to represent their essence. We could not be happier with how it came out.
Thanks to this record, we are back with new fire and hunger and we cannot be eradicated until the final flame flickers and is extinguished. To old fans, do not expect the same Deadspace. Expect something much more polarising. To new listeners, buckle yourself in for the ride.
“Death is always inevitable, but never imminent enough.”
Once again, you can Pre-order the record through Immortal Frost Productions via the link below:
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-
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