Asystole - Siren To Blight [CD]

Cat. no: IVR198
Format: CD
Barcode: 5902693146513
Release Date: 14 Jul 2023
Genre: Hard Rock and Metal

Led by guitarist extraordinaire Pat Hawkins (THAETAS, ABERRATED, NEEDLEPUSHER, KYRIOS) and bass virtuoso Kyle Linderman, New York's ASYSTOLE debut with an album of furious death metal that doesn't sacrifce atmosphere for technique

In the grooves of "Siren To Blight" there is an abundance of both, thanks to an articulated but fuid songwriting, brilliant and open to contamination. If the infuences are those of GORGUTS, VIRUS, KRALLICE, CRYPTOPSY and ANATA, the way of stitching them together in a coherent and recognizable style is all due to Hawkins, Linderman, drummer James Applegate (REPLICANT, WINDFAERER), and vocalist/ lyricist John Dunn IV (ABOMINISM, DARK WATERS END). With a progressive metal approach, ASYSTOLE strung together a series of brutal and bizarre but memorable riffs and solos, counterpointed by ferocious and shattering rhythms. The lyrics, on the other hand, are curiously refective and almost philosophical in portraying the illusion of goodness in humanity, particularly the struggle of man to achieve true goodness only to suffer or cause suffering in trying.

Mixed and mastered by Colin Marston, ASYSTOLE's "Siren To Blight" is a creature that pulsates with life, an unstoppable, bloodthirsty shapeshifting monster that in the throes of painful convulsions will sink its fangs into your tender brain to suck it out.

SELLING POINTS:
- For fans of GORGUTS, KRALLICE, ANATA, CRYPTOPSY
- Mastered by Colin Marston
- Deluxe CD Digipack, 8-page Booklet.

Tracks: Blanketed In Flies (3:57) / Song Of Subservient Bliss (4:38) / Hollow Penance (5:01) / Respite (0:47) / Sophist Paralysis (5:19) / Privation Malus (5:14) / Spirit Mother (4:22)