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FALLEN ANGELS WILL REVEAL OUR FOREVER DAMNED SOULS - IMMOLATION!!! After ten long years, one of the founders of the New York school of American death metal, IMMOLATION, returns to the OEF stage!!! A band that, since their triumphant debut in 1991, "Dawn of Possession", has taken the world of extreme metal by surprise with their dissonantly menacing riffs, combinations of massive rhythmic explosions, Bob Vigna's pitch harmonic guitar playing that determines sharp changes in tempo, or vocalist Ross Dolan's deep yet comprehensible growl. A band that in its three and a half decades of existence has built a reputation as a hard-working, intensively touring and tight-as-hell live band.
A band that has lyrically focused on the dark side of humanity in all of their 11 released albums, be it religion or politics, both of which divide society to gain control over people. The band, which since 2010 has transferred to the Nuclear Blast, under whose banner they have released four albums increasing their ferocity, intensity and technical brilliance. The celebration of the OEF 25th anniversary will be as grandiose, triumphant and intense as is the live performance of this legend - Immolation!!!
Bio
Just as one can smell a storm swelling on the horizon, the cataclysmic tremor that is IMMOLA-TION approaches to unleash its latest, immense creation: ACTS OF GOD. Due to be released in winter of 2022, this 11th studio album serves as the next chapter of IMMOLATION’S Death Metal epic. With 5 long years passed since the most recent studio album, ATONEMENT, ACTS OF GOD vigorously showcases IMMOLATION’s ability to consistently create fascinating sounds, while still keeping their feet firmly rooted in the old school, New York Death Metal for which they are renowned.
Emblazoned with a haunting new masterpiece by artist Eliran Kantor, ACTS OF GOD displays a trifecta of angelic beings desperately trying to prevent one another’s flesh from melting in a blackened light from above. The muted colors and ethereal images will ring familiar to fans of IMMOLATION’s previous album covers. “We wanted this cover to feel much darker; more mel-ancholy and hopeless. The music has always been very dark, and a lot of Kantor’s work had the feeling that we were going for; the semi-surreal colliding with a classic, almost renaissance feel,” explains founder and vocalist/bassist Ross Dolan. “It’s unnerving. It really reflects the music perfectly,” agrees founder and guitarist Robert Vigna.
The album’s third track “The Age Of No Light” is a powerful, hard hitting song with an extreme yet catchy melody. “It’s quick, hits hard, and gets straight to the point” explains Vigna. Consist-ently changing speeds and patterns throughout, the song is short but remains both dynamic and memorable.
“Blooded” has all the usual IMMOLATION elements: the slow, the fast, the explosive, the big overlaid sections of groovy harmony eventually dropping into evil, ripping guitar work. “It’s a little powerhouse,” describes Vigna, “it’s straightforward, and it has all the elements you would ex-pect from us in a nice, neat package.”
A song like “Immoral Stain” is a slightly mid-paced track with an intense, creepy atmosphere. Equipped with plenty of unusual moments, the beat is catchy, dark, and echoing. Searing guitar starts to recite a story and then quickly begins a conversation with thunderous vocals and a vociferous beat. “That whole section of build up just needed to be done exactly as it is. That’s what makes it sound different and interesting,” describes Vigna. Much like the rest of the al-bum, while the lyrics cover the usual, general topics of genuine evil and the great deception of religion, the specifics are most certainly left to the listener’s interpretation. Fortunately for IMMOLATION fans, there is no shortage of corruption and catastrophe in this world.
Fittingly, the concluding track “Apostle” was the last song written for the album. “Some of those chorus sections have a weird almost dream-like quality,” describes Dolan. Its steadily growing momentum discharges rounds of guitar solos and relentless vocals which eventually lead way to an explosive finale to the album.
The creative journey for ACTS OF GOD began with years of notes, and an abundance of inspi-ration. With Vigna at the helm of the structural writing as usual, further composing and concepts were tossed back and forth amongst all 4 members. Eventually, they began to skeletonize the beginning of what would become a full length, studio album. While the recording process and entering the studio can be a very sterile experience for some musicians, the ferocity of the de-mos combined with the expertise of long time friend and recording counterpart Paul Orofino of Millbrook Studios (BLUE OYSTER CULT, BAD CO, GOLDEN EARRING), assured that this would not be an issue for IMMOLATION. “Having such a level of comfort is key,” remarks Do-lan. Final touches were brought about on the mixing and mastering by Zack Ohren of Castle Ultimate Studios.
Firmly aligned with Nuclear Blast Records, the often coveted sound of IMMOLATION has reemerged from the depths of a cursed and cruel world to illuminate our minds and ears with exquisite, sonic destruction.
Line-up:
Ross Dolan | Bass, Vocals
Robert Vigna | Guitar
Steve Shalaty | Drums
Alex Bouks | Guitar
Discography
Release date | Release name | Media |
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2022 | Acts Of God | |
2022 | The Age Of No Light | |
2022 | You Are Nothing To Me | |
2021 | Apostle | |
2021 | Metal & Beer Fest Edition Cassette Box Set | MC (TAPE) |
2021 | Close To A World Below = クローストゥアワールドビロウ | |
2021 | Here In After = ヒアインアフター | |
2021 | Failures for Gods = フェイリアーズフォーゴッズ | |
2021 | Failures of Gods | |
2021 | Corpse Gristle Cassette Box Set | MC (TAPE) |
2020 | Another Pop Summer | EP |
2017 | アトーンメント | |
2017 | Atonement | |
2017 | Fostering the Divide | |
2016 | Destructive Currents | |
2014 | Shadows in the Light [Explicit] | |
2014 | Harnessing Ruin [Explicit] | |
2013 | Kingdom Of Conspiracy | CD, LP |
2011 | Providence | EP |
2010 | Majesty And Decay | CD, LP |
2007 | Shadows In The Light | CD, LP |
2007 | Hope And Horror | EP |
2004 | Harnessing Ruin | CD, LP |
2002 | Unholy Cult | CD, LP |
2000 | Close To A World Below | CD, LP |
1999 | Failures For Gods | CD, LP |
1998 | Stepping on Angels... Before Dawn | |
1996 | Here In After | CD, LP |
1994 | Promotional Demo | DEMO |
1991 | Dawn Of Possession | CD, LP |
1989 | Demo II | DEMO |
1988 | Demo 88 | DEMO |