Iconic Finnish duo Convocation join the Sentient Ruin family to release their staggering sophomore LP "Ashes Coalesce" on vinyl in North America, a colossal dirge of soul-crushing funeral/death doom standing high as one of the most accomplished expressions in the genre this year. The titanic opus is set to be released on July 3 2020 (now pre-ordeable from our store and Bancamp), while a CD, EU vinyl and digital version will come via Everlasting Spew Records, while a tape version will be issued later on by Dawnbreed Records.
Toilet Ov Hell has premiered the track “The Absence of Grief” from the release, stating that “‘Ashes Coalesce’ is comprised of four enormous tracks, each offering a unique atmosphere imbued with all manner of melancholic melody, malevolent murk, and monstrous moods. The exact kind of feeling you want from your funeral doom“ - you can checkout their feature and listen to the track HERE.
The LP will be available in two versions: a limited edition black/oxblood vinyl in vinyl effect + bone white splatter available in only 40 copies for the US or as standard black vinyl.
"Ashes Coalesce” is a monumental sonic devourment where slow-moving atmospheric death metal and void-sculpting extreme doom collide to signal the onset of oblivion and resound one of the most lightless and soul-consuming expressions of sonic abandon the genre has seen in the latter part of this decade. Like a massive maelstrom slowly circling a lightless void, the colossal album assumes form through a slow-moving morass of telluric drums, crushing guitars and bass, and guttural spectral vocals emanating from beyond a veil, that suck all light out of their surroundings and slowly encircle the listener immersing them into a suffocating abyss of levitating agony and inescapable hopelessness. Within the churning mass of oppressive distortion and hallucinogenic soundscapes lies a connective tissue of strings, synths, organs, and orchestrations that thread the listener's demise as the suffocating atmospheres condense and crawl to a climax, assuming a sense of inescapability and multidimensionality that ultimately surround and crush the listener into forty minutes of awe-inducing sonic immensity that deceive thee senses and defy logic.
The duo formed in Helsinki Finland in 2013, uniting vocalist MN from local doom metal ritualists Dark Buddha Rising , and multi instrumentalist LL from death metal tormentors Desolate Shrine, and immediately established themselves as one of the most intriguing new entities in death doom and funeral doom thanks for their debut Album "Scars Across", released in 2018 by Italy's Everlasting Spew Records, a colossal opus of churning and slow-moving extreme metal darkness and dismal atmospherics that elevated the duo as one of the genre's most exiting and transformative new entities.