Article posted by Trevor Proctor.
The unmistakable sound of Ulcerate finds its emotional apex on 6th album 'Stare Into Death and Be Still,' as the band emerge from the claustrophobia and dissonance of their recent past to present a next-level exploration of melody, harmony and power.
The band’s signature ultra-atmospheric blend of highest order unorthodox Death Metal with the texture of futurist Black Metal is here pared-down with the consummate hand of experience, giving stunning credence to the riff, the song and the meaning.
Embracing production clarity, Ulcerate use these songs to fully showcase their otherworldly musicianship: a vocal performance from Paul Kelland of unadulterated authority, Michael Hoggard’s guitar and Jamie Saint Merat’s percussion working in tandem with startling skill and originality, simultaneously skewed and heart-rending, often addictively succinct and revelling in strident motifs that hook, haunt and transform the listener with their expressive honesty.
Thematically the album explores the concept of “death reverence” – drawing on recent personal experience to confront the truism that death and tragedy aren't always sudden or violent, that people are often passive observers trapped “in the silent horror of observing death calmly and cleanly."
'Stare Into Death and Be Still' is the deepest, purest and most meticulous form of ULCERATE: a soul-searching conflagration of atypical melodicism, immaculate virtuosic dexterity and sublimated psychological upheaval. A breathtaking new beginning for one of the most uniquely talented bands in extreme music.
Tracklist:
01 - The Lifeless Advance
02 - Exhale the Ash
03 - Stare into Death and Be Still
04 - There Is No Horizon
05 - Inversion
06 - Visceral Ends
07 - Drawn into the Next Void
08 - Dissolved Orders.
Stare Into Death And Be Still by Ulcerate will be available on multiple formats from the 24th of April via Debemur Morti Productions.
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