photo by Devin Tolman
20 Buck Spin today surprise-releases Infinitude’s Passage, the blistering new album from progressive death metal force ÆNIGMATUM, now streaming everywhere.
Infinitude’s Passage marks the third full-length statement from Portland’s death metal seers ÆNIGMATUM. Taking the intricate mastery of previous album Deconsecrate as a point of departure, the band’s union of technical precision, dark melody, and unrelenting force draws us ever further into a world where revelation and annihilation become indistinguishable.
Sudden turns, fractured rhythms, and spiraling harmonies color a landscape of seemingly elaborate complexity, yet ÆNIGMATUM serves a larger, deeper structure with an exacting sense of purpose and focus. Frenetic eruptions of speed give way to passages of melodious clarity and dissonant turbulence allowing the compositions to remain in constant motion and expand idiosyncratically upward and outward.
Cerebral without sacrificing physical impact, majestic without surrendering menace, and progressive without loosening its vigorous command, Infinitude’s Passage rejects easy categorization within death metal’s exceedingly vast parameters. Its visceral impact, incandescent melody, and aura of perpetual discovery place ÆNIGMATUM at the threshold of the boundless.
The drums on Infinitude’s Passage were engineered by Charlie Koryn at Elektric City, pre-production and guitar/vocal recording was handled by Pierce Williams, bass and bass clarinet recordings were engineered by Brian Rush, and the saxophone recording was engineered by Patrick Corona. The recordings were reamped, mixed, and mastered by Colin Marston at Menegroth, The Thousand Caves (Krallice, Gorguts) with additional reamping by Keith Merrow at Merrowsound Studios, and the album was completed with artwork by Daniel Hermosilla, liner art by Marcus Kempton, logo by Logan Williams/Connie Wang, and layout by Matt Oien.
If you frequent the works of Stargazer, Eucharist, The Chasm, Krallice, Death, VoidCeremony, Innana, Atheist, At The Gates, Dark Tranquillity, Necrophobic, Atrocity, or Opeth, do not miss AENIGMATUM’s Infinitude’s Passage.
ÆNIGMATUM’s Infinitude’s Passage is out now on all streaming platforms as well as 20 Buck Spin’s Bandcamp HERE and YouTube HERE.
CD and LP editions of Infinitude’s Passage will be released on September 4th, and preorders can be found on Bandcamp HERE and at the 20 Buck Spin webshop HERE.
Infinitude’s Passage Track Listing:
1. Pitiless Mechanism
2. Inseverable
3. Architects Of The Fated
4. A Tarnished Nexus
5. Nocturne Of Ageless Reverie
6. Infinitude’s Passage
ÆNIGMATUM:
Kelly McLaughlin – vocals, guitar, bass clarinet
Eli Lundgren – guitar
Brian Rush – bass, backing vocals
Pierce Williams – drums, synths, backing vocals
Patrick Corona – saxophone
Danny Quetzal – backing vocals
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