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“The musical spawn of ANTHRODYNIA stand out for just how horrifying and haunting they are.” – No Clean Singing
Unspeakable Horrors Emanating From Within, the decimating debut LP from Edmonton, Alberta-based death/doom metal duo ANTHRODYNIA, is now streaming exclusively at No Clean Singing, ahead of its release this Friday on Nameless Grave Records.
As the behavior of mankind increases in cruelty and pettiness, a permanent state of exhaustion has taken its hold. These words define and inform the sound of the newly formed ANTHRODYNIA. The duo of Derek Orthner (Begrime Exemious, Azath) and Durell Smith (ex-Mahria, ex-Kuroi Jukai) formed out of their love for the variety of sounds the two genres cover.
ANTHRODYNIA now presents their debut album, Unspeakable Horrors Emanating From Within, its five harrowing tracks suffocating the listener with nearly forty minutes of dismal, brutalizing, glacial death metal and morbid auras. Taking influence from the likes of Disembowelment, Incantation, Spectral Voice, and Grief, they combine frantic death metal with dismal doom sections. Ethereal lead work pushes ANTHRODYNIA’s sound further into the depths of darkness.
Unspeakable Horrors Emanating From Within was recorded, mixed, and produced by Derek Orthner, mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, and completed with Artwork and logo by Karmazid, photography by Circle Of Bones, and layout by Derek Orthner.
Orthner reveals, “At the beginning of 2024, Durell and I formed ANTHRODYNIA, and our creative process sparked immediately. We’ve been in a variety of bands together for almost 20 years, so we had a pretty good track record of working with each other. Previously, we had dipped our toes into doom metal with a more stoner-oriented band called Cygnus, followed by a grindcore band (Dysplasia), a shoegaze band (Daydreaming), and a crust band (Falsehood). When Durell told me he was really getting into bands like Spectral Voice, and wanted to work on something in that vein, I was immediately into the idea. I had him over for several cocktails and spun some of the most crucial death/doom records while we discussed every detail we could think of for our new band. Unspeakable Horrors Emanating From Within is essentially the result of that night, and many years’ worth of death/doom metal fandom just streaming out of me. The final product is something we’re both really proud of, and the work that we put into it was nothing short of satisfying. Death metal has been my favorite genre of music since I was a teenager, and to do stuff in the vein of bands like Disembowelment, Cianide, Incantation, and so on, is exactly where I want to be.”
Within their colossal review of the album adjoining their advance stream, No Clean Singing writes in part, “…the songs provide a cornucopia of hideous and harrowing riffs and head-smacking rhythmic variations. The music sometimes heaves and lurches like a nightmarish leviathan, and at other times brutishly stomps, oozes disgusting sonic fluids, and uses vibrating guitar solos to manifest grief and pain in piercing tones…. The coupling of death and doom metal is of course a union of now-ancient origin, but the macabre and malicious spawn aren’t all the same. The musical spawn of ANTHRODYNIA stand out for just how horrifying and haunting they are.”
Hear ANTHRODYNIA’s Unspeakable Horrors Emanating From Within first via No Clean Singing now at THIS LOCATION.
Unspeakable Horrors Emanating From Within will be issued on CD, LP, and digitally this Friday, August 15th. Place preorders at the Nameless Grave Records webshop HERE and Bandcamp HERE.
ANTHRODYNIA is also booking live performances in support of the album, having been added to the crushing lineup for Infest Underground Arts Festival in Edmonton August 29th through 31st, where they’ll share the stage with Archgoat, Fugitive, Midnight, Nunslaughter, Unholy Grave, and more. Expect additional live announcements and more to post over the weeks ahead.
ANTHRODYNIA Live:
8/29-31/2025 Infest Underground Arts Festival – Edmonton, AB [info]
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