De Amerikaanse blackened deathcore band Ov Sulfur heeft vandaag hun tweede album Endless uitgebracht via Century Media Records. Ralf schreef al een uitgebreid artikel over Endless. Deze is via de volgende link te lezen.
Tegelijk met de release verscheen ook een vocal one-take playthrough-video voor het nummer “Forlorn”, met vocalisten Ricky Hoover en Chase Wilson. De video is via de volgende link te bekijken.
Het album Endless is via de volgende link te beluisteren en aan te schaffen:
https://ovsulfurband.lnk.to/Endless-Album
Met Endless bouwt Ov Sulfur voort op het geluid van hun debuut The Burden Ov Faith uit 2023. De band combineert deathcore met invloeden uit black metal, symfonische elementen. De vocalen van Ricky Hoover spelen daarbij een centrale rol, ondersteund door de afwisseling met Chase Wilson.
Chase Wilson (Gitarist/Vocalist) over “Forlorn:
“My goal for ‘Forlorn’ was a melodeath version of a waltz. This song has an elegant kind of swing to it while also being crushingly heavy. It’s about someone suffering from loneliness and worrying they’ll never find someone to share their life with. Delivering that message in this vocal one-take performance, even with the key change toward the end, was a special challenge to show off how Ricky and I have grown as singers.”
Chase Wilson (Gitarist/Vocalist) over album in zijn geheel:
“The dreaded ‘sophomore slump’ is here, but we think we rose above that. Our debut LP ‘The Burden Ov Faith’ was full of a lot of new elements and great ideas, but we really refined those and expanded further here. A huge benefit was having more time to really shape it and doing so in a dedicated studio session with Josh Schroeder, whereas LP1 was piecemealed together from many sessions across time and space. (We recorded vocals in LA, drums with Josh, guitars in Las Vegas, etc.) Endless’ is a journey through eternal struggles and trying to find what we need to come to terms with them. We have all been through a lot of these different emotions and wrestled with the possibility there could never be an end.”
Foto credit: Anabel DFlux
Ricky Hoover (Vocals) over album in zijn geheel:
“This album pushed me to the edge! When it comes to vocal abilities, both in terms of screaming AND singing, accompanied by an increased presence by my co-captain Chase. Wait until you hear my falsetto in ‘Endless//Loveless.’ There’s actually a cell phone video from the studio where you can see and hear how mindblown we all were because I didn’t tell anyone I was going to try that and that first take made the album! It also pushed me lyrically. This album examines how real-life emotions and struggles would feel if they went on eternally: became ‘Endless,’ if you will. This forced me to really grapple with the emotions taken to their furthest point, which was taxing to say the least. Hopefully it resonates with listeners, who can find the joy in the here and now, rather than looking toward the ‘Endless.'”
Naast vaste bandleden zijn er gastbijdragen te horen van Josh Davies (Ingested), Johnny Ciardullo (Carcosa) en Alan Grnja (Distant).
Tracklist Endless
- Endless//Godless
- Seed
- Forlorn
- Vast Eternal
- Wither
- Evermore
- Dread (feat. Josh Davies – Ingested)
- Bleak (feat. Johnny Ciardullo – Carcosa)
- A World Away (feat. Alan Grnja – Distant)
- Endless//Loveless
Ov Sulfur gaat binnenkort op Noord-Amerikaanse tour met Orbit Culture en Atlas. De band tourde eerder met onder andere Lorna Shore, Signs of the Swarm en Nekrogoblikon.
Bezetting:
Ricky Hoover – zang
Chase Wilson – gitaar, zang
Leviathvn – drums
Josh Bearden – bas
Christian Becker – gitaar
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