Icelandic tech death battalion Ophidian I will be releasing their new album, ‘Desolate,’ on July 16, making it their debut to Season of Mist! The band is now releasing the mind-blowing new single, “Spiral to Oblivion!” The song and its accompanying music video, which was created by Ásgeir Helgi Þrastarson, can be heard at THIS LOCATION [embedded below].
The band comments on the new album and track: “‘Spiral To Oblivion’ was among the first songs we wrote for the album and has been a band-favourite since its inception. With this song we wanted to make a very death metal oriented song but keep prominent focus on the attributes we were striving for with the album and sound of the band as a whole – memorable melodies and solid structure & composition. To sustain apt harmonious guidance, the guitar leads and melodies became a centrepiece of this song. As with many other songs on the album the guitar leads serve as the central source of melody and are present throughout the bulk of the song. We feel that we ended up with a full-force, tech-death banger that we can’t wait to play live. Our friend Ásgeir Helgi did a great job on the video; capturing the spirit and essence of OPHIDIAN I.”
“Diamonds” is available for pre-saving on all digital platforms HERE.
Pre-orders are now live HERE.
Track-list
1. Diamonds (4:35)
2. Spiral To Oblivion (3:31)
3. Storm Aglow (4:12)
4. Unfurling The Crescent Moon (2:53)
5. Sequential Descent (4:31)
6. Captive Infinity (3:43)
7. Enslaved In A Desolate Swarm (4:05)
8. Dominion Eyes (3:13)
9. Jupiter (4:01)
10. Wither On The Vine (4:07)
Total: 38:51
Line-up:
Ragnar Sverrisson – Drums
Daníel Máni Konráðsson – Guitar
Simon Thorolfsson – Guitar
Þórður Hermannsson – Bass
John Olgeirsson – Vocals
Recording studio: Sundlaugin Studio
Sound engineer:
Stephen Lockhart (drums)
Daníel Máni Konráðsson & Ophidian I (guitars, bass, vocals)
Produced by: Daníel Máni Konráðsson
Mixing studio and engineer: The Grid, Christian Donaldson
Mastering studio and engineer: The Grid, Christian Donaldson
Guest musicians: Julian Parry – vocals on ‘Dominion Eyes’
Cover artwork artist: painted by Eliran Kantor
Press release courtesy of Season of Mist
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