COLOSSLOTH - 'Plague Alone'





CSR277CD (15 May 2020)
CD in digipak
Barcode: 0641871745500

When these tracks were recorded in spring-summer 2019, when the prophetic album title was set in stone, who knew what turbulence the world would undergo, what social isolation we would endure. To face a plague alone...

Landscapes sheathed in cacophony, a new sound being forged, emerging from the fractured sonics and sepulchral bass rumblings. A bold move forward towards the cinematic... transcendence born from ancient currents stirred up into frenzied and chthonic ritual. Esoteric music for transportation and immersion, taming the wilderness of the ravaged psyche.

Track listing:

1. Little Cups Of Grace (2:30)
2. Dies Infaustus (3:25)
3. Naked Blooded & Witched (8:43)
4. Plague Alone (10:43)
5. Scylla Is Rising (5:16)
6. Silt (15:04)
7. A Fuse Like This Has To Be Lit (14:47)



Reviews:

"It’s the best thing to come from the mind of the ‘mysterious beast hailing from Leicester.’ It’s an inhuman mass of sound. Metallic and laced with dust... this got me and held me for the length of the recording. I didn’t stop listening at all. A sonic creation for listening alone as the world lies still around you" (Fighting Boredom)

"Plague Alone has more than its share of sharp edges and aggressive discordance, with grinding waves and walls of sound over electroacoustic elements. Electronics, feedback, backward masking, and sculpted white noise are put into effect as well. But instead of being a sequence of random noises, Plague Alone is a logical progression that tells a compelling and appealing story. A harsh story to be sure, but one worth hearing" (Avant Music News)

"You can sense that there's a kind of soul to it, even though it's a purely mechanical sound. There's something within it... a journey or a story which you can pick up on. There's a living, breathing to it even despite the nature of the music... bury yourself in this one" (Ninehertz)