Lord Dying is a band from Portland, Oregon that formed in 2010 and over the course of the past several years has established itself as a group who took roots in doom/sludge and extreme thrash and created a body of work that is as heavy as it is atmospheric, as bludgeoning and aggressive as it is capable of shifting into delicate and introspective moments. In 2019 Lord Dying released its most creatively ambitious album up to that time in Mysterium Tremendum, a meditation on death and loss and the extremes feelings that come about in their wake. It was the first chapter in a trilogy of albums whose next installment is Clandestine Transcendence which releases on streaming, download, CD and Coke Bottle Clear and Olvie Green 180g vinyl on January 19, 2024 via the MNRK Heavy imprint. The album is perhaps even more diverse in the sonics of its songwriting with the extreme ends of the band’s style emphasized with the most crushing and heavy hitting passages in the Lord Dying catalog and the most ethereal and delicate moments of vulnerable introspection. Stylistically Lord Dying includes its most clear and straight forward vocal performances and a song that starts out like something you’d expect from a punk outfit before it escalates into something much heavier. It is arguably Lord Dying’s most creatively realized record thus far and a welcome entry in a body of work that is uncommonly imaginative and eclectic in the realm of heavy music.
Listen to our interview with Erik Olsen of Lord Dying on Bandcamp and follow Lord Dying at the links provided.
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