“In the days of antiquity, after the embers of a funeral pyre had died, the bones of the deceased would be gathered together in a funerary box and given a place of reverence to withstand the ravages of time. OSSILEGIUM stand upon these burnt offerings of the past while forging onward into new realms of darkness, where even light fears the eventual entropy of universal death.”
That’s an excerpt from the press materials distributed by Personal Records for this Chicago band’s debut album The Gods Below, which is set for release on May 3rd. We don’t usually copy/paste from PR materials, but maybe you see why we just did that — and why we’re doing it again next:
“Indeed, the record is aptly titled, for the alternately ice-cold / burning-hot majesty the duo unleash here reinvigorates noble old tropes – namely, the days when melody was married to death metal crunch and when leathery black wings enclosed it, flying far and free across a landscape of blue-purple emotion.” Continue reading »
