PRIMITIVE MAN & UNEARTHLY TRANCE Announce Split LP Coming August 17th
One year after each releasing two of 2017’s heaviest albums, Denver’s PRIMITIVE MAN and New York City’s UNEARTHLY TRANCE unite for an exercise in complete and total suffering, coming August 17th on CD/LP/Digital via Relapse Records. Across seven apocalyptic tracks,both bands tap into some of the most uncomfortable, vile realms of blackened doom and dissonant, harsh noise put to tape in the new millennium.
Watch the official split album trailer featuring the opening track “Merging”, recorded by both bands, HERE. New music from each band will be available in the near future.
PRIMITIVE MAN & UNEARTHLY TRANCE’s Split LP is due out August 17th on CD/LP/Digital vis Relapse.com. Physical packages, digital downloads and streaming services are available via Relapse.com HERE.
http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2017/03/02/unearthly-trance-stalking-the-ghost/
"“Dream State Arsenal” is an aptly-titled monster, unfolding in a swirl
of feedback and eventually evolving into a molasses-paced juggernaut of
sticky riffs and slow-burning tension that feels reminiscent of the
band’s work on V. This track also sets the tone instrumentally, giving
bassist Jay Newman and drummer Darren Verni ample room to bring the
pain."
http://metalbandcamp.com/2017/02/unearthly-trance-stalking-ghost.html
"“Famine” is cold and crushing, with singer/guitarist Ryan Lipynsky’s
death-rattle vocals rumbling under layers of noise. The song veers into
clean, minimalism before swirling into a discordant, repetitive riff. An
unexpected soaring solo rises, phoenix-like, out of the murk."
http://www.popmatters.com/review/unearthly-trance-stalking-the-ghost/
"Unearthly Trance’s appeal is that (like classic NYC band Unsane) they
always have sounded dangerous underneath the distortion, not really
concerned if they harsh your buzz or remind you the world can be
painful. "
http://yourlastrites.com/reviews/9135/unearthly-trance-stalking-the-ghost "Ryan Lipynsky’s guitar riffs (often doubled with
perfect trunk-rattling scuzziness by Jay Newman’s bass) are omnivorous,
pulling in bits of Sabbath swing, classic sludge causticness, hardcore
punchiness, pinches, bends, stutters, and whatever else might be needed
to get the damn job done."
"This is why you need to pay attention to sludge metal, not because of
the obvious big guys like Sleep, but because of what they’ve inspired in
bands such as Unearthly Trance."
