WAKE ‘THOUGHT FORM DESCENT’ LP (Marbled Vinyl)

LABEL: Metal Blade Records
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 7/22/2022
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 2022
VARIANT: Marbled Vinyl LP

Canadas WAKE have never been a band interested in repeating themselves, this abundantly apparent from their discography, having evolved with every release. 2020s Devouring Ruin made this more clear than ever, hammering the point home with the Confluence EP in the same year, and now they return with Thought Form Descent, their most dynamic, diverse and emotional release to date. Id describe the record as a place to reconsider what extreme means. The words brutal, crushing, devastating are overused adjectives for extreme music. We wanted to force people to confront the idea that brutal or extreme ideas arent just blastbeats or angular tritones, or, more importantly, brutal elements alongside pointedly passive elements can create their own experience that can channel both and neither. The result is eight nuanced tracks that run the gamut from relentlessly heavy to exquisitely beautiful, often simultaneously, and instantly grab hold of the listener, demanding their full attention. However, at the same time, they are lushly textured and densely layered, and offer more with every subsequent exposure, unfurling to show hidden depths, and taking WAKE to a whole new level.