EPK – Impending Annihilation – Idiopathic Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head (2024) (Gore House Productions)

EPK – Impending Annihilation – Idiopathic Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head (2024) (Gore House Productions)

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“These songs used a super extended range guitar/bass or a fretless bass. There are not many songs that use these unusual instruments. This example of musical instrument work will surely shock you. When someone gets an instrument with a lot of strings, it’s hard to figure out what it can play because it’s a newly designed instrument. For this reason, many people stop playing just by hitting the thick strings. When you listen to our songs, you’ll want to use all the strings.” – (Kei) – Impending Annihilation

For fans of Viraemia, Brain Drill, Monumental Torment, Archspire, Entrails Eradicated

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Album Order – CD and Digital – https://orcd.co/idiopathic

Album / Single Title: Idiopathic Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head
Release Date: April 19, 2024
Label: Gore House Productions

Track Listing:
1. Rapidly Destructive Coxarthropathy (2:04)
2. Idiopathic Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head (1:29)

EP Credits:
• All songs performed by: Gotoh Kei, horizon
• All songs written by: Gotoh Kei, horizon
• Produced by: Gotoh Kei
• Mixed by: Gotoh Kei
• Mastered by: Gotoh Kei

EP Band Line Up:
Gotoh Kei – Guitars, Bass
Horizon – Vocals

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About the album as a whole (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY)

The goal written on the score is Perpetuum mobile. In English, this is perpetual motion, a musical term that refers to music that is constantly in motion. Both songs continue to play at high speed without stopping. (Kei)

Track by Track (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY)

1. Rapidly Destructive Coxarthropathy – For this song, I used a 7-string fretless bass. Fretless basses are often used in technical death metal, but rarely in unison with the guitarist’s sweep. It is often played slowly and elegantly with vibrato and portamento. But I wanted a quick and dirty sweep. (Kei)

2. Idiopathic Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head – This song used a 10-string guitar and an 11-string bass. Many of these guitar and bass performances with many strings are uploaded to YouTube. However, it is rare to use all the strings from end to end in one phrase. After hitting a low note, play a possible phrase on a six-string instrument. I wanted to see a piece of music that would be impossible without 10 or 11 strings. So I decided to make it myself. (Kei)

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BAND FUN FACTS – STORY ANGLES

The band photo was taken during a private trip, which was originally to see reptiles. However, IxAx, who had been on hiatus, began making concrete steps toward reactivating from that day on. The location of mountains and waterfalls gives you the feel of a band photo.

L-R: Horizon (Vocals) | Gotoh Kei (Guitars, Bass) – Photo Credit – Suzuta

Technical prowess and a barrage of speed come for you in the new two-track EP “Idiopathic Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head” from Japan’s Impending Annihilation, out on April 19, 2024, on Gore House Productions. This onslaught of technical death metal leaves no survivors and pushes the boundaries of the genre. The band comments on this release:

“These songs represent the pinnacle of technical death metal for us. We wanted to create something that truly stood out in the genre, and so we crafted these tracks with a focus on rapid, intense instrumentation that utilizes super extended-range guitars and fretless bass. It’s an example of musical instrument work that will surely shock listeners.”

With the overarching goal of perpetual motion in mind, Impending Annihilation has crafted a sonic experience that refuses to stand still. Describing their vocal approach, vocalist Horizon points out that they don’t adhere to traditional lyricism in their music. Instead, they view vocals as instruments themselves, using growls and gutturals in the same way one would incorporate sweeps and tappings into a song structure.

Impending Annihilation strives to deliver performances that captivate and intrigue. Their compositions aim to defy common structures, embodying the essence of technical death metal while embracing the perpetual motion of their musical vision.

Blasting onward at an unyielding pace, full of strangeness and fury, “Idiopathic Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head” is innovative and impressive. It is recommended for fans of Monumental Torment, Archspire, and Entrails Eradicated.

“Idiopathic Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head” is available for pre-order on CD and digital at the following link – ​https://orcd.co/idiopathic

Discography:
2017 – Delirium Tremens – full length
2015 – Implacability of KILL ME: Inu O Shinobite Sakura Saku – EP

Shared Stage with:
BLEEDEAD
DEVILOOF
Adipocere Necrophilia
Sparganum Proliferum
Multiple Individually