NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – November 7, 2023
Avant-garde Metal Duo DISORIENTATION Enter “Survival Mode” With New EP Out Dec 2023
Unveil First Single “Dissociation”
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Daniel Daris â Guitars, Bass, Marie-Claude Fleury â Vocals, Oboe, English Horn, Drum Programming
Photo Credit : Marie-Claude Fleury
Montreal, Canada’s avant-garde metal duo Disorientation returns with their sophomore EP “Survival Mode” to follow their 2021 self-titled debut. A more blunt and straightforward record than its predecessor, the 16-minute, 3-track EP bends extreme metal, noise, and hardcore influences at its will pushing the envelope with unorthodox vocal lines, odd structures, and dissonant oboe and English Horn arrangements to create a strong emotional reaction to reflect tactics for psychological survival in unpleasant situations.
“This new EP has more of a harder edge compared to our 1st effort. We opted for a more straightforward sound with a mix that better reveals each instrument and voice that Hugues Deslauriers (Roarrr Sound Studio) magnificently mixed and mastered. Those who already like the band will enjoy it. People new to the band will either like or hate it, or at the least, it will leave them confused. It aims to create tension in the listeners, putting them ill at ease and make them question and wonder what is going on.” adds the band.
As another milestone for the duo to express their own unique sound and perspective in the context of metal music, “Survival Mode” speaks about coping mechanisms, and the process of releasing this EP has been an exercise of survival for both of them who suffered losing loved ones during recording. Also with “Survival Mode”, Disorientation aims to build real momentum and bring their atypical symphonic music to the live environment.
To introduce fans to the forthcoming record, Disorientation is unveiling the opening track “Dissociation” accompanied by a music video. The musical extremes from this song reflect the coexistence of harshness and vulnerability that dissociation can create between oneself and surroundings.
The band comments on the track:
“As soon as we started writing Dissociation, we knew this was the ideal opener for the EP. Contrary to the opening song Break Down from our previous effort, Dissociation does not waste any time and starts moving right from the start. It was the ideal song to showcase first because it encompasses the wide range of musical and style elements that make up the Disorientation sound.
Watch and listen to the video for “Dissociation” via its premiere on IDIOTEQ HERE.
“Survival Mode” is due out on December 1, 2023, and is available for pre-order at https://disorientationmetal.bandcamp.com.
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Track Listing:â
1. Dissociation (7:43)
2. Jaded (5:56)
3. Dark Side (2:27)
Album Length: 16:06
EP Band Line Up:â
Marie-Claude Fleury â Vocals, Oboe, English Horn, Drum Programming
Daniel Daris â Guitars, Bass
Guest Musicians
Maude Théberge and Pascal Germain-Berardi : Classical Choir on Dissociation
More Info: Facebook.com/disorientationmetal | Instagram.com/disorientationmetalâ
About:Â Disorientation is a DIY Dark Experimental Metal band from Montreal, Canada, created by Marie-Claude Fleury and Daniel Daris. While other symphonic acts portray beauty, wonder, and grace, Disorientation takes you down a path of troubling disarray, crippling misery, and severe anguish you canât escape from.
The idea of the band had been floating around for a few years, with song fragments written here and there but it was at the beginning of 2020 that Marie-Claude and Dan really got serious and started establishing the foundation of their unpolished sound driven by oboe orchestral passages and vocals that are harsh, vulnerable and everything in between.
Disorientation strives to combine the abrasiveness of old death/thrash metal with the orchestral elements introduced by European bands in the late 90s/early 00s to create depressive music with simple riffs that go for emotion rather than technique. The band avoids predetermined chord progressions, verse-chorus-verse-chorus structures, and clean/distorted vocal dichotomies to create disconcerting, dissonant, and memorable songs.
On September 26th, 2021, Disorientation released their first 3-track EP. In spite of minimal promotion, Disorientationâs unique sound and approach were noticed. Metal Trenches called it âa perfect band name and title for this self-titled EPâ while Turkeyâs Metalperver wrote that it was âInteresting music, worth checking out.â The songs got airplay on Dark Metal Radio, Sewer Spewer, The Autopsy Report, No Name Radio, and Mtl Métal.
“Survival Mode” is the bandâs second EP due out in December 2023. Those 3 new songs feature even more of the elements that set them apart: unorthodox vocal lines, odd structures, dissonant oboe arrangements, in-your-face discomfort, and distress. With this offering, Marie-Claude and Daniel intend to keep their momentum. They are currently assembling a lineup with the goal of playing Disorientationâs music live.
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“It sounds all over the place⦠a very avant-garde vibe to it … It almost feels improvised, itâs like slam poetry but with black metal oboe. This is definitely not going to be for everyone, but I love that weird, kind of obscure random stuff. This is all over the place, it feels improvised, I kind of like it like that, this is Disorientation, which is a perfect band name and title for this self-titled EP.” – Metal Trenches (2021 â Disorientation – EP)
“Canadian band Disorientation produces interesting music. Black/death metal ties with folk instruments and synths. The song Nature, in which the band decorated with plug-ins and acoustic passages and also used choir vocals, caught my attention. They released a three-track self-titled EP; It’s worth taking a look.” – Metal Perver (2021 â Disorientation – EP)
“… a little do-it-yourself project of dark low-fi symphonic metal with a little depressed folkloric side … it’s a pretty interesting little 3-piece EP … the album cover is also magnificent.” – Mtl Metal – CIBL 101.5 FM
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