The Exuviae Of Gods – Part II, the new EP from long-running Australian funeral doom kings MOURNFUL CONGREGATION, is streaming in its entirety through 20 Buck Spin who will release the record in North America on Friday.
Returning with the second and final installment in the doom-laden The Exuviae Of Gods EP series, Part II once again contains two never-heard brand new MOURNFUL CONGREGATION tracks and a re-recording of an old classic from the bandâs 1990s demo era. The EP opens with âHeads Bowedâ which the most fanatical MOURNFUL CONGREGATION fans will recognize from their An Epic Dream Of Desire demo from 1995, now given new life through the eyes and ears of decades of extreme doom songcraft and studio work. After that look back, âThe Forbidden Abysmâ and the side-long âThe Paling Crestâ remind us how far the band has come, and yet remain as true to their original purpose as ever.
The drums for The Exuviae Of Gods – Part II were recorded by Evan Mersky at Red Lantern Studios in Portland, Oregon, with the rest of the album recorded and mixed at the Cave Studio in Adelaide, Australia by Damon Good, after which the record was mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (Obituary, Sleep, Come To Grief). Like the previous EP, artwork is once again handled by Karmazid (Daeva, Lamp Of Murmuur, Egregore), bringing the monadic into the dyadic, thus perfecting the natural order of primordial principles. Required listening for followers of the works of Atramentus, Dream Unending, Worm, Skepticism, Bell Witch, Evoken, Ahab, Thergothon, and Esoteric.
Stream MOURNFUL CONGREGATIONâs The Exuviae Of Gods – Part II now at YouTube HERE.
The Exuviae Of Gods – Part II is out this Friday, May 26th in North America on LP, CD, and digital formats through the 20 Buck Spin webshop HERE and Bandcamp HERE. The album is available in Europe and other territories through Osmose Productions.
And so concludes the dual-pillar compendium of devouring gloom and exaltation that is The Exuviae Of Gods. A balm to quiet the restless spirit as the world awaits the inevitable birth of the years-in-the-making sixth MOURNFUL CONGREGATION album.
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