Having had to deal with a slew of delays in 2022, I am pleased to announce that the Qrixkuor Zoetrope CD Digipak and cassette are now available and in stock!
Emerging from the serpentine susurrus left in the wake of last yearâs monstrous two-part epic âPoison Palinopsia,â Qrixkuor swiftly rise again to present a new EP entitled âZoetropeâ – a single black arrow of death sent straight to the heart of the world – to be released on CD format on Friday 18th November, joined in darkness again by Invictus Productions in Europe and Dark Descent Records in the USA, with tape and vinyl formats to follow in early and mid-2023 respectively.
Returning to Priory Recording Studios in Birmingham, England, to record, mix and master the track with the acclaimed Greg Chandler and with cover art this time contributed by the extraordinary Santiago Caruso, the textural approach of âZoetropeâ dilates the divine eye of death metal to unmapped dimensions, dispatching a boot to the face of the idea that itâs marriage with symphonic timbres must be synonymous with floral harmonies backed by sterile production and performed by lifeless sample libraries. âZoetropeâ is majestic, but any beauty has long since withered, and what remains is the discordant dirge of Qrixkuorâs cacophonous duet with the Orchestra of the Eternal Return.
âZoetropeâ is an ode to the terror of the cyclic infinite – the endless, silent scream of a mind that has wandered so far that it cannot return. The soul that burns on everlasting, each thousand year journey the mere blink of an eye. There is no escapeâ¦
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