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Grethor - Cloaked In Decay [EP]



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Release date: 21 April 2015
Style: Blackened death metal


01. Wraith
02. Misery Of Ignorance
03. Somnia Malum Infinitum
04. Hemispheres Decaying
05. Organic Tomb
06. Monody For Artemis 2015 [bonus]

Additional info
Cloaked In Decay takes both traditional and avant-garde black metal and fuses it with a chaotic barrage of dark death metal riffs, laced with hooks and grooves. This five track EP offers Grethor's most diverse, compelling release yet, complete with crushing doom riffs, high-octane blasting and bleak melodic passages.

The EP's lyrics are inspired by the 1895 novel "The King in Yellow" by Robert W. Chambers: a series of short stories, of which four of them are about the eponymous forbidden play that spurs despair and insanity to those who read it. Cloaked In Decay also warns of the ills of religion, man's existential crises and cosmic horror.

Drums tracked at "Lady of Noise" in Frederick, MD August 2014
Engineered by Jason Hiner

Guitars and bass tracked in Ashburn, VA at Anthony's Studio and Bethesda, MD at Simon's Studio
September 2014 - January 2015

Vocals tracked in Takoma Park, MD and McLean, VA
Reamped and mixed in Bethesda, MD December 2014-January 2015
Engineered by Simon Callahan
Additional engineering by Joseph Mitra
Mixed by Simon Callahan

Mastered at "The Thousand Caves" studios in Queens, NY February 2015
Mastered by Colin Marston

Artwork and Design by Niklas Sundin
www.cabinfevermedia.com
Layout by Anthony Rouse

Additional vocals on "Wraith" courtesy of Davis Mullen
Additional vocals on "Misery of Ignorance" courtesy of Bill Calomiris

Samples and effects taken from
"Guitargrains.aiff"
www.freesound.org/people/klangfabrik/sounds/182376/
Composed by klangfabrik and hubertmichel
Obtained from freesounds.org
www.freesound.org/people/klangfabrik/
www.freesound.org/people/hubertmichel/
Licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution

Inspired by the 1895 novel "The King in Yellow" by Robert W. Chambers.

Produced by Simon Callahan and Grethor

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