DEAD VOID’s Cranial Devastation Out Now
Copenhagen death/doom entity DEAD VOID has unleashed their newest album, Cranial Devastation.
The album is out now on CD, vinyl and digital formats via Dark Descent Records and Me Saco Un Ojo Records.
Order Cranial Devastation at:
darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com
On Cranial Devastation, DEAD VOID returns not with reinvention, but refinement of their singular, suffocating vision. Where the band’s debut Volatile Forms introduces a band steeped in cavernous atmosphere and psychological unease, their newest outing showcases something more deliberate, violent and far less forgiving.
Across five sprawling tracks, DEAD VOID invoke a form of doom-laden death metal that shuns clarity in favor of chaos. The album collapses inward under its own weight, lurching between glacial crawl and frantic rupture, with unearthly vocals screaming out like transmissions from beneath layers of sediment. The end result is controlled descent – oppressive, disorienting and relentless.
Recorded mostly live by Marcus Ferreira Larsen at No Master’s Voice, Cranial Devastation faithfully preserves DEAD VOID’s raw presence without sacrificing their dynamic range. The approach lends a sense of instability that permeates throughout the entire record. The album ends with a crushing Adrian Borland and The Sound cover.
Track list:
1. Regurgitation of Ancient Manifestations
2. Isolation’s Hold
3. Phantosmial Stench of Decay
4. Cranial Devastation
5. Jeg Kan Ikke Flygte Fra Mig Selv
Mastered by James Plotkin at Plotkinworks and featuring the artwork of French symbolist Odilion Redon, the album’s presentation mirrors its sound: surreal, decaying and steeped in tension.
All songs by Dead Void, except track 5 originally by Adrian Borland and The Sound. Track 5 lyrics translated by S. Boesen and K.
DEAD VOID:
A.: drums, bass, vocals
K.: guitars, bass, vocals
darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com
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