UK heavy droney experimental duo UNGRAVEN (with Jon Davis of Conan) have signed to Heavy Psych Sounds for the April 18th release of their new album “Hollows Made Homes In Their Sunken Cheeks”.
Ungraven is a celebration of the nastier side of heavy music, the dirty noise metal and industrial heaviness that is sorely under-represented in this scene, progressing forward to crushing drone laced with ambient eeriness. On their new album “Hollows Made Homes In Their Sunken Cheeks”, Jon Davis (Conan) and David Perry (formerly of The Laez, Conan & Dead Void) launch a glacial barrage of heaviness, using synths, keys, organ, vocoder and guitar, conjuring images of social decline projected across imagined landscapes of a ruined future.
Stream new track “Nothing Is Less Than Zero (Part 1)“
“Nothing Is Less Than Zero” rips open a void between worlds, where dark cinematic soundscapes drip into a bleeding heaviness. Gone is the traditional metal framework of their previous records: instead, Davis and Perry conjure a sickening symphony of guitar and dronesque synth that carves universe-shaped holes through your skull. No beats. No lyrics but some messages issued by doomed robots. No mercy. The atmosphere itself speaks volumes as layers of sound gradually build the tension, diving deeper and heavier into synthesizer realms where restrained forces lurk beneath the surface. Like threatening vessels silently hovering overhead, it teeters on the brink of psychedelic spheres, a haunting progression culminating into nothing but nothingness. While we all knew Ungraven could unleash hell, “Nothing Is Less Than Zero” reveals something more profound: the ability to control it.
The band comments: “Pillars of granite burst forth from the earth. Their looming presence forcing frozen awe upon all that stand beneath. Impenetrable shadows suffocate and disorientate, as the monoliths continue to plough endlessly into the infinite. Shrouded by black, forever turns into never, and we are overwhelmed and dizzied into nausea by the unimaginably colossal nature of Nothingness.“
“Hollows Made Homes In Their Sunken Cheeks” will be released worldwide on April 18th, with LP and CD preorders available now via Heavy Psych Sounds.
Ungraven “Hollows Made Homes In Their Sunken Cheeks”
Out April 18th on Heavy Psych Sounds
Ungraven‘s new album “Hollows Made Homes In Their Sunken Cheeks” came into existence as a result of frontman Jon Davis’ wishes to take the Ungraven sound somewhere other than a standard ‘rock band’ setup. Moving away from the traditional ‘drums/bass/guitar’ structure has allowed Ungraven to experiment further with both sound and composition. ‘Hollows….’ Is an experiment in sonics and allows Davis and Perry to perform a sickening sonic duet as their respective instruments carve a universe-shaped hole in your consciousness.
Inspired by the duo’s past collaborations on Conan tracks such as “Older than Earth” and “Grief Sequence” as well as artists such as Tangerine Dream, Circle, Zombi and Harold Budd, the album blends composed and improvised elements, crafted remotely from their home base in England and Denmark. The addition of Perry’s synth, organ and piano to Davis’s slab-like 6-string delivery results in two 20-minute epics that are as introspective and as they are pummelling. Fall untethered into a bleak and expansive soundscape of psychedelic terror, and experience a new chapter in Ungraven‘s tome of tone.
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