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Thera Roya Announce Masterful Universe EP Due Sept. 8

Brooklyn/Jersey-based sludge noisemakers Thera Roya will release a new two-songer dubbed Masterful Universe on Sept. 8. Given the chaos that ensued across their debut full-length, Stone and Skin (review here), I’m just going to go ahead and assume it’s something of an ironic title and that the thesis they’re working under is not so much that the universe is subject to any kind of overriding mastery so much as it’s like a sad and brutal churn playing out over our heads in a fashion worthy of its own searing amp noise and screams. You know, because existential crisis and whatnot.

You can see the postcard-worthy art forĀ Masterful Universe below, followed by more info from the PR wire, which would seem to coincide with my theory given the descriptions of the two tracks involved. Haven’t heard this one yet, but I always look forward to the kind of slaughter these guys bring.

Dig it:

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Thera Roya – Masterful Universe

3 piece cosmic sludge purveyors bubble back to the surface with new offering Masterful Universe. A 2 song celestial EP commenting on the hopeless world confusion state with an air of nihilistic observation. The world is burning, all the better to hunker down and write an unhinged 7 minute song with one riff (Static Transmission) and a groovy collaged sister track (Confused Population); complete with samples, other-worldly vocals and sick riffs. Teaming up with illustrator Jim Penola garnered a stylized, silly, yet clear representation of the message: the universe is sending a message, people need to tune in and start listening.

Since 2011 Brooklyn based Thera Roya have released 7 EP/Splits and 1 full length (Stone & Skin). Always pushing into different creative territory, TR stubbornly persist, unafraid to explore colors and styles in a metal scene too comfortable with black and white and fitting a mold. Any TR release can range from depressive to unhinged, ecstatic to contemplative, song by song, album to album. TR have toured extensively the past 4 years in the north-east, mid-west and south, carving a rutted name in the underground scene.

Recorded by Jake Drambus, Charlotte NC, Sept 2016. Mixed and Mastered by Jake Drambus. Additional recording/mixing by Ryan Smith. Artwork by Jim Penola.

Tracklisting:
1. Static Transmission
2. Confused Population

Thera Roya is:
Ryan Smith – Drums/Vox/Guitar
Chris Eustaquio – Guitars
Jonny Cohn – Bass

EP release show:
09/07 The Well, Brooklyn, NY w/ Black Black Black, Ereptile Destruction, Fliege
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https://theraroya.bandcamp.com/

Thera Roya, Stone and Skin (2017)

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