Obsidian Sea to Release Pathos Feb. 4
If in 2019 you caught wind of Sofia, Bulgaria’s Obsidian Sea making their label debut on Ripple Music with Strangers (review here), you’re probably not wondering why I’m stoked on the advent of a follow-up coming in February. If you missed that record — and hey, that shit happens; to me almost daily — then dig into the classic-doom-meets-proto-NWOBHM vibes of lead single “Sisters” on the player at the bottom of this post and I think you’ll be more than caught up enough to proceed. Traditional Sabbathian doom delivered with depth and melodic flourish, individualism in the guitar solo, heft in the groove, and righteousness in the melody. It’s not dark just to show off the fact that it can be, but it’s got an edge to its rhythm that portends grimmer spaces to be explored. I like it. Can’t say it simpler than that.
And hey, maybe you will too. That’s the whole thing about sharing music. That’s why it’s enjoyable.
To the PR wire:
OBSIDIAN SEA: new album details + first single unveiled!
Sofia-based 70’s heavy rockers and kings of epic melodies OBSIDIAN SEA announce the release of their fourth album ‘Pathos’ on February 4th through Ripple Music. Raise your horns to the sound of their brand new single “Sisters”!
Written during months of isolation, their upcoming fourth album ‘Pathos’ is a work in which the trio injected heaviness, and a feeling of naive exuberance, aggression, dreamlike melancholy and introspection all at once — “a therapeutic process of emotional release through the music, but also one of establishing a truer human connection within the band” as described by the trio. This is a record by a band that intends to express utmost honesty without any fear or apology.
About the album theme, vocalist Anton Avramov explains: “The very word “pathos” has, through time, accumulated a rich and sometimes contradictory meaning ranging from pity to disdain, implying care or confrontation. In any sense, it was a fitting title for an album dealing with themes like mourning the lost sense of wonder, longing for a renewed connection with one’s existence that was once seen through myth, fable, rite, and could perhaps still be reached by hope, humility and sacrifice. What could be seen thus as simply a juvenile escapist fantasy could perhaps be thought of as a rather sober look upon the fragility of the romantic and the insistence that a world bereft of wonder is also deprived of honesty and therefore inspiration.”
OBSIDIAN SEA – New album ‘Pathos’
Out February 4th, 2022 on Ripple Music
Preorder available from December 4th at this location: https://ripplemusic.bandcamp.com/album/pathos
TRACKLIST:
1. Lament the Death of Wonder
2. The Long Drowning
3. Sisters
4. Mythos
5. The Revenants
6. I Love The Woods
7. The Meaning of Shadows
OBSIDIAN SEA is
Anton Avramov – Guitars And Vocals
Delyan Karaivanov – Bass And Backing Vocals
Bozhidar Parvanov – Drums
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