Take a quick gander at the Bandcamp page of Maryland death-doom rawness slingers Torvus and you’ll see in the sidebar they’ve listed a gig taking place July 2 at a castle in Slovakia. Well, I don’t think that’s true, and I don’t even know if travel to Nové Mesto nad Váhom is allowed at this point in time, but listening to the songs on Torvus‘ upcoming demo, Dead Seasons, I see where they’re coming from. The trio, which features Zak Suleri of Et Mors, Seasick Gladiator, and so on, offer a melancholic extremity that recalls early death-doom’s underproduced majesty, a ferocity of exploration and a fresh sense of ripe decay speaking to the deathly atmosphere surrounding.

As it happens, Torvus have been confirmed for what’s sadly being billed as the final Shadow Woods Metal Festival, to be held Aug. 27-28 out in the woods in White Hall, MD, where they’ll join a lineup diverse enough to include the likes of Panopticon and Borracho and Dave Heumann of Arbouretum, as well as a ton of others. Torvus have a slew of releases going back to 2015, among them the sophomore full-length The Innate Disease released in February and a split called House Arrest with Roanoke, Virginia’s Gravity Kong, but they’ve never been shy about putting out demos either. Maybe songs show up later, maybe they don’t. Not knowing is part of the fun.

And hey, maybe they’ll be in Slovakia in July, what do I know?

Info follows:

New demo from the new era of TORVUS dropping on the 25th of June.

Five new tracks:

1. Stoned n’ Frosted 06:00
2. Las Gotas de la Felicidad 00:45
3. Dead Seasons 04:44
4. Obsolete 04:20
5. Words Within 04:34

Summer ’21 Demo.
Releases 6/25/21.

Songs written during Spring 2021. Recorded May 2021.

Joey McTorvus – Guitars, Vocals, Keys
Zak Cerulean – Bass, Vocals
Noktal – Drums, Vocals

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Zak Cerulean.

Cover art:
Photography by Carol Antezana.
Design by Zak Cerulean

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Torvus, Dead Seasons (2021)