UNHOLY - NEW LIFE BEHIND CLOSED EYES
VÖ: 17.07.2009
Label/Vertrieb: Prosthetic / Soulfood
Presse/Online Promotion
“Hard as nails and marked by scorching riffs, a muscular rhythm section with woofer-busting double bass, sufficiently searing solos and enough
melody to make the affair memorable” hails Blabbermouth.
Colossal, heavyweight punishment from Syracuse, NY for fans of Entombed, Hatebreed, Slayer and Crowbar.
Philosophically, UNHOLY view humanity as a cancer, a fungus that will devour
all in sight and, once all has been consumed, ultimately itself. Their debut
album for Prosthetic Records revolves around this exact premise, progressing
as an end-time narrative of the final days of humanity delivered by its own
hand, and continuing into an afterlife that is nothing like the heaven we have
been promised. Inspired by the writings and art of Thomas Ligotti, H.P.
Lovecraft, Joe Coleman, and Anton LaVey, among others, UNHOLY have in
mind a life after death far less rosy than most of us hope for. In death, we are merely another feast for the
insatiable beast that is the order of humanity.
UNHOLY activity began in 2006 with the release of their debut EP Awaken The Sleep on the New York-based
label Closed Casket Activities (Recon, Another Victim, and The Acacia Strain side-project Cockpunch!). In 2007,
Lambgoat Records released the full-length Blood Of The Medusa, which was followed by persistent touring to
promote the record. UNHOLY in 2009 is a seasoned beast, primed for the long haul.
Much like the gluttonous core of our very design, UNHOLY’s message that we are born as mere feed for the
cancer is channeled through a throbbing and raw musical vision that brings to mind British pioneers Carcass and
Black Sabbath, American trendsetters Testament, Slayer, and Crowbar, and of course, the almighty Entombed.
Powerful heavy music, like the earth itself, emits a certain frequency that burrows itself under one’s skin much like
maggots would on a dead body. UNHOLY’s New Life Behind Closed Eyes will grab you from within the same way
death draws you nearer to it on a daily basis.
With a philosophical vision so clear and a musical focus so exact, it should come as no surprise that in recent
years, UNHOLY have braved roads alongside bands as respected as Meshuggah, Municipal Waste, God Forbid,
labelmates The Acacia Strain, Earth Crisis, Soilent Green, Suicide Silence, Death Before Dishonor, 100 Demons,
Ringworm, Shadows Fall, Ministry, Nevermore, A Life Once Lost, As Blood Runs Black, and more.
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