Showing posts with label Inverted Ascension. Show all posts
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Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Inverted Ascension Interview

 

1.For those that have never heard of you, can you tell us a little bit about the band?


We are 5 musicians who love an abhorrently unhealthy dose of extreme ear shattering black hearty metal served up constantly.


2.In July you had released your first full length, can you tell us a little bit more about the musical styles that you went for on the recording?


I guess we weren't really going for any particular style on Descension. It is a very heavy yet very melodic sound. It is the result of all our musical tastes combined. "Melodic Deathened Black Metal" is what we call it haha


3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band has explored so far with the music?


Descension is essentially a concept album, dualistic in nature. It is two stories woven together. One story is about a man's fall from grace, the other story is about a witch's fall from malevolence, both resulting in the darkness of the void entering the physical world and the chaos that follows.


4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'Inverted Ascension'/


In the same sense as one attains spiritual enlightenment and ascends into higher realms of the light, it is an inversion of this ascension into the higher realms of darkness. Better to reign in hell, as they say.        "Inverted Ascension"


5.Can you tell us a little bit more about the artwork that is presented on the new album cover?


The album cover represents a part of the story behind the lyrics. It is the descension of the witch after her fall from malevolence, as is represented by the image of a ghostly woman falling into the void (with a lot of cool looking eerie shit around it)


6.What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?


We are a relatively new band with only a handful of shows, our performance has been described as "brutal"


7.Do you have any touring or show plans for the new album?


Yeah, the plan is to take it as it comes. We are more focussed on the next release at this stage.


8.Currently you are unsigned, are you looking for a label or have received any interest?


Yeah, that's the goal, we have received a little interest, but we are hoping to pique the interest of a label that is more specific to our genre.


9.On a worldwide level how has the reaction been to your music by fans of black and death metal?


So far we have received very positive feedback from fans of both genres around the world


10.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?


We will continue to write what we feel and let the muse guide us where it will.


11.What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?


Our band influences vary greatly from thrash to classical to black metal to ambient chillout. the list goes on, i think the vast majority of stuff we listen to on a daily basis is black metal, lot of 90s, lot of blackened thrash and a lot of new wave.


12.Does Occultism play any role in your music?


Yeah i'd say so, we draw upon a lot of occultic influences to add to the storytelling of the Descension album.  There's definitely a fascination with the occult, satanism, mysticism, medieval era witchcraft and knighthood, all that shit.


13.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?


Only to thank you guys for the opportunity to share our thoughts. Hailz from Australia my friends

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Thursday, August 1, 2024

Inverted Ascension/Descension/2024 Full Length Review

 


   Inverted  Ascension  are  a  band  from  Australia  that  plays  a  very  melodic  and  blackened  form  of  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2024  album  "Descension".


  Wind  sounds  and  orchestration  starts  off  the  album  which  also  mixes  in  with  the  heavier  sections  of  the  songs  at  times.  A  couple  of  the  tracks  are  also  very  long  and  epic  in  length  while  the  faster  sections  of  the  songs  also  add  in  a  great  amount  of  tremolo  picking  and  blast  beats  and  the  vocals  are  mostly  grim  sounding  black  metal  screams.


  All  of  the  musical  instruments  on  the  recording  also  have  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  while  death  metal  growls  can  also  be  heard  at  times.  The  songs  also  add  in  a  good  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  along  with  the  solos  and  leads  also  being  done  in  a  very  melodic  style,  melodies  are  also  added  into  some  of  the  guitar  riffing  and  clean  playing  can  also  be  heard  on  some  of  the  tracks  and  one  song  also  adds  in  a  brief  use  of  spoken  word  parts.


  Inverted  Ascension  plays  a  musical  style  that  takes  the  melodic  forms  of  black  and  death  metal  and  mixes  them  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own.  The  production  sounds  very  professional  while  the  lyrics  cover  darkness  themes.


  In  my  opinion  Inverted  Ascension  are  a  very  great  sounding  melodic  mixture  of  black  and  death  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Thine  Greatest  Enemy  Mine"  and  "Behold  The  Spectre  of  War...".  8  out  of  10.


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