Experimental metal trio LOCRIAN are a prophetic voice of decline and a pioneering force in the world of metal. LOCRIAN’s sonic tapestry weaves elements of black metal, ambient, and experimental music, creating a genre-defying experience that pushes the boundaries of conventional metal norms. Their new album “End Terrain” set for release on April 05, is the proper follow-up to 2015’s “Infinite Dissolution” (Relapse Records) and continues in the vein of LOCRIAN’s distinguishable sonic blueprint brought forth from said release along with such albums as the Relapse Records released “Return To Annihilation” and “The Clearing/The Final Epoch”. 2022 saw the return of LOCRIAN making their return on their Profound Lore debut “New Catastrophism” which saw the trio explore and return back to the more experimental side of their roots.
“End Terrain” is the group’s most direct and concise work to date. More complex and layered than anything in the prolific trio’s catalog, “End Terrain” is a concept album exposing a vision of a future earth consumed by waste. An apocalyptic landscape, inhabited by a generation who despise their parentage and a dying breed fully aware of the wasteland they have left. Mountains of trash and an uninhabitable planet, endless and dead. End Terrain is about inertia and regret, about the future and a mirror to the present, about mourning and extinction.
A seamless and harrowing blend of experimental, post-rock, and post-metal, “End Terrain” is the perfect manifestation of modern, forward-thinking experimental music pushed to a maximalist conclusion.
The trio of LOCRIAN, comprised of André Foisy (Albany), Terence Hannum (Baltimore), and Steven Hess (Chicago), has garnered critical acclaim for their innovative approach to heavy music. As Marc Masters of Pitchfork noted, “Plenty of bands play music that sounds dark, but few can make every note bleed black and breathe smoke. Count Locrian as part of that select circle.” Lars Gotrich of NPR praised the group stating that “Locrian always wants to show us something new – or at least rearrange the context of what heavy means, or even what sound means,” and Jamie Ludwig of Noisey applauded the group for “masterfully conjuring and destroying alternate universes through music” with each of their releases providing “challenging sonic adventures and evocative perspectives on the physical state of the world around us.”
In the ever-evolving realm of extreme music, Locrian stands as a testament to the power of artistic exploration. Their geographical spread mirrors the expansive sonic landscapes they traverse, cementing their status as trailblazers in the avant-garde metal scene.
Track Listing: 1. Chronoscapes, 2. Utopias, 3. Umwelt, 4. The World Is Gone, There is no World, 5. Excarnate Light, 6. Black Prisms of Our Dead Age, 7. Innenwelt, 8. In the Throes of Petrifaction, 9. After Extinction
Vinyl Specs:
Single LP jacket w/spot gloss, fold out 8-panel insert, OBI strip, exclusive 36-page A5 booklet/zine, the “End Terrain Addendum” entitled Our Dead Age, a collection of short stories by LOCRIAN’s Terrence Hannum.
UPC LP:
Lavender/Ghost Colour Mix w/Emerald Splash (843563173060)
Lavender Haze: (843563173053)
Lavender: (843563173046)
Crimson (843563173039)
Experimental metal trio LOCRIAN are a prophetic voice of decline and a pioneering force in the world of metal. LOCRIAN’s sonic tapestry weaves elements of black metal, ambient, and experimental music, creating a genre-defying experience that pushes the boundaries of conventional metal norms. Their new album “End Terrain” set for release on April 05, is the proper follow-up to 2015’s “Infinite Dissolution” (Relapse Records) and continues in the vein of LOCRIAN’s distinguishable sonic blueprint brought forth from said release along with such albums as the Relapse Records released “Return To Annihilation” and “The Clearing/The Final Epoch”. 2022 saw the return of LOCRIAN making their return on their Profound Lore debut “New Catastrophism” which saw the trio explore and return back to the more experimental side of their roots.
“End Terrain” is the group’s most direct and concise work to date. More complex and layered than anything in the prolific trio’s catalog, “End Terrain” is a concept album exposing a vision of a future earth consumed by waste. An apocalyptic landscape, inhabited by a generation who despise their parentage and a dying breed fully aware of the wasteland they have left. Mountains of trash and an uninhabitable planet, endless and dead. End Terrain is about inertia and regret, about the future and a mirror to the present, about mourning and extinction.
A seamless and harrowing blend of experimental, post-rock, and post-metal, “End Terrain” is the perfect manifestation of modern, forward-thinking experimental music pushed to a maximalist conclusion.
The trio of LOCRIAN, comprised of André Foisy (Albany), Terence Hannum (Baltimore), and Steven Hess (Chicago), has garnered critical acclaim for their innovative approach to heavy music. As Marc Masters of Pitchfork noted, “Plenty of bands play music that sounds dark, but few can make every note bleed black and breathe smoke. Count Locrian as part of that select circle.” Lars Gotrich of NPR praised the group stating that “Locrian always wants to show us something new – or at least rearrange the context of what heavy means, or even what sound means,” and Jamie Ludwig of Noisey applauded the group for “masterfully conjuring and destroying alternate universes through music” with each of their releases providing “challenging sonic adventures and evocative perspectives on the physical state of the world around us.”
In the ever-evolving realm of extreme music, Locrian stands as a testament to the power of artistic exploration. Their geographical spread mirrors the expansive sonic landscapes they traverse, cementing their status as trailblazers in the avant-garde metal scene.
Track Listing: 1. Chronoscapes, 2. Utopias, 3. Umwelt, 4. The World Is Gone, There is no World, 5. Excarnate Light, 6. Black Prisms of Our Dead Age, 7. Innenwelt, 8. In the Throes of Petrifaction, 9. After Extinction
Vinyl Specs:
Single LP jacket w/spot gloss, fold out 8-panel insert, OBI strip, exclusive 36-page A5 booklet/zine, the “End Terrain Addendum” entitled Our Dead Age, a collection of short stories by LOCRIAN’s Terrence Hannum.
UPC LP:
Lavender/Ghost Colour Mix w/Emerald Splash (843563173060)
Lavender Haze: (843563173053)
Lavender: (843563173046)
Crimson (843563173039)
Experimental metal trio LOCRIAN are a prophetic voice of decline and a pioneering force in the world of metal. LOCRIAN’s sonic tapestry weaves elements of black metal, ambient, and experimental music, creating a genre-defying experience that pushes the boundaries of conventional metal norms. Their new album “End Terrain” set for release on April 05, is the proper follow-up to 2015’s “Infinite Dissolution” (Relapse Records) and continues in the vein of LOCRIAN’s distinguishable sonic blueprint brought forth from said release along with such albums as the Relapse Records released “Return To Annihilation” and “The Clearing/The Final Epoch”. 2022 saw the return of LOCRIAN making their return on their Profound Lore debut “New Catastrophism” which saw the trio explore and return back to the more experimental side of their roots.
“End Terrain” is the group’s most direct and concise work to date. More complex and layered than anything in the prolific trio’s catalog, “End Terrain” is a concept album exposing a vision of a future earth consumed by waste. An apocalyptic landscape, inhabited by a generation who despise their parentage and a dying breed fully aware of the wasteland they have left. Mountains of trash and an uninhabitable planet, endless and dead. End Terrain is about inertia and regret, about the future and a mirror to the present, about mourning and extinction.
A seamless and harrowing blend of experimental, post-rock, and post-metal, “End Terrain” is the perfect manifestation of modern, forward-thinking experimental music pushed to a maximalist conclusion.
The trio of LOCRIAN, comprised of André Foisy (Albany), Terence Hannum (Baltimore), and Steven Hess (Chicago), has garnered critical acclaim for their innovative approach to heavy music. As Marc Masters of Pitchfork noted, “Plenty of bands play music that sounds dark, but few can make every note bleed black and breathe smoke. Count Locrian as part of that select circle.” Lars Gotrich of NPR praised the group stating that “Locrian always wants to show us something new – or at least rearrange the context of what heavy means, or even what sound means,” and Jamie Ludwig of Noisey applauded the group for “masterfully conjuring and destroying alternate universes through music” with each of their releases providing “challenging sonic adventures and evocative perspectives on the physical state of the world around us.”
In the ever-evolving realm of extreme music, Locrian stands as a testament to the power of artistic exploration. Their geographical spread mirrors the expansive sonic landscapes they traverse, cementing their status as trailblazers in the avant-garde metal scene.
Track Listing: 1. Chronoscapes, 2. Utopias, 3. Umwelt, 4. The World Is Gone, There is no World, 5. Excarnate Light, 6. Black Prisms of Our Dead Age, 7. Innenwelt, 8. In the Throes of Petrifaction, 9. After Extinction
Vinyl Specs:
Single LP jacket w/spot gloss, fold out 8-panel insert, OBI strip, exclusive 36-page A5 booklet/zine, the “End Terrain Addendum” entitled Our Dead Age, a collection of short stories by LOCRIAN’s Terrence Hannum.
UPC LP:
Lavender/Ghost Colour Mix w/Emerald Splash (843563173060)
Lavender Haze: (843563173053)
Lavender: (843563173046)
Crimson (843563173039)
Experimental metal trio LOCRIAN are a prophetic voice of decline and a pioneering force in the world of metal. LOCRIAN’s sonic tapestry weaves elements of black metal, ambient, and experimental music, creating a genre-defying experience that pushes the boundaries of conventional metal norms. Their new album “End Terrain” set for release on April 05, is the proper follow-up to 2015’s “Infinite Dissolution” (Relapse Records) and continues in the vein of LOCRIAN’s distinguishable sonic blueprint brought forth from said release along with such albums as the Relapse Records released “Return To Annihilation” and “The Clearing/The Final Epoch”. 2022 saw the return of LOCRIAN making their return on their Profound Lore debut “New Catastrophism” which saw the trio explore and return back to the more experimental side of their roots.
“End Terrain” is the group’s most direct and concise work to date. More complex and layered than anything in the prolific trio’s catalog, “End Terrain” is a concept album exposing a vision of a future earth consumed by waste. An apocalyptic landscape, inhabited by a generation who despise their parentage and a dying breed fully aware of the wasteland they have left. Mountains of trash and an uninhabitable planet, endless and dead. End Terrain is about inertia and regret, about the future and a mirror to the present, about mourning and extinction.
A seamless and harrowing blend of experimental, post-rock, and post-metal, “End Terrain” is the perfect manifestation of modern, forward-thinking experimental music pushed to a maximalist conclusion.
The trio of LOCRIAN, comprised of André Foisy (Albany), Terence Hannum (Baltimore), and Steven Hess (Chicago), has garnered critical acclaim for their innovative approach to heavy music. As Marc Masters of Pitchfork noted, “Plenty of bands play music that sounds dark, but few can make every note bleed black and breathe smoke. Count Locrian as part of that select circle.” Lars Gotrich of NPR praised the group stating that “Locrian always wants to show us something new – or at least rearrange the context of what heavy means, or even what sound means,” and Jamie Ludwig of Noisey applauded the group for “masterfully conjuring and destroying alternate universes through music” with each of their releases providing “challenging sonic adventures and evocative perspectives on the physical state of the world around us.”
In the ever-evolving realm of extreme music, Locrian stands as a testament to the power of artistic exploration. Their geographical spread mirrors the expansive sonic landscapes they traverse, cementing their status as trailblazers in the avant-garde metal scene.
Track Listing: 1. Chronoscapes, 2. Utopias, 3. Umwelt, 4. The World Is Gone, There is no World, 5. Excarnate Light, 6. Black Prisms of Our Dead Age, 7. Innenwelt, 8. In the Throes of Petrifaction, 9. After Extinction
CD Specs: Six panel digipack w/spot gloss, fold out insert, download card for PDF edition of LOCRIAN member Terrence Hannum’s 36-page “End Terran Addendum” short story booklet.
Artist: LOCRIAN
Title: End Terrain (CD)
Label: Profound Lore Records
Catalog No.: PFL-315
Release Date: Apr 05, 2024
UPC CD: 843563173121
The new LOCRIAN album “New Catastrophism”, the first LOCRIAN release in seven years, will see its release on 2xCD/LP/Digital on Aug 12. Alongside “New Catastrophism” LOCRIAN will also be releasing the “Ghost Frontiers” EP that will come as a bonus digital download with the LP.
“New Catastrophism” sees the iconic experimental music trio return back to their roots through four immersive tracks that signal towards the band’s signature expressions through dark ambient, experimental music, drone and post rock. Massive dystopian sonic soundscapes through the many layers of sound is the dominant audial canvas presented on “New Catastrophism”.
LOCRIAN is a prophetic voice of decline. From the band’s inception, it has comfortably straddled both the experimental and metal underground, weaving themes of apocalypse, urban decay, environmental destruction and birth/death/rebirth throughout its multifaceted and genre-defying releases. The trio formed in 2005 in Chicago and features Terence Hannum (synthesizers, vocals, tape loops), André Foisy (guitars, electronics), and Steven Hess (drums, electronics). Over their sixteen-year history, Locrian have released six studio albums, three collaborative albums, and numerous limited-edition releases.
Track Listing:
1. Mortichnia
2. The Glare Is Everywhere And Nowhere Our Shadow
3. Incomplete Map Of Voids
4. Cenotaph To The Final Glacier
“New Catastrophism” Vinyl Specs:
- Single LP jacket with spot gloss, a designed fold out poster/insert, a download card of said LP, and a bonus download card of the “Ghost Frontiers” EP.
“New Catastrophism” Vinyl editions:
-Aquatic Blue w/Silver Marble Smoke
-Clear Vinyl w/Light Blue, Silver, Black, White Splatter
-Aquatic Blue w/Silver + Black Double Orb
-Black Vinyl
Artist: LOCRIAN
Title: New Catastrophism
Label: Profound Lore Records
Catalog No.: PFL-277LP
Release Date: Aug 12, 2022
UPC LP (Splatter Vinyl): 843563149607
UPC LP (Marble Vinyl): 843563149614
UPC LP (Double Orb Vinyl): 843563149621
UPC LP (Black Vinyl): 843563149591
The new LOCRIAN album “New Catastrophism”, the first LOCRIAN release in seven years, will see its release on 2xCD/LP/Digital on Aug 12. Alongside “New Catastrophism” LOCRIAN will also be releasing the “Ghost Frontiers” EP that will come as a bonus digital download with the LP.
“New Catastrophism” sees the iconic experimental music trio return back to their roots through four immersive tracks that signal towards the band’s signature expressions through dark ambient, experimental music, drone and post rock. Massive dystopian sonic soundscapes through the many layers of sound is the dominant audial canvas presented on “New Catastrophism”.
LOCRIAN is a prophetic voice of decline. From the band’s inception, it has comfortably straddled both the experimental and metal underground, weaving themes of apocalypse, urban decay, environmental destruction and birth/death/rebirth throughout its multifaceted and genre-defying releases. The trio formed in 2005 in Chicago and features Terence Hannum (synthesizers, vocals, tape loops), André Foisy (guitars, electronics), and Steven Hess (drums, electronics). Over their sixteen-year history, Locrian have released six studio albums, three collaborative albums, and numerous limited-edition releases.
Track Listing:
1. Mortichnia
2. The Glare Is Everywhere And Nowhere Our Shadow
3. Incomplete Map Of Voids
4. Cenotaph To The Final Glacier
“New Catastrophism” Vinyl Specs:
- Single LP jacket with spot gloss, a designed fold out poster/insert, a download card of said LP, and a bonus download card of the “Ghost Frontiers” EP.
“New Catastrophism” Vinyl editions:
-Aquatic Blue w/Silver Marble Smoke
-Clear Vinyl w/Light Blue, Silver, Black, White Splatter
-Aquatic Blue w/Silver + Black Double Orb
-Black Vinyl
Artist: LOCRIAN
Title: New Catastrophism
Label: Profound Lore Records
Catalog No.: PFL-277LP
Release Date: Aug 12, 2022