ZAQQOEM RELEASE "ANARCHIC RAPTURE OF WITHERING" EP

 

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Sentient Ruin is proud to welcome Dutch abhorrent black/death metal legion Zaqqoem into our fold as we announce the tape and digital release of their annihilating new EP "Anarchic Rapture of Withering", scheduled for official release on September 17 2021 and available for full stream and pre-order now. Tapes come with a black raw uncoated stock j-card silkscreened with metallic silver ink and features artwork by Portuguese esoteric visual artist Belial Necroarts.

Zaqqoem emerge from the pits of hell with their bludgeoning sophomore EP "Anarchic Rapture of Withering", a harrowing sonic scourge evoking realms of darkness and terror of truly unprecedented traits. Spawned from a wretched dimension of total ruin and oblivion, the three-song, eleven-minute terrorscape combines the diabolical fury of blackened death metal legions like Lucifyre and Pseudgod with the abstract surrealism and erraticism of more experimental extreme metal anomalies like Portal to literally devour and crush the listener inside an inescapable auditory nightmare.

The Dutch black/death metal abomination was churned into existence in 2020 when long time collaborators and multi instrumentalists Zezax and Sha finally found the time to fulfill their mutual wish to write and release something together that would be abstract, devastating, and otherworldly. After essentially improvising their debut “Sacraccultus” EP within 24 hours, the duo identified their sound and vision and started to work on another slab of hate, which eventually found its form in the “Anarchic Rapture of Withering” EP, an annihilating maelstrom of evolved and abstract blackened death metal destruction spawned from the outer limits of complete oblivion and insanity. A few of decisive shared influences for the band that helped forge their inhumanly violent sound are Mayhem, Abruptum, Disgorge (US) and the unrivaled Decide album“Legion” . Further influences are mainly historical and/or religious, also evoking nightmares and visions in the lyrics and concept which make for a truly unsettling and ominous project. "In these times where humanity proves that intelligence has plateaud a long time ago, there is more reason for us to just spew instead of contemplate. Now that we know what it's like working on new music together, time will be taken to complete a full work of utter devastation, slated for a later release."

"Anarchic Rapture of Withering", scheduled for official release on September 17 2021 on cassette and digital formats is and available for full stream and pre-order now via our Bandcamp and webshop.

https://zaqqoem.bandcamp.com/

https://sentientruin.bandcamp.com/album/anarchic-rapture-of-withering

http://sentientruin.com/releases/zaqqoem-anarchic-rapture-of-withering