CHAOS SANCTUARY RELEASE "INSTRUMENTALITY"

 

PRESS RELEASE:

Technical Death Metal trio Chaos Sanctuary released Instrumentality, its first full-length album, on December 29, 2023. The album can be streamed and/or purchased at the following links:

Bandcamp: chaossanctuary.bandcamp.com/album/instrumentality

Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/47qrpqxe3DHwzUFpaIBkPJ

Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/artist/chaos-sanctuary/1520492833

Instrumentality was created as a concept album pertaining to the popular anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion, as the subject fit perfectly within the confines of the music. The goal was to create an album that functioned as an immersive, beginning-to-end listening experience. Mission accomplished!

Guitarist/songwriter Tony Barhoum began working on the material that would become Instrumentality during the summer of 2020 to follow up the self-titled EP that was released in June of that year. As musicians, Chaos Sanctuary comprises all different types of influences across several different genres. On Instrumentality, the band seamlessly melds tech-death, djent, thrash metal, jazz-fusion, and guitar-driven instrumentals into one succinct album, while making it palatable to the average listener.

FFO: Revocation, Inferi, The Faceless, Cattle Decapitation

Track Listing:

1. Synchronization*

2. The Second Impact  

3. Phlegmatic Invader

4. Reassimilated (To be Detonated)

5. Signal Extinction  

6. Blood of Secrecy

7. Pen Pen

8. Instrumentality [Video]

*Guest guitar solo by Rick Graham

Album Credits:

Bass and Synth Programmed by Mike Low 

Vocals Engineered by Mike Low

Produced, Mixed, and Mastered by Mike Low

Cover Art by Varises Otak

Photo Credit: Mo Barhoum

Line-Up:

Guitars: Tony Barhoum

Vocals: Dave Palenske

Drums: Frank D'Erasmo

BIO:

Tony Barhoum is Chaos Sanctuary's guitar player and songwriter. Tony has been involved in the metal scene for over 13 years and is the lead guitarist for the bands Condition Critical, Strychnia, and Legionary.

Dave Palenske is the vocalist and lyricist. He is also a vocalist/guitarist for the band Cryptic Hymn and the vocalist for the melodic black metal band Volcandra.

Frank D'Erasmo is the drummer. He has been involved in multiple projects over the 20+ years he has played metal. Since 2010, he has been the main songwriter for the band Legionary and continues to produce music every year.

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