It is with immense pleasure to initiate Thralldom onto the Ritual
Productions roster and announce the digital release date on November
11th of their first rite in ten years, entitled Time Will Bend Into
Horror.
Purveyors of the occultist realm may recognise the name
from years long passed, being something of an enigma amongst underground
metal circles. Indeed, Thralldom have now returned with their first
offering in over a decade, consisting once again of Ryan Lipynsky aka
Killusion (Unearthly Trance, Serpentine Path, The Howling Wind) and
Jared Turinsky aka Jaldagar. Although the alchemists remain the same,
this is a new incarnation for the project: Thralldom 3.0.
Textures and tones from their ancient demo days and the experimental
blackened noise for which they garnered acclaim melds with their new
mentality which focuses more on the nuances of riff, drum and guitar
interlacing. Devoid of genre limitations and gimmicks, never bounded by
time or space, Thralldom refuse to tread paths gone before on Time Will
Bend Into Horror. The six tracks transverse and re-morph sonic terrain,
with licks of black, thrash, doom, old-school metal, industrial, noise
and dark electronica but never exclusively, always experimental. You’ll
find your subconscious entranced, limbs paralysed from the morose
stillness before being ensnared into a blistering headbanging frenzy all
whilst your face mirrors that of Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’. You will
not know when your corporeality or psychosis will manifest or seize in
its consciousness during the album and that is why the intricacies found
on Time Will Bend Into Horror is an alchemical abstract art that
amalgamates and subverts the mind/body dichotomy through its evocation
of fear, pensiveness, horror.
Thralldom are essential elements in
the dark arts. Never fearful of exploring uncharted territory, they
trust and learn from the chaos transmuting this into instinctual
soundwaves. Time Will Bend Into Horror evokes a variety of moods through
its fractured fluidity ultimately making this a magikally compelling
listen. After 10 years away, it is now time for Thralldom’s subliminal,
subversive and sinister sonics to re-enter the atmosphere and align
latent areas of your psyche. We invite you to join this séance."
photo credit: DP Demis Photography
