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Abhorrent Expanse to release debut album “Gateways to Resplendence” on April 8th 2022

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February 10, 2022
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Abhorrent Expanse Gateways to Resplendence coverMinneapolis/Chicago-based avant/improvisational metal quartet Abhorrent Expanse – formed by members of Zebulon Pike, Celestiial, Obsequiae, and more – will release their debut album, “Gateways to Resplendence”, through Amalgam Music and Lurker Bias in early April, this week issuing the cover art, track listing, and a brief teaser for the record.

Abstract, ecstatic, and pummeling, Abhorrent Expanse’s “Gateways to Resplendence” articulates the unspeakable dread which dwells in the sepulchral caverns of the mind. A grotesquely improvised manifesto plumbing from the depths of blackened death, funeral doom, noise, and free jazz, it defies the listener to decipher its riddles and confront its paradoxes. The ensemble builds on the deep history of collaboration between its four members to present a new way forward. Many duo and trio gigs helped them develop a new musical lexicon uniting the raw sonic intensity of extreme metal with the wide spectrum of textures common to free improvisation. By the time Erik Fratzke (Zebulon Pike, Happy Apple) and Tim Glenn (The Blight, Celestiial, Obsequiae) joined Brian Courage and Luke Polipnick in the studio, uniting the full quartet for the first time, the connection was immediate. Adam Tucker at Signaturetone Recording, a brilliant engineer and musician in his own right, used a variety of unorthodox techniques to help the band convey their vision. The resulting album is awash with contradictions, an organic, multifaceted, and deeply challenging listening experience that will push fans of both genres to their limits.

With a range of sonic components at their disposal, “Gateways to Resplendence” covers a staggering amount of stylistic ground, forging new and unnerving pathways all the while. “Annihilation Operators” launches into a snarled morass of distortion and blast beats, immediately followed by the angular abstraction of “Empirical Languages”. “Frost Suffocation” takes inspiration from John Zorn’s Naked City with the quartet veering sharply through a series of solos and duos. “Invasive Insectoid Horror Thoughts” combines multiple layers of group improvisation, each played in response to the last. The result is a palpable skittering sensation more akin to Stockhausen than Sarcofago. “Baleful Reminders” pits the guitars and rhythm section against each other with fragile chords broken up by frantic interjections. Finally, “Arcturian Nano-Diamonds from the Tranquil Abyss” wanders through a vast hellscape of doom, drone, blasts, and noise, before descending into the final scraping throes of nothingness.

All ten movements on “Gateways to Resplendence” were improvised live by Abhorrent Expanse on October 8th, 2020, at Signaturetone Recording in Minneapolis. The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Adam Tucker (Blue Ox, Wanderer, Sunless, Void Omnia), and completed with cover artwork by David Jorquera and design by Bill Harris.

Watch a brief teaser for Abhorrent Expanse’s “Gateways to Resplendence” below.

Abhorrent Expanse will release “Gateways to Resplendence” through two local independent labels, on CD and digital through Amalgam Music and a limited run of 50 tapes via Lurker Bias, on April 8th, 2022.

Watch for full track previews, official videos, preorders, and more to be issued over the weeks ahead.

Tracklist:
1. Cloak of Ancients
2. Annihilation Operators
3. Empirical Languages
4. Frost Suffocation
5. Gateways to Resplendence
6. Path of Extremal Action
7. Invasive Insectoid Horror Thoughts
8. Baleful Reminders
9. Against the Churning Void, Apparitions of a Lost and Glorious Starscape
10. Arcturian Nano Diamonds from the Tranquil Abyss

Abhorrent Expanse is booking a trio of release shows across the Midwest in conjunction with the record’s street date. Joined by their friends in tech-death act Sunless, the mini-tour will invade Minneapolis, Milwaukee, and Chicago on April 5th through 7th. Additional live dates and more widespread touring is to be expected later in the year.

Live Shows 2022:
4/05/2022 Icehouse – Minneapolis, MN (w/ Sunless)
4/06/2022 TBA – Milwaukee, WI (w/ Sunless)
4/07/2022 Cobra Lounge – Chicago, IL (w/ Sunless)

Line-up:
Luke Polipnick – Vocals, electric/acoustic guitars
Erik Fratzke – Electric/acoustic guitars, electric bass, organ, synth
Brian Courage – Electric/acoustic bass, organ pedals
Tim Glenn – Drums/percussion

Weblinks:
www.instagram.com/abhorrent_expanse
www.youtube.com/channel/UCJtFxRYGFYylzYtBzDQn3uA

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