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Buy here: Follow WAKE: Never a band interested in repeating themselves, WAKE has evolved with every release. 2020's Devouring Ruin made this clearer than ever, hammering the point home with the Confluence EP in the same year, and now they return with Thought Form Descent - their most dynamic, diverse and emotional release to date. “I'd describe the record as a place to reconsider what 'extreme' means. The words 'brutal', 'crushing', 'devastating' are overused adjectives for extreme music. We wanted to force people to confront the idea that 'brutal' or 'extreme' ideas aren't just blastbeats or angular tritones, or, more importantly, 'brutal' elements alongside pointedly passive elements can create their own experience that can channel both and neither.“ The result is eight nuanced tracks that run the gamut from relentlessly heavy to exquisitely beautiful - often simultaneously - and instantly grab hold of the listener, demanding their full attention. However, at the same time, they are lushly textured and densely layered, and offer more with every subsequent exposure, unfurling to show hidden depths, and taking WAKE to a whole new level. Directed by Michael Jari Davidson @MJD_DOP Produced by Michael Jari Davidson Album produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Dave Otero / B-roll Cast Benjamin Bisson Alizhan Chirchikbayev Sara Fakhr Violet Greer Annabelle Heard Oleksander Herasymenko Madison Lafontaine Zara Littlewood Gavin Randhawa Effi Szofi Zambo Crew Cinematographer - Michael Jari Davidson 1st Assistant Camera - Oleksander Herasymenko Gaffer - Nishant Marwah Key Grip - Yasmeen Bhat Art Director - Steven Kiev Art Dept Assist - Kianna Patting Masks - Alizhan Chirchikbayev Picture Editor - Michael Jari Davidson Online artist - Travis Hopkins Colorist - Walt Biljan Makeup - Jessica Hudson #wake #swallowthelight #thoughtformdescent
