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This dark blend of stoner, doom, and psychedelia, featuring eight tracks, will be available on vinyl through the Dutch label Lay Bare Recordings, as well as on CD and digital platforms. In line with the space theme, the journey to the finished album has been a long one. Songwriting began immediately after guitarist Teröid joined the band in 2019, but due to the pandemic and other setbacks, the production process ultimately stretched to nearly five years. During that time, the band managed to release a preview of the album’s offerings with the ‘Black Hole Mass’ EP in 2020. The wait, however, has been worth it. More effort has been put into pre-production and recording than ever before, resulting in both the sound and the songs reaching entirely new heights in DÖ’s canon. Once again, the lyrics draw from the ideology of astral worship, celebrating cosmic forces and the insignificance of humankind. The trio describes the album briefly as follows: “‘Unversum’ is a collection of very different songs that are hard to fit into one genre box. Some are nuanced and even surprising, while others are simply crushing heavy hitters. Influences and sources of inspiration range from the roots of psychedelic music to the ‘everything starts with a riff’ stoner doom aesthetic and pure cosmic escapism to fill the void.” ==== DÖ ==== Lay Bare Recordings & Döömernaut Records (2024) ==== 1. Call of the Supervoid 00:00 2. Nuclear Emperor 06:46 3. Sulfur Incense 12:03 4. At the Melting Gaze of the Origin 17:38 5. Ode to the Dark Matter 22:05 6. Faster Than Light 27:04 7. Moldy Moon 33:55 8. Wasted Life Form 39:32 ==== There is no I in Unversum. “Unversum is perhaps where DÖ have shown they’ve matured as songwriters and musicians which allows the album to be their most complete and technically impressive record to date. This is also my favourite album from them as it explores themes that we haven’t heard from the band before and this only adds to the overall experience of Unversum which will no doubt be considered as one of the best albums of the year.“ / Outlaws of the Sun “...the entire album feels like Dö has found the way forward, and with it, the means to burst through the spacetime membrane and travel far beyond our known Unversum…“ / Stoner Hive ==== released September 18, 2024 *Music & lyrics by J'andrömeda, Teröid & Kristös *Produced, recorded and mixed by O.d *Mastered by Jaakko Viitalähde (Virtalähde Mastering) *Artwork by Hannu Nieminen *Voice in the Wasted Life Form: The 3rd Earl of Doomington ** Support the Channel Buy a Coffee for 666MrDoom **
