The artist known as Sonus Mortis has
released his debut LP album, “Propaganda Dream Sequence.” The
record includes 11 original songs and two bonus tracks for an
approximate total listening time of one hour and 10 minutes. It has
been proudly published as an independent release entirely without
support from the corporate music industry. Soaring, chilling, and
titanic in the enormity of its sound, “Propaganda Dream Sequence”
by Sonus Mortis is an arresting reminder of how gorgeously violent
metal music can be.
The official Web page for Sonus Mortis
describes his sound as “symphonic, dark, death metal from Ireland.”
He cites as main artistic influences such staples of the scene as
Anathema, Septic Flesh, Fear Factory, and Katatonia (et al.).
Additionally, his anthemic compositions, darkly lush orchestration,
and wall-of-sound studio production recall legends of experimental
metal such as Neurosis, Cult of Luna, and Rosetta.
Roaring waves of guitars are layered in
“Propaganda Dream Sequence” like many strata of earth. These are
mixed with phantasmic elements of electronica which are interwoven in
such a way as to make picking them out as individual components
unlikely. Vocals are cavernous and threatening. All in all, Sonus
Mortis' debut record is gigantic in every imaginable way. It even
concludes with a dark-metal homage to Toto's epic theme for David
Lynch's “Dune.”
For fans of lyrical ingenuity, too,
Sonus Mortis' “Propaganda Dream Sequence” has more than enough to
sink one's teeth into.
Speaking of the themes of his debut
record, Sonus Mortis writes, “The album 'Propaganda Dream Sequence'
is a concept album. The album explores a futuristic dystopia where
government controls every aspect of peoples lives. Apathy is strife;
there is no enjoyment/emotion in the process of life anymore.
Governments have installed machines where they inject propaganda into
peoples dreams. The narrator from the start of the album realizes
this, struggling with coming to terms with it all but starts to
recode the machines to bring other people to this realization. Topics
like religion, apathy, privacy, government control, censorship, and
death are all linked into this story.”
Sonus Mortis is the professional name
of Kevin Byrne, previously of Valediction (2007-2011). He has
supported bands such as Amon Amarth, Firewind, Blaze Bayley and
Diamond Head. He formed Sonus Mortis in 2013.
“Propaganda Dream Sequence” by
Sonus Mortis is available online worldwide. Metal fans should
definitely get in early.
-S. McCauley
Lead Press Release Writer
www.MondoTunes.com
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