GHASTLY: Finnish Death Metal Act To Deliver Third LP, Mercurial Passages, Through 20 Buck Spin In May; “Parasites” Now Streaming

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Stream GHASTLY’s “Parasites” HERE.   Finland’s GHASTLY returns anew from the limitless wellspring of incomprehensible obscurity and dark inspiration that is Finland with its third album of mind-altering nightmare visions, Mercurial Passages. Confirming the album for late May release, 20 Buck Spin presents the lead single, “Parasites,” alongside the cover artwork and more.   All the elements that made GHASTLY’s praised Death Velour album a rarified jewel return in full splendor on Mercurial Passages; the memorably eerie slow burn buildups, the frantically vivid outbursts of speed, and dramatic trance inducing doom fragments that create a hypnotic psychedelia akin to being lost in infinite labyrinthine corridors perpetually folding in on themselves. Death metal for altered states of consciousness and mystifying wonder, rather than corporeal rot and earthbound materialism.   An album to be consumed as a contemplative whole, Mercurial Passages burrows into the deep recesses of the psyche exposing the dark subconscious to the edges of madness.   Mercurial Passages was recorded and mixed at Parasite Dune Studios by Ian J. D’Waters and mastered at Redmount Studios by Magnus Lindberg. As with its predecessor, Mercurial Passages is graced with hauntingly cerebral artwork from Riikka Pesonen, whose visual elegance provides the perfect accompaniment to GHASTLY’s sinister eccentricity.   Stream GHASTLY’s lead Mercurial Passages single “Parasites” now at YouTube HERE and Bandcamp HERE.   Continuing the label’s deep obsession with Finnish metal, 20 Buck Spin will serve Mercurial Passages on LP CD, cassette, and digital formats on May 28th. Watch for preorders and additional audio previews from the album to post over the weeks ahead. Fans of Obliteration, Bedsore, Morbus Chron, Edge Of Sanity, Tribulation, Venenum, and the death metal era of Darkthrone should not miss this.     Mercurial Passages Track Listing: 1. Ouroborus 2. Out of the Psychic Blue 3. Sea Of Light 4. Perdition 5. Parasites 6. Dawnless Dreams 7. Mirror Horizon   GHASTLY: Gassy Sam – Vocals Johnny Urnripper – Vocals Ian J. D’Waters – Instruments   Review copies of Mercurial Passages will be released in the weeks ahead. For interviews and all other coverage of GHASTLY in North America contact dave@earsplitcompound.com and internationally contact wolf@sureshotworx.de.   https://www.facebook.com/ghastlydeathmetal https://ghastly.bandcamp.com http://www.20buckspin.com http://www.facebook.com/20buckspin http://twitter.com/20buckspinlabel https://www.instagram.com/20buckspinlabel