Messier 16
UNLEASHES THEIR SELF-RELEASED PURGATIVE DEBUT ALBUM
“IOTA”
After four years in the making, Oslo-based Messier 16 unbinds their debut album “iota”. Aimed at relentlessly contemplative catharsis, this record seeks to dislodge the very bones of your quintessence. In a world of extreme solitude, Messier 16 encourages you to find company in this 53-minute journey of solemn musical atmosphere, to dare wallow in it, and let it be a hearth to which you can dry up.
Jonas comments on the album:
“To start with, the album represents the very start of my deep dive into metal. I used to play metal as a teenager, and left it in dust for more than ten years, while studying composition in Oslo. In an attempt to both explore songwriting in metal, as well as presenting heartfelt poetry in the lyrics, I’ve worked for years to make an album that tries its best to convey both the lyrical and the extreme musical output without blur. The record is largely a self-disclosure, and writing has been a large load off my shoulders. I’m looking forward to sharing my stories and artistic ideology with the world.”
Inspired by bands like ColdWorld, Opeth and Emperor, as well as Stravinsky, Steve Reich and Jon Hopkins, iota is a difficult album to place, but an easy album to embrace. It’s a musical heat blanket of extreme metal, contemporary classical, and earnest choral elements.
All music written by Jonas Ulrik Eide, founder of the band, with the exception of the opening track, written by Alexander Scriabin, and played by the pianist Eirik Haug Stømner. There’s an orchestra piece played by Trondheim Symphony Orchestra. And a heap of aggressively sentimental metal tracks throughout.
The album as a whole is a deep dive in emotional desperation, and hopefully the listener will find it as inspiring, frustrating, melancholic and atmospheric as it can be.
Messier 16 are:
Jonas Ulrik Eide
Guitars, Vocals & Orchestral writing
Thomas K. Pedersen (Hypermass)
Guitars
Sondre M. Svalastog
Vocals
Adrian Dzięcioł (Liverum)
Bass & Vocals
Laszlo Juhos (Fleshmeadow, Coldflesh)
Session drums
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All music written by Jonas Ulrik Eide, founder of the band, with the exception of the opening track, written by Alexander Scriabin, and played by the pianist Eirik Haug Stømner. There’s an orchestra piece played by Trondheim Symphony Orchestra. And a heap of aggressively sentimental metal tracks throughout.
The album as a whole is a deep dive in emotional desperation, and hopefully the listener will find it as inspiring, frustrating, melancholic and atmospheric as it can be.
Messier 16 are:
Jonas Ulrik Eide
Guitars, Vocals & Orchestral writing
Thomas K. Pedersen (Hypermass)
Guitars
Sondre M. Svalastog
Vocals
Adrian Dzięcioł (Liverum)
Bass & Vocals
Laszlo Juhos (Fleshmeadow, Coldflesh)
Session drums
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Album Cover Credit: Lasse Almqvist Scherven
Photo Credit: Ólafur Kiljan Ólafsson
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