Italian death metal quartet SPIRITUAL DECEPTION have released the official video for "Serpent's Speech," a track from new EP Oxymoron. Check out the Slam Worldwide premiere at: youtu.be/gEsCJ0fG_UQ
SPIRITUAL DECEPTION released Oxymoron on October 8. Links to purchase and/or stream follow:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/IagWJccc2tI
"This
is one intelligent band for the most academic members of the brutal
death metal scene. A band who set out to combine two extremes of the
music and came back with something unique that sets them apart from the
rest of the brutal death metal I’ve heard this year. Great job."
- Metal Rules
"The group does indeed traffic in technical brutal death metal enhanced by a symphonic veneer. Oxymoron is damn good shit."
- Metal Injection
"An interesting concept buried amongst
the raging and frothing sound of death metal; Spiritual Deception
certainly nail the feeling of celestial battles. Blistering death
metal." (9/10)
- Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life
"A very good piece of atmospheric Technical Brutal Death Metal." (9/10)
- Metal-Temple
"The lines between Technical Deathcore
and Technical Death Metal have been blurred throughout the EP but
frankly, who cares? Don’t be a purist, if it sounds great, listen!" (8/10)
- Metal Noise
"An
already mature band and definitely ready to face the stumbling block of
the first full-length; from year to year, from EP to EP, the Milanese
quartet has always been, until now, in constant growth, reaching its
peak with Oxymoron."
- All Around Metal
"Intense Death Metal EP that crushes everything in its path."
- OdyMetal
"A lot of quality and brutality at the same time in these songs." (8/10)
- Dargedik Rock Metal Webzine
"Well composed and structured."
- Italia Di Metallo
Following EP releases in 2018 (self-titled) and 2019 (Etemenanki), Oxymoron
showcases the band's highest level of compositional strength and
technical prowess to date. A most apt summation of the sound heard on Oxymoron is introspective death metal infused with technical riffs and obscure atmospheres.
The band released the following statement concerning the finer points of the forthcoming EP:
"Oxymoron
is born as a concept about light and darkness’ dualism. It takes
inspiration from myths, Talmud, and works of literature. In the heart of
the EP we placed a 3-part endeavour, composed by the triptych Captatio
Benevolentiae’, ‘Oxymoron,' and ‘Damnatio Memoriae,’ as inspired by John
Milton’s Paradise Lost. This mini-concept deals with the relationship
between God and Lucifer, their conflict and how each character is
depicted by the original author, focusing on the anti-hero concept.
The track ‘Oxymoron’ is actually the antipodes’ meeting point: God and Lucifer, Light and Darkness, Hero and Anti-Hero.
From
a musical point of view the three-part concept can be experienced as a
standalone and unique song, composed as a three-part climax, with the
track ‘Oxymoron’ as a joining link, both musically and conceptually.
'Hidden in Consciousness' is a reflection about an alternative origin of mankind, inspired by Mesopotamian mythology.
‘Serpent’s
speech’ concerns Lucifer’s thoughts about his and mankind's condition,
how they are deeply linked, one with the other, and actually being the
same."
Track Listing:
1. Hidden in Consciousness
2. Captatio Benevolentiae
3. Oxymoron
4. Damnatio Memoriae
5. Serpent’s Speech
Credits:
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Andrea Oriani at Blue House Studio.
Orchestration by Giacomo Savina at Black Alley Studios.
Produced by Spiritual Deception.
Artwork by Luca Zanlorenzi at ZZ Logos.
T-shirts’ graphics by Andreas Christanetoff at Armaada Art.
Band photos by Francesca Mancini.
Videos and graphic videos by Luca Zanlorenzi.
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