PARADOX RIFT To Release New Album May 10 2024

Having been recognized in their local scene with the BEST METAL BAND award from the Cleveland Music Awards in 2022 and nominated again in 2023, PARADOX RIFT has their sights set on their next offering of brutal, technical, and intentional, style-bending metal.

Combining their experimental death/math style with heavy grooves and progressive twists, the band keeps listeners reeling for what comes next, and with this forthcoming record, fans will find not just one spectrum or one specific style of metal.

The band had this to say about the new album, “We feel that this album best conveys the evolution and maturity of our musical style. We aim to melt people’s faces with it! It’s not just one spectrum or one specific style of metal…This is a versatile sonic beast that will transport its listeners to a completely different dimension!”

Beneath the veil of mysticism and intrigue, listeners are lured into a mesmerizing and curious dimension … then, violently transported into sweeping hallucinations of horror and despair. This versatile album is heavy, technical, spastic and style-bending. It’s definitely not what anyone will be expecting to hear from an extreme metal band based out of Cleveland, Ohio. Transcending the high-energy and sheer violence at unforeseen times as the dynamic music traverses through new ideas… and even encroaches on to more of an ethereal sound and atmosphere. Taming the beast… blending the tranquil with the agitated. This new release is much more than just brutal riffs with blasting drums. It almost feels like it’s set apart from the rest of the music in this particular genre. The compositions are incredibly captivating and seem to have a wild order of their own, on top of their eerie/ groovy nature. Encapsulating feelings of panic, rage, paranoia, chaos and crippling fear. The lyrics paint a vivid picture as the intense music tells the complex story of how it will leave its audience ‘Ensnared’.

For the album’s production “Ensnared” LP was recorded in an unusual manner. First of all, the band members couldn’t align all of their schedules for studio time. Resulting in multiple solo sessions to complete the album. The drums aren’t midi drums like in most modern metal albums. Instead they are natural acoustic drums with no samples or triggering. Another fun fact about the making of this album. Almost all of the tracks on “Ensnared” were recorded without the use of pre-production when entering the studio. For example, when drums were tracked, there was no reference for the drummer. No guitars, no music, not even click tracks for tempos.

The album was basically recorded by feel. Once their drummer Eric had a few solid takes down, it was time for the strings to come in for tracking. Preston had tracked all guitars and even a lot of the bass work on the album alongside bassist Osha. Vocals were added last, like the icing on an elaborately baked cake. With both Luke and Preston recording the vocal arrangements. By the time everything had come together, it felt as if the album had become its own entity. It seems almost human-like in ways. It’s raw, emotional, aggressive and imperfect in its natural state. Humans made this album… Not programs, robots or metronomes. Real people with real instruments. At the end of the day PARADOX RIFT wrote this album to be felt more than to be heard.

Tracklist:
1. Dismembered by Dogs (4:29)
2. Ensnared (3:15)
3. Prophet of Grievances (1:18)
4. Doomsayer (4:06)
5. Sporous (3:10)
6. Loathsome (4:42)
7. Disfluency (4:09)
8. Grave-Snuggler (2:22)
9. Lantern (1:47)
10. The Sky Beneath (3:29)
11. Feral Soul (4:12)

Album Notes:
All songs written by Paradox Rift
Produced by Paradox Rift & Mercenary Studios
Mixed by Noah C. Buchanan
Mastered by Noah C. Buchanan

Lineup:
Luke Weeks – Vocals
Eric Burrington – Drums
Preston Lund – Guitar
Aljosa Covic – Bass

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