Temple Of Void Announce Relapse Debut Summoning The Slayer Out June 3

“Temple of Void are knocking at the door of death greatness.” – Decibel Magazine

 

Cave dwellers TEMPLE OF VOID finally return from the inky abyss on their highly anticipated new album, Summoning the Slayer, out June 3 on Relapse Records. 

 

Watch the “Deathtouch” music video, directed by The C.O.I.N., AT THIS LOCATION.

 

Summoning The Slayer is out June 3 on LP/CD/CS/Digital. Physical pre-order via Relapse.com are available HERE. Digital Downloads/Streaming HERE.

 

The critically acclaimed, Michigan-based quintet—featuring Alex Awn (guitars), Don Durr (guitars), Mike Erdody (vocals), Jason Pearce (drums), and Brent Satterly (bass)—hunkered down during the last two years, expanding upon their brand of fusty, artfully brutish death-doom with equal parts process and imagination. The outcome is an album that feels massive yet sepulchral, exploratory yet distinguishable—as if crafted deep below and inspired by all the things (mentally and physically) that come with their subterranean endeavor. Summoning the Slayer creepily evolves TEMPLE OF VOID.

Produced, mixed, and mastered by Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Sumerlands, Candy, and more,) Summoning the Slayer pairs long-time influences and a bevy of non-metal vectors into hulking columns of heavy and desolation. Focus tracks “Deathtouch,” “Hex, Curse, & Conjuration” and “The Transcending Horror” showcases TEMPLE OF VOID’s death-doom at its heights and their massive, crushing lows. But the group’s fourth album is more than that. The album’s capper, “Dissolution,” is one example of the Detroiters stretching out, the song’s ‘70s rock/singer-songwriter motifs hitting The Moody Blues and Nick Drake hard. Lyrically, Summoning the Slayer eschews commonplace horror tropes with a deeper, broader psychological discussion of the self. TEMPLE OF VOID’s ultimate death-doom metal journey is now complete.

Photo Credit: Brian Sheehan

 

SUMMONING THE SLAYER TRACKLIST:

Behind The Eye

Deathtouch

Engulfed

A Sequence of Rot

Hex, Curse, & Conjuration

The Transcending Horror

Dissolution

 

TEMPLE OF VOID Is:

Michael Erdody – Vocals

Don Durr – Guitar

Jason Pearce – Drums

Alex Awn – Guitar

Brent Satterly –Bass

 

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