Chimaera, by PHRENELITH

Chimaera

by PHRENELITH

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Christian M. Monstrous. This is Hades. Favorite track: Chimaerian Offspring - Part 2.

vacant planet Half court buzzer beater. Go back and edit your AOTY lists.

David Fischer I recently commented on the importance of expectations. Desolate Endscape lured me into a trap, being a record so damn good I always tend to terraform my surroundings into the cover artwork when listening to it. Thus, I expected greatness from Chimaera and, unfortunately, got disappointed. Yet, Chimaera is good. Furthermore, it sounds good. Filling 1/3 of an album's runtime with 4 year old songs ain't good. Sadly, this album feels more like a debut record than their actual debut does. Favorite track: Gorgonhead.

Pauline Zipser They’re back and they’re here to cause a tear in your undies and the space-time continuum. Favorite track: Awakening Titans.

JT EXTREME One of death metal's most dangerous night bands sloppin' up 2021 year-end lists with this absolute stunner of an album Favorite track: Awakening Titans.

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	1.	Awakening Titans 07:07
	2.	Chimaerian Offspring - Part 1 04:21
	3.	Phlegethon 04:09
	4.	Gorgonhead 03:58
	5.	Kykytos 02:31
	6.	Χίμαιρα 01:27
	7.	Chimaerian Offspring - Part 2 07:45

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Format: CD / Cassette / Digital (LP coming in 2022)
Genre: Death Metal
Country: Denmark

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NUCLEAR WINTER RECORDS is proud to present PHRENELITH’s highly anticipated second album, Chimaera, on CD, Tape and vinyl LP formats. The CD and Tape versions shall be released on December 10th while the vinyl version is scheduled for late 2022.

Since their formation in the dying days of the year 2013, PHRENELITH have established themselves as a menacing force on the contemporary death metal scene. Dwelling in the dark pits of Copenhagen, the band honed their deadly craft, releasing a wealth of well-received demos, splits, and EPs. These primitive outbursts led to the release of their debut album, Desolate Endscape, in 2017, which has earned them much renown and praise, further solidifying their place in underground death metal. Furthermore, that debut album took them to far-flung corners of the world, allowing them to tour extensively in Europe and North America, and make festival appearances at Maryland DeathFest and Asakusa DeathFest in Japan among others.

Several years having passed since the conception of their monumental debut album, PHRENELITH have been slowly conjuring up new material, which has culminated in the creation and recording of a new full-length that will soon be unleashed upon the world. Titled Chimaera, PHRENELITH’s second album comprises seven songs of bludgeoning death metal, with lyrics heavily inspired by the darker terms of Greek mythology and shows a horrid-yet-familiar visage. While delving into new and uncharted musical territory, incorporating new refining elements, PHRENELITH’s attack is accompanied by the downtuned darkness and death-rattling emissions that the band is known for. Truly, it is not hyperbole to suggest that Chimaera eclipses the expansive horror of Desolate Endscape.

Fully befitting this accomplishment, Chimaera is completed with cover artwork by the late/great Timo Ketola, while mixing & mastering were handled by Greg Wilkinson, who’s worked with Autopsy, Vastum, Necrot, Ossuarium, Undergang, and Fetid among many others (recording took place in Denmark’s Studio Ballade). As another cursed year draws to a close, PHRENELITH looms ominously over all!

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released December 10, 2021

Cover art by Timo Ketola

Recorded at Studio Ballade (DK), mixed and mastered by Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studio.

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