The second full-length album “Celestial” by Ukrainian Death Metal band Dying Grotesque will be released by Archivist Records on CDs and in digital format at all the main streaming platforms on November 29th, 2024.
The album was composed and recorded during 2020-2024 at Intermodulation Studio in Kyiv region. It shows the evolution of the band’s authentic art style from the early days to the current moment, influenced by multiple line-up changes and the variety of conditions the band members were put through during the album’s production period.
The story behind “Celestial” depicts the violent absurdity and the grim futility of human existence, which appears to be completely insignificant comparing to the endless darkness of cosmic void and all the undiscovered mysteries it conceals.
The main musical inspirations for this album were such bands as Bloodbath, The Black Dahlia Murder, Entombed, Dismember, Edge of Sanity, Gorefest, Revel In Flesh, Suffocation, Vital Remains, Necrom, Mutanter.
The album tracklisting:
01. Nuclear Meadows
02. Satellites
03. Burial Fields
04. Purification
05. Point Of View
06. Pneuma
07. Lilith
08. Mortality
“Celestial” was recorded by:
Vadym ‘Silvan’ Tsymbaliuk – vocals, guitars, lyrics, arrangements
Andriy ‘Nordwind’ Butok – drums
Volodymyr ‘Liquidator’ Degtyarenko – bass guitar, guitars, lyrics
Guest musician: Oleksandr ‘Archon’ Kharechko
Mixed and mastered by Vadym ‘Silvan’ Tsymbaliuk at Inetrmodulation Studio during 2022-2024.