Salo (2020)
http://circleofsighs.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/circleofsighs/
Progressive synth-doom from the outer reaches of space-time.
Circle of Sighs
Los Angeles, California
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1.
Burden of the Flesh 00:00
2.
Segue-01 05:37
3.
Hold Me, Lucifer 06:55
4.
Kukeri 13:03
5.
Desolate 22:11
6.
Segue-02 28:28
7.
The Man Machine [Kraftwerk cover] 30:47
8.
Unicorn Magic/Segue-03 36:50
9.
Salo 47:01
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Their work began in 2018, as rough demo recordings were shaped and hewn by these clandestine shamans and cosmonauts on a sub-rosa mission to merge the celestial and the terrestrial. The result of their effort was an album of existential heaviness that pitted synthesis against nature: Digital beats, down-tuned riffs, harsh keyboards, and warm tube amps. Their genre-bending and -blending dredges the uncanny valley to cull a sound both strange and familiar.
For fans of: Yob, Tubeway Army, Pallbearer, Opeth, Depeche Mode, Neurosis, Drab Majesty
“Atmosphere aplenty accompanied by a vast cosmic ethereal nature. Huge riffs and an undeniable ‘presence’ you could well lose yourself within if given the appropriate accouterments. In short, doom, but doused in Bowie-esque progressive elements and dark synth. An outstanding combination which needs to be heard to be appreciated.” – Cult Metal Flix
“Transcendent in its heaviness.” – LA Weekly
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releases June 19, 2020
Recorded at Thee Culveric Catacombs, 2019
Additional Recording by Matt Lynch/Mysterious Mammal, 2019
Mixed and Mastered by Katie Gilchrest at Mythology Mastering, Los Angeles, CA, 2020
Artwork by Circle of Sighs
Photography by Mariana Fiel
Armor by Kortney Lace
All songs written by Circle of Sighs except “The Man Machine,” written by Kraftwerk/Hütter – Bartos – Schneider
source 666MrDoom