Umbra Vitae "Shadow Of LIfe"

LP - $14.00 / CD - $7.00
INDIE LP UPC: 723314783420
CD UPC: 723314783390
STREET DATE: 10/23/20
CAT #: DW222
LABEL: Deathwish Inc.

"Shadow of Life" is the ten song debut album from Umbra Vitae, recorded and mixed by Kurt Ballou at God City Studios. Guitars and bass were recorded by Mike McKenzie at The Black Coast. The album was mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege.

Intro “Decadence Dissolves” is a Schuldiner-esque calm before the storm. “Ethereal Emptiness” and “Atheist Aesthetic” soon rip everything apart, methodically downshifting from blackened to brutal in tone. “Mantra of Madness” then emerges as a monster of a song, driven by inhuman drumming and traditional death metal riffing. This pattern of intensity continues in “Fear is a Fossil”, “Polluted Paradise”, and “Intimate Inferno”. All are motion sickness inducing numbers that violently lurch in aural agony. It’s here one realizes that this album never lets up. “Return to Zero” takes it to another level, viciously grinding as the lines “Return to zero, bite down on the chain, bow down to no one” repeat as mantra. This leads to “Blood Blossom” an amalgamation of metal ferocity and hardcore spirit that could very well be the heaviest track of them all. Infectious closer “Shadow of Life” then screams in terror as it tells the tale of the internal battle of the dark and light within us all.

TRACK LISTING:

Decadence Dissolves
Ethereal Emptiness
Atheist Aesthetic
Mantra of Madness
Fear is a Fossil
Polluted Paradise
Intimate Inferno
Return to Zero
Blood Blossom
Shadow of Life

MARKETING POINTS:

Features Jacob Bannon (Converge), Mike McKenzie (The Red Chord), Sean Martin (Hatebreed), Greg Weeks (The Red Cord) and Jon Rice (Job For A Cowboy)
Recorded by Kurt Ballou at God City Studios
Indie LP limited to 500 copies on red/white galaxy vinyl

FOR FANS OF:
Converge, The Red Chord, Hatebreed, Job For A Cowboy