CD TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY Release date: 11/Aug/2023
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Sales Rank:
#4333 in Heavy Metal #21378 in Rock
Style:
Heavy Metal
Product No.:
2100945342
Details / Tracklist:
1. AS THE ASHES SETTLE 2. RITUAL OF CONFLAGRATION 3. WATCH THEM DESCEND 4. THE WOLVES DRAW NEAR 5. AN EFFIGY TO HUMANITY 6. STARING INTO RUIN 7. MOON SUPREMACY 8. FROM SHADOWS ARISEN 9. LABYRINTH CONFIGURATION 10. TO EMBRACE DEFEAT 11. CROWNED IN HATRED
Description:
As The Ashes Settle by Orphalis, released 25 August 2023, includes the following tracks: "Watch Them Descend", "An Effigy To Humanity", "Moon Supremacy", "Labyrinth Configuration" and more.
This version of As The Ashes Settle comes as a 1xCD. -
8-panel Digipak with metallic effect and UV lamination.
Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies, which is numbered on a card.
"As The Ashes Settle (digipack)" is a CD edition of a crushing death-metal release by Orphalis, presented in an atmospheric digipack that visually complements the intensity of the music. Across the album, the band combines technically demanding riff structures, blastbeat-driven drumming and deep, roaring vocals with eerie harmonic twists and dark, dissonant passages. The songs are arranged with a strong sense of dynamics: rapid, complex sections collide with mid-tempo grooves and more spacious, oppressive moments, creating a dramatic, almost apocalyptic listening experience. The production is powerful and detailed, allowing the razor-sharp guitars, intricate bass lines and precise drum work to unfold clearly without sacrificing heaviness. Lyrically and in mood, the record revolves around themes of decay, collapse and transformation, making the title "As The Ashes Settle" feel like a conceptual frame for the entire album.
As a band, Orphalis stand for modern, technically adept death metal that never loses its dark, brutal edge. Over their previous releases they have earned a reputation in the underground for balancing complexity with memorability, appealing to listeners who appreciate both extreme ferocity and sophisticated songwriting. Their evolution has led them from solid early recordings to more refined, ambitious material, attracting growing attention in the international death-metal scene, including positive reactions from specialized media and fans of technical and brutal death metal alike.
The digipack format of this CD gives the release a collector-friendly character, with expanded artwork and a more tactile presentation than a standard jewel case. It underlines the album's conceptual atmosphere and makes "As The Ashes Settle (digipack)" an attractive physical edition for fans who value both sound and visual aesthetics.
The CD is released by TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY, an independent label known in the extreme-metal world for carefully curated signings and high production standards. The label places strong emphasis on distinctive artwork, special packaging formats and professionally produced albums that help underground bands reach a global audience. By focusing on quality over quantity and building a catalogue that spans diverse shades of extreme metal, TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY has become a respected name among collectors and fans who actively seek out new, intense and artistically ambitious releases.
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