Hypno5e "A Distant (Dark) Source"

Country: France
Genre(s): Atmospheric Progressive Post Metal/Rock
Label: Pelagic Records - PEL123
Format: CD, digital, vinyl
Release date: November 22, 2019
Tracklist: 
1. On The Dry Lake (12:26)
2. In The Blue Glow Of Dawn, Pt. 1 (3:47)
3. In The Blue Glow Of Dawn, Pt. 2 (7:08)
4. In The Blue Glow Of Dawn, Pt. 3 (5:08)
5. A Distant Dark Source, Pt. 1 (2:46)
6. A Distant Dark Source, Pt. 2 (7:49)
7. A Distant Dark Source, Pt. 3 (7:34)
8. On Our Bed Of Soil, Pt. 1 (3:14)
9. On Our Bed Of Soil, Pt. 2 (6:10)
10. On Our Bed Of Soil, Pt. 3 (6:25)
11. Tauca, Pt. 2 (Nowhere) (7:37)

Total Time 70:04

Line-up: 
Emmanuel Jessua - Guitar, lead vocals
Jonathan Maurois - Guitar
Cedric Pages aka Gredin - Bass, backing vocals
Théo Begue - Drums

Description/Reviews: 

The Southern French quartet are now returning with a more “typical” HYPNO5E record, if there is such a thing: their 5th album, “A Distant (Dark) Source”, is the second part of a diptych album project. “A Distant (Dark) Source” continues to chase those demons and lost memories which the band has been chasing ever since their debut album “Des Deux L'Une Est L'Autre”: the album is an inward journey to the land of the ghosts of the past. At the origin of this distant dark source lies Tauca, an old Paleolithic lake located in Bolivia.It disappeared more than 15 000 years ago, leaving behind an arid land and salt lakes at 4.500m of altitude in the Andes mountain range. “A Distant (Dark) Source” is the musical imagination of a night in this desert, during which the old shores of the lake see the return of the shadows of the people who used to live in this area before its disappearance.  …but don't be deterred by such conceptual enthusiasm, as HYPNO5E sound is powerful, visceral and immediate. There are moments that remind you of the expansive technical elaborations of BTBAM, but there is also the careful melancholia of Cynic and the sheer power of Gojira... but in the end, all these comparisons fail - HYPNO5E's organic sound is undoubtedly their own. Unlike so many bands who rely on a single sound or technique to create their music, HYPNO5E are not bound to any precondition.

Media/Samples 
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A Distant Dark Source Pt. 1-3

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