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Animate The Emptiness

by LUMINOUS VAULT

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gregory duveau
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gregory duveau Très original mélange d'electro et de metal, pour un résultat très original, bien foutu, qui sait créer des tableaux captivants, et susciter la vigilance par des plans originaux. Un disque bien vu.
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sinistralsounds Really happy they went all out with this sound. They hinted at it with charismata way back when it released with profound lore. A mind warping cover to match the mind warping sound. Favorite track: Divine Transduction.
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rainelionheart It's hard to choose my favorite track. This is currently (Nov. 22) my Album of the Year. Luminous Vault's sound is unique. Somewhere between extreme metal and electronica, with a near sinister mysticism woven into each track. Ancient North is much brighter. Favorite track: Ancient North.
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Earth Daemon 06:44
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Embryonic 01:23
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Animate the Emptiness is the debut full length by the NYC metal duo Luminous Vault. On their long awaited follow-up to 2017’s Charismata EP, guitarist/vocalist Mario Diaz de Leon (Oneirogen, Bloodmist) and bassist/vocalist Samuel Smith (Artificial Brain, Aeviterne) present a bold and unique hybrid of black/death metal and electronic music.

From their inception in 2015, Luminous Vault have combined the “machine rhythm” approach of pioneering bands Godflesh and Blut Aus Nord with black metal and synthesizers. On Animate the Emptiness, this vibrant fusion is expressed with an intensity surpassing that of the band’s past efforts. Tracks such as Incarnate Flame Arise are pervaded by the slow, speaker-rattling thud of an electronic kick drum, punctuated by Smith’s distorted bassline and synthetic hi-hat patterns, while Diaz de Leon’s guitar intones haunting tremolo-picked melodies and feedback-laden squalls. On closing track Ancient North, melancholic doom metal harmonies sustain over syncopated bass and drum rhythms, giving way to a euphoric surge of major key tremolo riffs. Diaz de Leon and Smith’s vocal lines alternately evoke apocalyptic sermons and a call from otherwordly depths, with surrealistic lyrics that draw inspiration from psychospiritual trials and transformations, full of alchemical imagery.

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released May 20, 2022

Animate the Emptiness was recorded by the band in NYC between 2019 and early 2020, mixed by MDdL, and mastered by Josh Bonati.

Artwork by Fivetimesno. Logo by Andrew Tremblay. Design by MDdL and Chimere Noire.

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Mario Diaz de Leon
Samuel Smith

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