Release Date: May 31st 2024. Record Label: Argonauta Records. Formats: DD/Vinyl
Impression: Tracklisting
01 - WHEN THEY LOCK THE DOOR
02 - ICARUS
03 - IMPRESSION
04 - SOMETIMES
05 - LAPIS NIGER
06 - WOUNDS
07 - PERCEPTION REVIEW
08 - BLESSED OR CURSED
Band Members
Rubens Caligiuri – guitar,
Dario Chiadini – guitar,
Vincenzo Circosta – voice,
Marco Di Nocco – drums,
Marco Miglietti – bass guitar
Review
Impression is the new album from Post-Metal/Sludge Metallers ORIGOD who fuse progressive Sludge based melodies with the Alternative Metal grooves of bands such as CAVE IN and Deftones. There’s a deep focus on melody and harsh atmospherics which gives ORIGOD a more aggressive movement compared to their 2018 album Solitude In Time And Space. With the record even bringing an obsessive style of Metalcore and Groove Metal at times which lends towards early-era Mastodon at times.
The album can be quite abrasive and unforgiving on the early tracks such as When They Lock The Door, Icarus and Impression. The mixture of different creative attitudes of Post-Metal, Hardcore and Noisecore movements offers a fine amount of heavy beatdowns, breakdowns and swirling Psychedelic grooves. The vocals are rooted in Post-Hardcore territory with ORIGOD still offering outbursts of harsh sounding vocals throughout the album.
Impression works more efficiently and effectively when ORIGOD adopt a Post-Metallic theme and lean further into the Post-Metal world which is where the heaviest and most interesting musical moments appear. The whole record has a classic mid 90's and mid 00’s atmosphere appearing within the production values on Impression. As the sound is quite raw and industrial in places. You can feel the album is devoid of modern day studio recording trickery with Impression sounding like a true product of the underground scene.
The lyrics contained within Impression touch upon some hard hitting subjects with a deep emotional edge which has seen ORIGOD mature as songwriters since their last album. The added use of gloomy soundscapes and psychedelic sound effects adds another level of Post-Metal heaviness with moments of Melodic Sludge Rock starting to form on certain stages of the album.
Other standout tracks to check out are: Sometimes, Wounds and Blessed Or Cursed.
Impression is the type of album that has a familiar creative landscape but you still hear some epic original sounds that ORIGOD conjures out of thin air which allows this to become quite an exciting album within its own right.
ORIGOD have been together as a band since 2007 and I still have a hard time believing this is their third full length record in all that time. Hopefully, their next album will arrive sooner than later. As they prove with Impression they’re truly worth giving a damn about…
Words by Steve Howe
Thanks to Grand Sounds Promotion for the promo.
Impression is available to buy now on DD/Vinyl via Argonauta Records
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