Exclusive Album Premiere Of Sludge/Post-Metallers ORIGOD New Album IMPRESSION

Turin, 2007: this is the genesis of Origod. Their sound is a unique blend of Cave In and early Mastodon sounds, songs full of groove and melodies for an extraordinary Post-Metal and Hardcore assault.

In 2008 they participated in the "Nightpieces Vol. 5" compilation by the Turin-based Dracma Records, with the song: "Freedom Is In The End", produced by Carlo Ortolano. Then they participate with Braindamage, Broken Glazz, Medusa and other bands at the Dracma Metal Festival.

They released their first album "A New Dawn Fades" for One Voice Recordings in 2010, produced by Daniele Giordana, a sound engineer who boasts many important live and studio collaborations with Monster Magnet, Hatebreed, Machine Head and many others.

In the following years they performed around a hundred concerts in northern Italy, sharing the stage with: Abraham, Eric Forrest (Voivod), Titor, Sunpocrisy, Skarhead, Ultra-Violence, Strange Fear, Stigma, Jordaan, Concrete Block, Ruggine, Infall, O, An Evening With Knives, If I Die Today, Fuco, Tons, Doctor Cyclops, Nudist, Juggernaut and many others.

On March 30, 2018 they released their second album "Solitude in Time and Space" for ARGONAUTA Records, well reviewed by critics and audiences. The album was produced by Danilo Battocchio at Deepest Sea Studio in Turin.

In 2021 the band add to its original lineup: Rubens Caligiuri (Sneakers, Turin hard-core band in the 90s) as an additional guitarist and drummer Marco Di Nocco (Medusa, Tons and NoInfo) who will replace Luciano Cotta, involved in other music projects.

The band are releasing their new album IMPRESSION this Friday and you can hear the full album below thanks to the cool folks over at Grand Sounds Promotion and Argonauta Records.

Origod:

Rubens Caligiuri – guitar

Dario Chiadini – guitar

Vincenzo Circosta – voice

Marco Di Nocco – drums

Marco Miglietti – bass guitar

Thanks to Grand Sounds Promotion for the promo.

Impression is available to buy now on DD/Vinyl via Argonauta Records

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ORIGOD - Impression (Album Review)

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

Links

Facebook | BandCamp | Instagram

Italian Post-Core Machine ORIGOD Unveil Full Album Details For "Impression"; New Single Out Now

Italian five-piece post-core band ORIGOD returns with a new album, entitled "Impression", to be released via Argonauta Records on May 31st, 2024.

Album tracklisting and cover art are as follows:

01 - When They Lock The Door
02 - Icarus
03 - Impression
04 - Sometimes
05 - Lapis Niger
06 - Wounds
07 - Perception Review
08 - Blessed Or Cursed

Today is also the day the band released a new single and official music video for 'When They Lock The Door.' Watch it below: 

Turin, 2007: this is the genesis of Origod. Their sound is a unique blend of Cave In and early Mastodon sounds, songs full of groove and melodies for an extraordinary Post-Metal and Hardcore assault.

In 2008 they participated in the "Nightpieces Vol. 5" compilation by the Turin-based Dracma Records, with the song: "Freedom Is In The End", produced by Carlo Ortolano. Then they participate with Braindamage, Broken Glazz, Medusa and other bands at the Dracma Metal Festival.

They released their first album "A New Dawn Fades" for One Voice Recordings in 2010, produced by Daniele Giordana, a sound engineer who boasts many important live and studio collaborations with Monster Magnet, Hatebreed, Machine Head and many others.

In the following years they performed around a hundred concerts in northern Italy, sharing the stage with: Abraham, Eric Forrest (Voivod), Titor, Sunpocrisy, Skarhead, Ultra-Violence, Strange Fear, Stigma, Jordaan, Concrete Block, Ruggine, Infall, O, An evening with knives, If I die today, Fuco, Tons, Doctor Cyclops, Nudist, Juggernaut and many others.

On March 30, 2018 they released their second album "Solitude in Time and Space" for ARGONAUTA Records, well reviewed by critics and audiences. The album was produced by Danilo Battocchio at Deepest Sea Studio in Turin.

In 2021 the band add to its original lineup: Rubens Caligiuri (Sneakers, Turin hard-core band in the 90s) as an additional guitarist and drummer Marco Di Nocco (Medusa, Tons and NoInfo) who will replace Luciano Cotta, involved in other music projects.

The five-piece band is currently working on its new album “Impression” in Redwood Recording Studio, which marks an important further evolution of their sound.

Origod:

Rubens Caligiuri – guitar

Dario Chiadini – guitar

Vincenzo Circosta – voice

Marco Di Nocco – drums

Marco Miglietti – bass guitar

For more info:

https://www.facebook.com/origodband

https://origod.bandcamp.com

https://www.argonautarecords.com/

https://www.facebook.com/ArgonautaRecords

Thanks to Grand Sounds Promotions for the details.