OREYEON Announce New Album Details and New Song Premiere Of ODE TO OBLIVION

You may just remember these awesome Italian Heavy Psychedelic Stoner Rockers OREYEON as ORION in 2016 when the band released their debut album Builders Of Cosmos.

Well almost 3 years later the guys are back with a heavy new sound and the band have changed their name to OREYEON. Details are shown below with a cool song premiere from their forthcoming new album - ODE TO OBLIVION

The Lowdown

OREYEON'S new album ODE TO OBLIVION comes after two years of experimental sessions in their little studio recording nestled between the sea and the mountains in the north west of Italy. This new full length crosses transversely all member's musical influences and takes shape leaving behind and definitely going beyond the rules that mostly describe the classical Stoner Rock genre.

Just from the first track, a strong sense of nothingness blends into a long unsettling travel through a microcosm full of colours while black shapes lead the traveller into a spiral of nihilistic lyrics, title tracks and monolithic riffs all at the same time . A pinch of the 90’s vocals' legacy gives to this full length, the gloominess that crowns a long period of rehearsals playing and jamming over all sorts of musical borders.

TRACKLIST

1. T.I.O.
2. Trudging to Vacuity
3. Ode to Oblivion
4. Big Surprise
5. The Ones
6. Starship Pusher

You can hear the premiere of their excellent new song - Trudging to Vacuity - from their brilliantly exciting and heavy spaced out album - Ode To Oblivion.



The album is available to pre-order now from Heavy Psych Sounds now on their usual legendary different vinyl formats. 

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Thanks to Claire at Purple Sage and Heavy Psych Sounds for all the details.

Here's the band's last album BUILDERS OF COSMOS to get you in the mood....

ORION - Builders of Cosmos (Album Review)

Release date: June 28^th 2016. Label: Taxi Driver Records. Format: CD/DD

Builders Of Cosmos – Tracklisting

1.Intro 06:53

2.Alone With You 04:44

3.Lucid Dreams 04:41

4.Builders Of Cosmos 06:45

5.Over & Over 05:00

6.Lost Again 04:32

Band Members:

Matteo Signanini: Guitar, Voice

Andrea Ricci: Guitar

Richard Silvaggio: Bass, Voice

Pietro Virgilio: Drum

Review:

Italian Stoner Rockers – Orion – play a vast psychedelic blend of spaced out stoner rock that allows the band to mix different noises and vibes to their heavy sound. Orion’s debut album – Builders Of Cosmos - is a thrilling spectacle from start to finish and one that should be appeal to fans such as Truckfighters, ENOS, Monster Magnet and Red Fang.

Opening track – Intro – is an almost seven minute instrumental track that crackles with distorted fuzz. Orion add distorted layers of noise that maybe too jarring for some. Short soundclips appear now and again but it’s the heavy thumping riffs that shows where the bands talent and vision lies.

Second track – Alone With You – sees Orion add vocals to the album and they are almost drowned out by the heavy distorted riffs but you can fully understand what is being sung. Alone With You is one of the standout tracks on the album.

One of the best things about this album is the speed Orion plays their music at. This is a very fast-paced album as Orion play at such an exciting pace you can be forgiven for missing some of the music the first time you listen to the album. Third track – Lucid Dreams – offers a harder edged Desert/Stoner Rock sound but matched with a more psychedelic spaced out sound. The vocals impress yet again as they have a distinctive vintage feel. Maybe the vocals could have done with more volume so they’re not completely drowned out by the instrumental work.

Fourth track – Builders Of Cosmos – is where Orion finally starts to create their own sound by offering a heavier style of fuzz/spaced out riffs. The vocals take centre stage as for once they’re not drowned out by superb riffs. Maybe that’s Orion’s style but I find this is where the band finds the perfect balance between the vocals and riffs. They work in almost perfect Stoner Rock harmony.

The final two tracks – Over & Over and Lost Again – offer ten minutes of two final rounds of spaced out psychedelic stoner magic. Both songs have a more manic energy compared to the earlier tracks. I don’t know if the band are speeding things up as they know the end is almost upon us. The final ten minutes do feel a little rushed at times but it shouldn’t spoil your overall enjoyment of the album.

I’m a huge fan of the  Italian Stoner Rock/Metal scene and Orion is another example why the Italian scene is thriving at the moment. Orion may not bring anything new to the genre but which band does. What Orion do bring is a keen talent for writing great songs you will be listening to for a long time to come. Builders Of Cosmos is a fantastic album. Check it out. You won’t be sorry.

Words by Steve Howe

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