ARTIST: Sumac
TITLE: The Deal
LABEL: Proufound Lore Records
GENRE: Metal
SOURCE: WEB (http://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/)
BITRATE: 320 kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 53:45
RELEASE DATE: 2015-00-00
RIP DATE: 2015-02-15
ENCODER: LAME
Track List
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1. Spectral Gold 3:18
2. Thorn In The Lion's Paw 8:54
3. Hollow King 12:21
4. Blight's End Angel 10:16
5. The Deal 13:41
6. The Radiance Of Being 5:15
Release Notes:
SUMAC is a new band whoÆs main core consists of Aaron Turner (Isis, Old Man
Gloom, Mamiffer) and drummer Nick Yacyshyn from Baptists. Bass player Brian Cook
(Russian Circles, Botch, These Arms Are Snakes) also joins the duo (as an
auxiliary member) and did all the bass tracking on the bandÆs debut album
entitled ôThe Dealö. An album consisting of steamroller crushing heaviness and
methodical free-range technicality.
SUMAC came to form when Aaron Turner had the urge to create music thatÆs heavy
and colossal once again, wanting to bring back the heaviness aspect that he
incorporated in Isis, and what he currently does in the OLD MAN GLOOM
collective, into a wholly new and different band unlike anything he has
previously done before. With one of the goals for SUMAC was for Turner to write
some of the heaviest music he has ever written, he found the ideal partner with
Baptists drummer Nick Yacyshyn, one of the best drummers in heavy music today.
With SUMAC, Yacyshyn allows himself to showcase and expand his drumming talents
even further as it is with SUMAC where we will really witness the true talent of
this drummer.
The duo would enter the studio in Seattle late summer to track ôThe Dealö with
Mell Dettmer (Wolves In The Throne Room, Sunn 0)) etc.) where they would be
joined by Russian Circles/Botch/These Arms Are Snakes bassist Brian Cook who
would ultimately lay the pulse down for the album (which would be mixed by Kurt
Ballou of Converge at Godcity Studios and mastered by Mikka Jusslla at Finvoxx
Studios in Finland).
Overall, ôThe Dealö is an absolutely crushing album that stands its own ground
which will bring some familiarity with TurnerÆs repertoire and bring back that
classic Hydra Head Records forward-thinking sound and vibe.