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artist: Wharflurch
title: Mycodeath and Rebirth in the Outer Clusters
year: 2026
genre: Death Metal
type: Album
label: Personal Records
language: English
rel. date: 2026-09-25
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Joint Stereo
runtime: 00:44:08
size: 101.2 MiB / 8 tracks
rip date: 2026-10-17
source url: https://open.qobuz.com/album/dvr4r717mm1vv
tracklist:
01. Death Toll Horror 4:05
02. Forgotten Temple 6:06
03. Non-Zero Expanse 4:24
04. Headless God 5:00
05. Dimensional Parasite 5:09
06. The Heaving Orbs 5:19
07. Revelation Ov the Sporelords 6:00
08. Mycodeath and Rebirth in the Outer Clusters / Awakening the 8:06
Emissary
release notes:
WHARFLURCH left the death metal world hanging at the end of 2021's
Psychedelic Realms ov Hell, with the protagonist of the first album being
lost in a fungal haze of disillusionment at the album's conclusion. They
return with the sequel to the epic psychedelic saga, Mycodeath and
Rebirth in the Outer Clusters, another concept album continuing the
story, placing our "hero" at the precipice of an incredible journey to
the furthest regions of our universe, where the ubiquitous Mycolords
reveal the true plan for their experimentation on Planet Earth, how
indeed this is a universe-wide phenomena, and how he fits into their
grand scheme.
FLURCH-lords John Mamo and Myk Colby fashioned the storyline, musical
journey, and lyrical concept to complete their vision of a universe that
is secretly ruled by puppet-master mushroom entities, who covertly
inoculate virile planets with their own spore-kind to foster sentient
life as they see fit: a true sci-fi epic of world-building and
conceptualization that places the listener at a vantage point to
interpret interplanetary life as ventures of this secret race of mycelial
beings who control the life force of galaxies with a hidden hand.
Fraught with frustration and peril, this recording (which began in very
late 2021) is finally being unleashed upon the wary world, but is yet
poised to display the innovation and progression of the WHARFLURCH sound:
dismal doom-death with flashes of ignorance and brilliance interspersed
within the cornucopia of riffs and textures.
Influences are only seen as guideposts, not references, and as such
summon the madness of such unsung greats like Timeghoul and Demilich -
only breathing in the conceptual insanity, and exhaling a truly FLURCH-y
result. Musically, the journey of this album volleys between chunky /
catchy / plodding and tricky / obtuse / beautiful, with the trademark
synth flourishes that add a cosmic touch to the proceedings.
Vocal duties are shared between Mamo and Myk, with guest appearances by
Garrett Alvarado (frontman extraordinaire from Midwest death-dealers
Maul) on vocals as the voice of the "Sporelords," and Jamie Stewart
(throat shredder for The Abscence, Party Time, and Hot Graves) doing
narratives and guest vocals on quite a few songs. Thus, the narrative
takes on a new dimension, with different voices playing different parts
to this uncanny story.
The conceptual artwork was rendered by none other than Claw//Eight, the
morbid pensmith responsible for many of WHARFLURCH's visual offerings
over the years, who indeed has even been in the van on tour with the
band, which earns him honorary membership as the band's Visionary. His
artistic depictions of psychedelic fright and transformation are
absolutely intrinsic to the concept and realization of this album's
continuation of the story. Mycodeath and Rebirth in the Outer Clusters is
an odyssey for the adventurous listener: a deathly riff journey into the
outer cosmos, where our destiny has been foretold by beings who treat our
planet as a failed.