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ORR005 - Odyssey One & Further Into The Vastness

by The Owl

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Ascend 17:50
...and keep going.
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Descend 05:30
...then rise again.
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Reynisfjara 07:47
Drained from your eyes, the colour goes Monochrome visions are all you see All life is different from here on in Worship this scenery Oncoming storms make a mockery of our magnitude as they care not for what we are. Nature is in control and will outlive the combined efforts of us all. Its strength will overcome and crush and rule and take all our wretched lives away. Worship, respect and obey it all, whilst you have the chance.
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Sequoia 04:32
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NGC 4889 12:18
This is still the heaviest riff I've ever played. This is stage 2 of NGC 4889's development as a song. It will get even bigger next time... LYRICS Every single thought All the words said or penned Any sound from every layer of noise Led to this precise moment now Never will I let insignificance on an unworldly level deter me from finding solace and finding peace. I am nothing, yet all I have. Even in the middle of the worst moments of my own existence, literal infinity surrounds me. An endless space to discover and roam. Always look up and out. Buried by my own hand My mind was smashed apart Pure blackness inside but still as bright as I can be You have resolve to call on. You just have to remember. My world was in abject ruin I begged for it all to end Even at the final precipice I still could not give in. Always remember.
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The Owl - Bass, vocals, drums, piano, all photos. No synths used.
theowl.bandcamp.com for a massive varied discography.

Videos here:
Odyssey One: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQUs5pnHtQY
Reynisfjara: www.youtube.com/watch?v=41BId81j96U
Stone Guardians: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxjGpNmnPys

-> 'hypnotic, entrancing, engulfing bass sound, Bell Witch, Farer, Om, always moving forward, dark, exhausting, cathartic, relaxing. A wonderful record of genre defying heaviness.' - Wolves In The Drone Doom

-> 'desolate realms of doom metal, harrowing soundscapes, Primitive Man, Meth Drinker, SunnO))), low-end heft, haunting doom/noise, The Owl's myriad of sonic offerings' - This Noise Is Ours

-> monolithic, monumentally large, basic elements amp(ed) up to such an extent they are truly captivating in their overall sound. The sheer depth and power behind the reverberation on the album alone makes it worth listening to... take some time out of your day and don't just listen to Odyssey One, experience it' - Cave Dweller Music

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released January 29, 2021

The biggest nod of respect goes to the bands that specifically influenced 'Ascend'; Ufomammut, Monarch, Ommadon, Bismuth and Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard.

ODYSSEY ONE:
- 'Ascend' is all bass and drums
- 'Descend' is all bass and piano, aside from the spoken word by Matthew King. I've wanted to use this sample since November 19th, 2004. I hope people get the reference.
- Original bass jam for both tracks, December 31st 2018.
- Recorded in Hundred Year Old Man's rehearsal space in Temple Of Boom, Leeds
- Constructed occasionally between then and April 2020.
- Re-constructed and mixed for hundreds of hours between then and December 2nd, 2020

FURTHER INTO THE VASTNESS
This album was originally released in January 2019, but during January I worked on adding some extra layers and made the sound bigger, wider, more octaves and extra swirly sounds!

Bass, electronics, vocals, lyrics, photos - The Owl
All sounds created live: November 20th 2018
Photos taken in Iceland and Slovakia.

For fans of dark ambient soundscapes, hypnotic drone and delay drenched sounds, incredibly heavy bass-led riffs, sludge and doom metal, the sound of volcanoes erupting and the sense of drifting through space.

Band influences for this recording: Corrupted, Treha Sektori, Bismuth, Almyrkvi, Sunn o))), Earth, Nadja, Khanate, Lustmord, Nordvargr, Aphex Twin

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Full story about Odyssey One here: theowl.bandcamp.com/album/37-odyssey-one

I hope this takes you to nice places in your mind.
Paul / The Owl

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