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THE GREAT OLD ONES - Lands of Azathoth

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: Eighth Tower Records - ETR 059 / Zazen Sounds - ZZS150 Release Year: 2025 Note: side project of SONONOGYST dedicated to the LOVECRAFTian mythos, the first CD after two CDRs => "... taps into a fundamental cosmic truth - within all apparent structure lies decay and chaos. The album’s heavy drones, obscure rhythms, and shadowy textures invoke not only Lovecraft’s mythical deity but the universal invariant of entropy itself. Listening, one hears order dissolving slowly into noise, mirroring the unstoppable cosmic drift .. " [Avant Music News] Price (incl. 19% VAT): €13.00 More Info https://eighthtowerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lands-of-azathoth "The Great Old Ones present “Lands of Azathoth, an exploration into the unfathomable and chaotic core of Lovecraft’s mythos. This third installment, following the albums Yog-Sothoth (2022) and The Mythos of Cthulhu (2023), summons the enigmatic dread of Azathoth, the Blind Idiot God who lies at the heart of the cosmos. The music of The Great Old Ones is so profoundly lo-fi and shrouded in dense fog that each melodic line feels submerged, as if suspended in a gelatinous substance, trapped within an alien shell, unable to fully emerge or resonate in the ears of the listener, eternally encased in otherworldly isolation. It offers a unique vision steeped in Lovecraft's portrayal of the universe as a realm of endless chaos. Outside the ordered universe is that amorphous blight of nethermost confusion which blasphemes and bubbles at the center of all infinity—the boundless daemon-sultan Azathoth, whose name no lips dare speak aloud, and who gnaws hungrily in inconceivable, unlighted chambers beyond time amidst the muffled, maddening beat of vile drums and the thin monotonous whine of accursed flutes… H. P. Lovecraft" [press release] "In the Lovecraftian mythos, Azathoth is the ruler of chaos, making him a supreme and powerful Outer God. This tracks, as entropy is arguably the most powerful force in the universe because it governs every physical process and instills a relentless progression from order to disorder. Physicists believe that this principle even determines the direction of time itself. Lands Of Azathoth is the third release from The Great Old Ones, a stage name of Eighth Tower label head Raffaele Pezzella. The album follows Yog-Sothoth from 2022 and Mythos Of Cthulhu from 2023. Not unlike its predecessors, this offering is based around hazy and immersive drones. But Lands Of Azathoth takes that approach even further as it buries melodies and percussion deep within suffocating layers of sound. Altar of Unreality is an example, with unstructured beats that resemble ancient rituals or broken machinery beneath a mass of sounds that could represent the slow growling of an unimaginable creature. Otherworldly Illusions is 15 minutes of ponderous droning and shimmering, watery soundscapes. Azathoth Daemon Sultan is of a more rhythmic nature, but again these aspects are overwhelmed by windswept and gritty synth in the foreground. Lands Of Azathoth taps into a fundamental cosmic truth – within all apparent structure lies decay and chaos. The album’s heavy drones, obscure rhythms, and shadowy textures invoke not only Lovecraft’s mythical deity but the universal invariant of entropy itself. Listening, one hears order dissolving slowly into noise, mirroring the unstoppable cosmic drift – a submergence in sonic atmospheres that echo the haunting inevitability of our reality’s collapse." [Avant Music News]