ULTHAR: Blackened Death Metal Summoners Release “Saccades” Single; Two New Full-Lengths -- Anthronomicon And Helionomicon -- To Drop Next Month Via 20 Buck Spin

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Blackened death metal summoners ULTHAR today unleash “Saccades” for public consumption. The latest psalm comes by way of the band’s Anthronomicon full-length, one of TWO new albums to be released simultaneously on February 17th via 20 Buck Spin.

Anthronomicon embodies the continued progression of ULTHAR’s mastery over its art - always evolving, refining, and pushing forward. From the opening blasts and twisting mania of “Cephalophore,” ULTHAR baffles with angular warped riffage, dipping in and out of various dimensional spheres. Off-kilter, multi-directional turns veer swiftly and violently as though about to come apart at the seams only to reshape again and again into ever more monumental forms. Each of Anthronomicon’s eight tracks represent a fractious piece of a larger puzzle, each a maze unto itself that when taken together allows one to traverse this inverted surrealist conundrum. 

Offers guitarist/vocalist Shelby Lermo of the band's latest single, “‘Saccades’ was the first song written for the Anthronomicon/Helionomicon project, shortly after the release of our last album, Providence. Musically, I feel it showcases the strongest aspects of ULTHAR’s sound, traversing the spectrum from grinding death to sweeping black metal. Lyrically, it explores the limits of human perception, and how things we think we see aren’t always there. It was largely inspired by the novel Blindsight by Peter Watts.”