Úpal

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The sophomore Kostnatění album ÚPAL ("heatstroke") is a story of the human condition as a function of heat. The rise of consciousness in warm-blooded creatures has given rise to impossibly dense, illogical webs of thought that can completely divorce our lived experience from the physical world around u. Anxiety, fixation, and hallucinations can appear without material basi, setting our overactive neurons on fire. To bring this vivid scene to life, Kostnatění has become both more meditative and more chaotic, introducing influences from sources as varied as African folk and noise rock into its technical black metal basi. Evoking both the searing rays of the desert sun and the melting of one's sanity, ÚPAL walks the fine line between burning up and burning out. Written and recorded from October 2020 to October 2021. Vocals recorded in late 2021-early 2022. Released May 26, 2023. Kostnatění is D.L. Drums by Andrew Lee. Drums mixed and recorded in fall 2022 at The Weeb Dungeon by Andrew Lee. Mastered by Jacob Buczarski. Cover artwork by D.L. Collaged partially from works by the following users on Wikimedia Commons: - "Dead succulents", Michael Coghlan. - "Human skeleton (Rockefeller Museum)", user Davidbena. .

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