Tronos – Celestial Mechanics (Black LP)

The greatest, most enduring music often emerges from a meeting of mercurial minds. When it comes to Shane Embury and Russ Russell and their new project TRONOS, the two have worked closely for decades and have long since established an instinctive creative rapport. Best known as bassist with Napalm Death but also a prolific collaborator across the heavy music world, Shane is renowned for his eclectic musical tastes, while Russ is widely acknowledged as one of the most original and idiosyncratic producers in music today. After deciding upon the core ideals of their new venture, the task creating the music for what is now TRONOS’ debut album “Celestial Mechanics“ sent these two maverick extremists into mind-altering cosmic realms. TRONOS has been pieced together slowly over the last couple of years, evolving from that original shared idea into something truly ground-breaking and thrillingly unfamiliar. From the churning riffs and ethereal atmospheres of epic opener “Walk Among The Dead Things” onwards, this is plainly a record that owes very little to anyone else. Instead, with a supporting cast including metal drumming legend Dirk Verbeuren, Voivod frontman Denis ‘Snake’ Belanger, vocalist Erica Nockalls (The Wonder Stuff) and no fewer than three legendary bass players – Faith No More’s Billy Gould, Troy Sanders and death/thrash icon Dan Lilker – the likes of succinct throat-ripper “The Ancient Deceit” and menacing slow-burner “A Treaty With Reality” represent the organic creation of a multi-faceted musical world: one that deigns to unearth the cosmic truths behind our very existence while conjuring euphoria from the most warped and wild of sonic ingredients,

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