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Resilience & Despair

by QAALM

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MJ
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MJ I had all of Qaalm’s earlier work, but for some reason when this first dropped, it just didn’t resonate with me. Now, two years later, it fits both my taste and mood absolutely perfectly. Just a massive slab of epic, beautifully composed and performed (see the featured video for “Existence Asunder”), glacial, atmospheric doom. Big shoutout to Pete Majors’ breathtaking vocals and huge thanks to Hypaethral for the generous codes. Hails! 🤘🔥 Favorite track: Reflections Doubt.
bags4carrion
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bags4carrion massive, uniquely varied, bludgeoning, utterly masterful.
ffo eremit, oak, thou, Indian, Lycus, Inverloch
spiro75
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spiro75 sounds awesome!!... looking forward for the full album and vynil :) Favorite track: Reflections Doubt.
Chris Woodford
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Chris Woodford powerfully melancholic funeral doom. the guitar harmonies will penetrate to your core. finally something to fill the hole that Asunder left behind! Favorite track: Cosmic Descent.
bcb723
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bcb723 So look... pre-orders come & go, no big thing. Debut album pre-orders? Ehh -- not usually any cause for excitement. Guess what: QAALM's debut (from the gold standard Hypaethral Records) is pretty fucking far from the usual. 4 songs. 2 LPs. A huge & hypnotic wall of sound. Pre-release track "Reflections Doubt" already has me diving into their void. You're goddamn right I set an alarm reminder for the LP pre-order (w/shirt/signed poster bundle). Who the hell would want to miss something this good? Favorite track: Reflections Doubt.
Funeral Fog
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Funeral Fog Massively dark, gigantic production, cave crumbling vocals, everything I was hoping for, but at a much higher level. Debut album of the year so far, without question!
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"Very few debut records have this clearness of vision and a
sound this thick and relentless." — Decibel Magazine
www.decibelmagazine.com/2021/12/01/video-premiere-qaalm-existence-asunder/

“…a masterful slab of glacial, creeping, monolithic doom.” (9/10)
distortedsoundmag.com/album-review-resilience-despair-qaalm/

“An utterly masterful record that draws from the best of doom metal and post-rock.” (9/10)
ghostcultmag.com/album-review-qaalm-resilience-and-despair-hypaethral-records/

Combining the crushing heaviness of sludge, the melancholic harmonies of funeral doom, with the atmosphere and intensity of black metal, QAALM have created a gloomy, depressive, and unique interpretation of the doom metal genre.

FFO: Neurosis, Corrupted, Asunder, Mournful Congregation, Katatonia, Anathema, My Dying Bride.

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released April 15, 2022

Performed and produced by QAALM
Music written and arranged by Henry Derek Elis & QAALM
Lyrics written by Pete Majors & QAALM
Recorded at Red Light Studios in Los Angeles 2020/21
Engineered & Mixed by Steve White
Mastered by Maor Appelbaum
Logo design and cave photography by David Huet
Cover art by Madeleine Fleming

Pete Majors - Lead Vocals
Henry Derek Elis - Lead Guitars / Vocals
Brock Elmore - Rhythm Guitars / Vocals
David Huet - Bass
Dave Ferrara - Drums

Session Musicians:
Steve White - Drums & keys
Kakophonix - Cello

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Hypaethral Records (hy·​pae·​thral)

Established in 2012, Hypaethral Records stands as one of the preeminent labels in underground extreme metal.

Our releases are focused on doom and blackened metal.

No gods.
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