Official press release:
Extreme metal legion Quinta Essentia will unleash their eagerly-awaited Initiates Of The Great Work full-length next month via Deathgasm Records.
The band’s first studio release since 2008’s Deathgasm/Ibex Moon-issued Archetypal Transformation, Initiates Of The Great Work was recorded and engineered by former drummer Lance Wright (former touring drummer for Vile, guitarist for Epoch Of Unlight et al) at Stargate Studios in Huntsville, Alabama and mixed by Wright and Colin Davis (Vile). Their most industrious work to date both musically and thematically, the record centers itself around alchemy, electromagnetic energy, the illusions manifested in our culture, expanded consciousness, and enduring the long journey while many aspects of modern culture seek to convince us how insignificant we are as beings. Just as the opening track “The Wanderer Travels” foretells, Quinta Essentia voyages with no regard for compromise to fit into sub-genres or niches, crushing boundaries with aggressive, mystical art that hails the old ways of traditional metal while pushing forward into uncompromising territories.
Initiates Of The Great Work will see release via Deathgasm on July 29th, 2016. Pre-orders are currently available below via the Bandcamp player from which you can sample fourth movement, “Master Of Masters”.
Initiates Of The Great Work track listing:
1. “The Wanderer Travels”
2. “The Stone As A Key”
3. “Flight Without Form”
4. “Master Of Masters”
5. “Mystical Union”
6. “Lunar Power”
7. “Linear Articulation Of Intent” (Instrumental)
8. “Initiates Of The Great Work”
9. “The Elixir Of Liberation”
10. “Primal Sorcery Incarnate (Outro)”
Recording lineup:
Jason Flippo – guitar, vocals, bass
Matt Barnes – guitar
Eric Gordon – drums
Live lineup:
Jason Flippo – guitar, vocals
Matt Barnes – guitar
Eric Gordon – drums
Josh Coleman – bass