UK Doom Metal veterans Conan team up with Metal Injection to unleash their highly anticipated seventh studio album “Violence Dimension” ahead of its worldwide release this April 25th on Heavy Psych Sounds.
Get crushed by Conan’s new album “Violence Dimension“
Two decades into their career, UK Heavy Scene’s three-headed colossus Conan are back with their heaviest sonic statement to date, “Violence Dimension” – their first recording with new bassist David Ryley (formerly of legendary ’90s sludge band Fudge Tunnel) – produced by former bassist and long-time producer Chris Fielding.
From the initial shockwave of “Foeman’s Flesh” to the feedback-laden nightmare of “Vortexxion” through the fierce and merciless sludge of “Frozen Edges Of The Wound,” the band feeds from the growing violence and negativity of our society, turning it into an empowering formula for us to fight our way through. Skulls will be crushed, ears will be punished upon this massive, dimension-opening call to arms from the mighty trio.
“We all live in the violence dimension, and there is no escape.”
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Conan’s Doom is singular. Carved of granite. Yes, of course there’ve been changes since guitarist/vocalist Jon Davis founded the group in 2006, but the intention at the time toward superlative heavy – tonal extremity wrought with impressionist lyrics stripping ideas to the core where sometimes the whole line is just one word; they’ve always called it “Caveman Battle Doom” – remains at the root of everything they’ve done since. And across five studio records in the decade from 2012-2022, Conan have set the standard by which much of “Heavy” anything is judged. And in comparison, most is found wanting.
But for every time you’ve heard about Conan’s music being like galloping steeds or frost-covered sharp-peaked mountains, etc., imagery of largesse and violence, the truth is Conan are an exercise in frequency. It’s the low resonance that shakes your chest, the depth of the bass – now handled by David Ryley (ex-Fudge Tunnel) – the push of air from Johnny King’s kick drum, or the way the dark-fuzz distortion of Davis’ guitar is offset by shouting vocals cutting through that sometimes punishing onslaught, rarely to offer comfort so much as add viciousness to the crash, plod and pillage.
In 2024, Conan signed to Heavy Psych Sounds as a recognized name and one of the foremost acts of their generation, wildly influential in their home country of the UK and well beyond; headliners in practice and theory alike. Their fifth LP “Evidence Of Immortality,” brought a dark ambience to coincide with its outright attack. With experiments in darkwave and synth adding breadth to the stated root purpose of aural force, it’s never been harder to guess where the next few years might take their sound, but whatever’s coming, Conan will make it kill.
Tracklist:
01. Foeman’s Flesh
02. Desolation Hexx
03. Total Bicep
04. Violence Dimension
05. Frozen Edges Of The Wound
06. Warpsword
07. Ocean Of Boiling Skin
08. Vortexxion (Bonus Track)
Lineup:
Jon Davis / Vocals and Guitars
Johnny King / Drums
David Ryley / Bass