The Usurper Regime, by Okwaho

The Usurper Regime

by Okwaho

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𝕽𝖔𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖊 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕳𝖔𝖗𝖓𝖊𝖉 A great Blackened Doom/Sludge album by a great antifascist band !

Fallenin77 ⛧
Of the three times (so far) that I listened to this album, I got different impressions that led me to change the best track option to choose in the review, and about writing something with the magnitude that this work deserves to be heard more often... impressive and beautiful work, perhaps the best of its kind ever made.
Favorite track: What A Wonderful Hell.

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For purchasing the digital album, and orders from Greece, please visit: okwaho.bandcamp.com/album/the-usurper-regime

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For purchasing the digital album, and orders from Greece, please visit: okwaho.bandcamp.com/album/the-usurper-regime

Or Sound Effect Records: www.soundeffect-records.gr/the-usurper-regime

Includes unlimited streaming of The Usurper Regime via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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	1.	The Burden Of Thousand Murders 07:09
	2.	Between Ruins And Blood 06:58
	3.	The Mermaid A. The Journey 01:52
	4.	The Mermaid B. The Drowning 07:28
	5.	What A Wonderful Hell 05:28
	6.	Safe In Enslavement 10:08
	7.	Okwaho Black (Bonus Track) 06:50

about

Okwaho (meaning "wolf" in the language of the Mohegan tribe) is a trio from Athens, Greece, that brings their own blend of blackened sludge and a new album: 'The Usurper Regime’.

This is Okwaho’s second release and a new chapter with politicized lyrics and a very intense fusion of blackened sludge, post-metal, and doom.

"With 'The Usurper Regime’ Okwaho internalized the negation of the pandemic and socio-political events. They opened a new chapter where their politicized lyrics meet blackened sludge in a fusion that, as demonstrated by the album's opening track "The Burden Of Thousand Murders", the band listens to the modern and sharp aspect of extreme sound, and adapts it to its own style.

In six compositions, with a total duration of 39 minutes, the trio takes compositional risks that look (also) toward sharp and voluminous post-metal. A characteristic example and centerpiece of the album is the two-part "The Mermaid", which focuses on the refugee issue and the tragedy of people attempting to cross a sea - a liquid grave, exploring the band's sonic palette, including an exceptional recitation that does not sacrifice cohesion."

You can find Okwaho here:

BC: okwaho.bandcamp.com
FB: www.facebook.com/OkwahoBand
IG: www.instagram.com/okwaho_band/
YT: www.youtube.com/channel/UCL_WMwW4PxhcfKmzi42_NyA

credits

released July 6, 2023

Okwaho are
George (guitars, vocals) Bob (bass) Andreas (drums, bodhrán)
All music and lyrics by Okwaho
Lyrics and spoken word on The Mermaid based on the story “Denizkizi” (Mermaid) by Selahattin Demirtaş

Alice Wanderland - Vocals on The Mermaid
Amy Rebecca Clarke Lens - Spoken word on The Mermaid
Kalidor - Vocals on Okwaho Black

All instruments and vocals recorded by Nikos Retsos at Wannabizz Studio
Spoken word on The Mermaid recorded by Mikko Chris Vlachos at Eightyard Studios
Mixed and mastered by hector.d at ||hd.factory||
Artwork by Manster Design

Thanks:
Nikos Retsos (Gravitysays_i) - drum tech, patience
Ektoras Tsolakis - for being him
Naat - idea for the Mermaid
Amy Rebecca Clarke Lens and George Bletsas (Hypnotic Nausea) - for the help on The Mermaid
Alice Wanderland (Breeding the Shadows) aka Christina Chrysanthopoulou - live vocals
Kalidor (Enthroned Serpent) - live vocals, assistance
Nicolas Kelaidis (Automaton) - advice, amp gear
Stelios Pepinidis - drum guidance
Socos (Zakula) - advice
Misa & Mary Anne – photos
Apostolis Zamparas - text
All the people and bands in Metal Solid@rity
The governments and the elite all over the world for fueling our anger

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