On April 21st, PREDATORY VOID have released “Seven Keys To The Discomfort Of Being”. The afternoon before the band played their debut album in its entirety at the prestigious Roadburn Festival in Tilburg. They also unveiled a new video to the final, 10 minute long track, “Funerary Vision”, that was created by Dehn Sora.
PREDATORY VOID comment the song and video as follows: “ ’Funerary Vision’ is an epic Post Metal song about dark prophecies one makes, traveling through endless winter landscapes, unable to live in the now. Failure, decline and withering inescapably await, and make life unbearable.”
And add about presenting the album at Roadburn: “Playing the complete album for likeminded souls at Roadburn really felt like the exciting starting point of the band’s live journey. It filled us with energy and eagerness to go out and play our songs for people everywhere.”
For years, the area surrounding Flemish city Ghent has proven to be a fertile breeding ground for innovative and experimental sounds in the realm of hard and heavy music. In 2021, the home of the Belgian artist collective Church Of Ra has brought forth a new group that is set to conquer the extreme music world by storm: Its name is PREDATORY VOID – and its members are no strangers to the scene.
AMENRA, OATHBREAKER and LIVING GATE guitarist Lennart Bossu started writing and home-recording the song ideas that would lay the foundation for PREDATORY VOID as a means to stay sane and occupied during the pandemic when playing live was not possible. As it it became clear that the straightforward dark and heavy material didn’t quite fit AMENRA, he quickly gathered musicians from his local scene to turn this project into a full band, now consisting of vocalist and tattoo artist Lina R. (CROSS BRINGER), bassist Tim De Gieter (AMENRA, DOODSESKADER, MUCH LUV STUDIO), guitarist Thijs De Cloedt (COBRA THE IMPALER, ex-ABORTED) and drummer Vincent Verstrepen (CARNATION).
“Seven Keys To The Discomfort Of Being” track listing:
- Grovel
- *(struggling..)
- Endless Return to the Kingdom of Sleep
- Seeds of Frustration
- The Well Within
- Shedding Weathered Skin
- Funerary Vision
You can watch the official video for “Funerary Vision” below:
