℗ 2022 Metal Blade Records
Released | July 22, 2022 |
Duration | 46m 39s |
Record Label | Metal Blade Records |
Catalogue No. | 195142 |
Genre | Metal (Death) |
1.1
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Infinite Inward
Wake |
6:02 | |||
1.2
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Swallow the Light
Wake |
6:18 | |||
1.3
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Mourning Dirge (Repose of the Dead)
Wake |
7:11 | |||
1.4
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Pareidolia
Wake |
1:27 | |||
1.5
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Venerate (The Undoing of All)
Wake |
8:13 | |||
1.6
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Observer to Master
Wake |
5:50 | |||
1.7
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Bleeding Eyes of the Watcher
Wake |
8:43 | |||
1.8
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The Translation of Deaths
Wake |
2:55 |
Canada's Wake have never been a band interested in repeating themselves, this abundantly apparent from their discography, having evolved with every release. 2020's Devouring Ruin made this more clear than ever, hammering the point home with the Confluence EP in the same year, and now they return with Thought Form Descent, their most dynamic, diverse and emotional release to date.
The album consists of eight nuanced tracks that run the gamut from relentlessly heavy to exquisitely beautiful, often simultaneously, and instantly grab hold of the listener, demanding their full attention. However, at the same time, they are lushly textured and densely layered, and offer more with every subsequent exposure, unfurling to show hidden depths, and taking Wake to a whole new level.
"I'd describe the record as a place to reconsider what 'extreme' means. The words 'brutal', 'crushing', 'devastating' are overused adjectives for extreme music. We wanted to force people to confront the idea that 'brutal' or 'extreme' ideas aren't just blastbeats or angular tritones, or, more importantly, 'brutal' elements alongside pointedly passive elements can create their own experience that can channel both and neither."
- Kyle Ball (Vocals)
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Metal Blade Records Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.15 -4.54 to -0.41 | -11.21 -16.44 to -9.71 | -8.31 -13.70 to -6.70 | 6 5 to 7 | |
1 | Infinite Inward | -0.53 | -10.23 | -7.1 | 5 |
2 | Swallow the Light | -0.41 | -9.89 | -6.9 | 5 |
3 | Mourning Dirge (Repose of the Dead) | -0.41 | -9.71 | -6.7 | 6 |
4 | Pareidolia | -4.54 | -16.44 | -13.7 | 7 |
5 | Venerate (The Undoing of All) | -0.41 | -10.11 | -7.2 | 6 |
6 | Observer to Master | -0.54 | -9.85 | -7.0 | 5 |
7 | Bleeding Eyes of the Watcher | -0.41 | -10.20 | -7.3 | 6 |
8 | The Translation of Deaths | -1.94 | -13.28 | -10.6 | 7 |