NEWS: The Zenith Passage offer up “Divinertia II”!

Technical Death Metal masters The Zenith Passage have set 21st July for their next album “Datalysium” to be distributed by Metal Blade Records. Recorded between guitarist Justin McKinney’s home studio and vocalist Derek Rydquist’s apartment, with some vocals tracked at Flatline Audio with Dave Otero (Cattle Decapitation, Wake), who also mixed the album. McKinney handled the tracking, while they brought in Ryan Williams (The Black Dahlia Murder, John Frum) to produce some of the bass and vocals. They’ve given a second virgin sacrifice from the it in “Divinertia II“, but we warned, it contains flashing images. Pre-orders are available over at bandcamp.

The band comment: “Lyrically, this song is about the panic that ultimately causes what we can consider a Big Bang within the context of Datalysium. In Part I, we explore a universal totality that exists in a closed loop. At some point it gets wise to the idea of ‘more.’ In ‘Divinertia II,’ this idea manifests ‘more’ into existence, unexpectedly splitting into the known and unknown realities that we exist in today, all borne of confusion and fear. Musically, we explore and expand on a motif and counterpoint theme, which evolves into various tempos and momentum. A majority of this song is just one riff played at various speeds using a familiar rhythmic motif throughout. The evolving tempos are all derivatives of triplet, as a nod to the number of the universe, 333.”