Tag: Cognizance

Review: “Cyberstrictive” by Apogean

Drawing significant inspiration from Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and echoing the dystopian excerpts of George Orwell’s 1984, “Cyberstrictive” is a concept record which explores the dark side of technology, shedding light on the poisonous effects it can have on our lives. It finds Canadian Technical Progressive Death Metal act Apogean joined for the first time

NEWS: Apogean slow dance at midnight?

A guest solo from Cognizance guitarist Alex Baillie is a thing of beauty on “Bluelight Sonata” by Apogean so it’s only fitting that it should premier before album “Cyberstrictive” does via The Artisan Era on 8th March. Mixed and mastered by Zack Ohren (The Faceless, Machine Head, Immolation) it finds the Toronto Technical Death Metal

Review: “Phantazein” by Cognizance

“This record is undoubtedly our most creative and individual record yet. The evolution of Cognizance has always been driven by our intrinsic vision and less of what our fans expect the band to deliver based on our previous work” ~ Alex Baillie

NEWS: Apogean burn all that is human…

Drawing significant inspiration from Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and echoing the dystopian excerpts of George Orwell’s 1984, Toronto Technical Death band Apogean will be unveiling new album “Cyberstrictive” via The Artisan Era on 8th March. Exploring the hazards of modern technology, covering risks such as sensory damage, psychological trauma, desensitization, information paradoxes, predatory practices targeting children, addiction complexities, and the

NEWS: Cognizance premier third single from “Phantazein”!

As we impatiently wait for 26th January and the arrival of the bands first album in collaboration with new label home Willowtip Records, Leeds Death Metal quintet Cognizance have premiered “A Brain Dead Memoir“. As the headline suggests, that’s the third single from their highly anticipated concept album “Phantazein“. Mixed and Mastered by Ronnie Björnström

NEWS: Cognizance get lost in the shadows?

After “The Towering Monument” reared its ugly head alongside the announcement that they’d signed to Willowtip Records, Leeds Death Metal operation Cognizance have shared a second virgin sacrifice in “Shadowgraph” from their forthcoming third album “Phantazein“. Mixed and Mastered by Ronnie Björnström (Aeon, Blood Red Throne) and wrapped in artwork by Dan P Carter (Behemoth,

NEWS: Apogean paint like Vincent van Gogh?

After the delights of 2021 album “Into Madness“, Canadian Technical Progressive Death Metal act Apogean have set their sights on loftier aspirations with a concept record which explores the dark side of technology, shedding light on its poisonous effects on our lives. Titled “Cyberstrictive“ and set for an 8th March 2024 via The Artisan Era, the

NEWS: Apogean detail new album “Cyberstrictive”!

A concept record which explores the dark side of technology, shedding light on its poisonous effects on our lives is what Canadian Technical Progressive Death Metal act Apogean have in store for us with their inaugural full length “Cyberstrictive“, an album set for an 8th March 2024 via The Artisan Era. Drawing significant inspiration from

NEWS: Cognizance unveil “The Towering Monument”!

After 2019’s “Malignant Dominion” and 2021’s “Upheaval“, Leeds Death Metal outfit Cognizance have a announced their switch from Prosthetic Records to Willowtip Records for concept album “Phantazein“. That will surface on 26th January having been mixed and mastered by Ronnie Björnström (Aeon, Blood Red Throne) and if your thought that having joined German Progressive Technical

NEWS: Cult Burial share “Umbra” ahead of “Reverie of the Malignant”!

They say that three times a charm and to that end critically acclaimed Blackened Death Doom collective Cult Burial have released a third single in “Umbra” from their upcoming album “Reverie of the Malignant”. Mixed and mastered by Pete deBoer (Biohazard, Blood Incantation, Devil Master) at World Famous Studios the seven track affair which is