Today, we are gathered here to witness coming together of progressive and technical death metal. Nothing makes me happier than to show off the debut album from Wills Dissolve, The Heavens Are Not On Fire. The album shows off everything from the beauty and cleanliness off progressive metal, to the chaos of technical death metal. While the album may only be five tracks, the songs are a trip and span a fair length. This is an album you'll want to sit down and lose yourself in, this is not simply another death metal album. This is Wills Dissolve.
The band comments:
"We are excited to present our debut album The Heavens Are Not On Fire… It is a concept album following the aftermath of the Leonid meteor shower of 1833 and the effect it had on a religious settlement in west Texas. Influenced by these events, the stories of Cormac McCarthy, and the music of Opeth, Isis, and Enslaved, The Heavens Are Not On Fire… is a meditation on religion, violence, and cosmic chaos."
"Houston is known for being the center of exploring both our own geological curiosities and further afield in outer space. Drawing inspiration from this galactic curiosity, as well as the unbridled wildness of the 19th century in their native Texas, Wills Dissolve aims to plant a flag in the burgeoning extreme progressive metal scene, and hence bring it to a wider national and international audience."
"Influenced by bands such as Opeth, Isis, Ihsahn, and Ahab, Wills Dissolve was formed in late 2015 by guitarist/vocalists Nick Block and Andrew Caruana, who have been writing and performing together since 2007. They were joined shortly by bassist Shaun Weller, a road hardened punk and doom player. Drummer Branson Heinz rounded out the lineup, bringing his black metal influenced brand of speed into the fold."
"Combining pummeling death, doom, and black metal rhythmic brutality alongside introspective ambient passages and progressive rock influenced clean segments, their vitalized brand of extreme progressive metal is primed to explode in the metal universe. Wills Dissolve also believe in creating albums centered around a cohesive story, drawing from progressive predecessors Pink Floyd, Rush, and Yes. They compose albums to flow seamlessly from scene to scene, looking to the aeons for answers to a misanthropic world. To them, music should be as challenging as it is memorable."
Their debut album The Heavens Are Not On Fire, due October 26th, 2018, is a meditation on religion, violence, and cosmic chaos.
