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Mortality Salience

by Psionic Madness

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MJ
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MJ If you like brutal, blackened DIY dm, you really can’t go wrong with anything by the guys at Vargheist. Psionic Madness, Vølus, Out of the Mouths of Graves, etc., different projects, same great talent. Favorite track: Cathartic Suicide Denied.
.William_G.
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.William_G. Had recently heard the term about DM "washing" over you, in terms of some new material that's out. And something about the dissonance mixed with the technical musicality of this recording sends my mind to a thoughtful introspective place that keeps me interested, keeps me revisiting. Stand out album among many strong others on vargheist. Also, the diy element behind this labels what draws me to music like this in the first place. Support. Salute. Favorite track: Phantom Anosognosia.
mourner
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mourner Highly diverse and rich with details. Great balance between dissonance and accesibility. Very enjoyable release! Thank you, Psionic Madness and Vargheist.
bmurator
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bmurator US Death Metal / Grindcore. This has some fantastic guttural vocals! It also knocks you off your feet easily so go steady! Thanks Vargheist Records! Recommended! Favorite track: Cathartic Suicide Denied.
Jux
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Jux Really enjoyed the 3 released songs. They scratched a Howls of Ebb itch for me at times and you can never go wrong with Jared on drums. Favorite track: Cathartic Suicide Denied.
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1.
The dirge... Chanting the lament of all life Circle the abomination The dread sleep everlasting A tireless hymn.. Abandon all reason for madness
2.
A world of sleepers and dreamers A place.. compared, greed and envious The night is a carnival of wings Rise above: A paradise of dark desire Witness below, to the dance macabre barbed consuming passion The airborne fragrance of hunger Charred ecstasy sample the blood of your craving with a discerning tongue
3.
I have seen horror, the depths of blackness never thwarted The void strangling the last vestiges of light Nothing can escape Sanity the gift of ignorance Insanity the blight of knowledge The mechanical beings above scoff at our progress The flesh is weak, mortality can never be satiated All absent knowledge Deathless planets accepting futility Peering from the asylum the void calls my name
4.
The sun crawls The moon calls The echoes cascade... AWAKEN Fucking pathetic cunt You are summoned Cathartic suicide denied Regeneration The hacking / slashing Never stops.. Not till the eternal.. adversary is dead Betrayed at the beginning Beckon to the damned Is this just a dream? There are things worse than death.. reality The sun crawls The moon calls The echoes cascade...
5.
The definition of insanity Pushing fingers into eyes: waste away The definition of insanity Pushing fingers into eyes.. Waste away: this destiny to die is boring End it now: waste away This destiny to die.. Catatonic, neurotic schism The walls are growing closer
6.
I am the lurking death; observing your every move I am the predestined, when your heart becomes cold Haunted by existential terror, suffer the never Different convulsing realities, alternately changing Your pain won't end, fate is the murderer As the sycthe swings closer The putrefaction hourglass runs out Baffled by this lifemare enigma, grief won't save you A waste of space, grief won't save you
7.
The once opulent paradise, obliterated in the blink of an eye Centuries of destruction become in seconds the forgotten An absent sun will not hide you, disgusting human filth Voices begging for sustenance will be purged from the earth Scavenge defile the rot / husk of humanity What's left to harvest when scorched with ash An absent sun will not hide you disgusting filth Scavenge defile the rot / husk of humanity
8.
A serious house on serious earth it is, In whose air all our compulsions meet, Are recognized, and robed as destinies. This much can never be obsolete, The void forever surprising The hunger for more Gravitating with it to this ground, Which once heard, was proper to grow wise, If only so many dead lie around.
9.
A slow death that brings total obliteration The shadow of yourself.. devolved These incisions.. remove the skin This is not my flesh Aware of the reflection I am not him Cognition rewired The phantom open to consume and possess Internally distraught Is this reality Purgatorial spectre The distortion of perception Ripples through the mind Deviatiation of the universe Am I?
10.
The air grows cold Inscription upon inscription read louder Unearthly winds rush forward Grotesque laughter beckons Herald the vampiric ambassador of the stars Paralytic levitation, Leeching.. the appendages draining the blood The soul is siphoned The mind fractured before madness consumes The entity dissipates whence it came Raze the sight of death Appalled, sickened forever
11.
Hang the survivors high Meat hooks lacerate the skin Let gravity be their murderer The weight of rancid guilt impaling them further Welcome to my mephitic abattoir Encircled, no way out The weight of sin becoming your tomb Suffocation, bound to a fate you cannot escape Life flashing, the maniacal laughter growing louder

about

The debut album of Psionic Madness "Mortality Salience" is the realization of inevitable death that everyone faces, no one can escape.

Mortality Salience is the main lyrical theme driving the record, the side effects of this realization deal with the paranormal and insanity. 11 tracks of black / death / grind featuring members from Filtheater [Jared on Drums], Nothing is Real [Nick on Guitars] and Vølus [himself on Vocals].

Psionic Madness name was taken from Vølus's song "Under Psionic Madness" that was released on "Festering Anti-Cosmic Wound" in 2020.
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"Psionic Madness is an underground supergroup featuring prolific musicians Jared Moran, Nicholas Turner and Justin Vølus. All three have collaborated with each other on multiple projects yet Mortality Salience is the first time that they all find themselves on the same release. Though they are all multi-instrumentalists, the roles are clearly defined with Jared handling the drums, Nicholas on guitars and bass, and Justin doing vocals as well as being the lyricist.

Psionic Madness opts for a more melodic approach than what would be expected from such a trio despite the dissonant riffs and the blast beat heavy patterns. This is due to the compositions being determined by a handful of short melodies that generally function in pairs. “Grotesque Laughter Consumes” illustrates this well as the beginning of the song alternates between a slow chugging riff and “power chords into tremolo” riff that build up to a third riff that accumulates tension before exploding into a satisfying climax. Leads float on top of the riffs during the tension building parts which instil a brief sense of calm before the final storm. “Cathartic Suicide Denied” demonstrates this by introducing a riff and only adding the lead melody on the third time the riff is played. This strengthens the melodic character of the songs and adds a sense of progression to avoid the songs from feeling static. There is a large variety of tempi and rhythms present on the album. The transitions between them are sudden yet surprisingly not jarring as there is a natural flow to the riff changes that takes these songs logically to their conclusion. The contrasts highlight each riff and help avoid the fatigue that is such a common issue with many dissonance based bands. “Sanity.. a Euclidean Prison” emphasizes this concept halfway through its running time as an abrasive and fast paced riff directly segues into a slow dirge that contextualizes each part in the whole and more importantly makes each riff more memorable.

The drumming is extremely nuanced and has no qualms with embracing minimalist patterns when needed or even entirely disregarding a fixed pattern to accentuate the riffs with well placed snare hits and short fills. When needed, Jared blasts away with quick and precise double bass work. Multiple variations of blast beats are used here to accompany the movements of the songs. The lack of samples and overt use of compression create as full sounding kit that give the production a lot of weight without resorting to lo-fi tricks. Vølus primarily relies on a deep growl that closely matches the rhythm of the underlying music and does well in maintaining a consistent tone during the fast parts. There are some very well executed shifts in pitch on “Mephitic Abbatoir” that add tension before the absolute chaos that ensues. Brutal Death metal stylings are used as background noise to evoke putrefying cadavers. The high pitch screams create unease and to counter the barrage of deep vocals and to avoid the monotony that can arise from an abundance of very low pitched growls.

Mortality Salience offers a divergent take on a sub-genre that has been codified for far too long. By making short and memorable songs that embrace narrative structures and forego any unnecessary fluff, Psionic Madness imbue their music with a sense of purpose that takes disparate dissonant riffs and molds them into a story of inevitable death."

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released November 12, 2021

Justin Vølus - Vocals / Lyrics / Concepts / CD Inlay Design
Nicholas Turner - All Guitars / Bass / Mixing
Jared Moran - Drums

Will at Dead Air Studios - Mastering
Dede Suhita - Artwork

Catalog # - Vargheist 031
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Psionic Madness South Carolina

Dissonant Death Metal / Grind from South Carolina, USA. Featuring
Justin Vølus on Vocals/Lyrics, Nicholas Turner on Guitars/Bass and Jared Moran on Drums.

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