Album US 2018 on Gilead Media label
Rock (Black Metal, Doom Metal, Sludge Metal, Stoner Rock)
From Gilead Media: "Black vinyl limited to 400 White w/Gold & Green color vinyl limited to 300 [THIS] White w/Blood & Brown color vinyl limited to 300 Their first proper full-length after a series of EPs and singles, Rites of Despair is the resulting vision of two years' worth of tumult, including relocations, lineup changes, life and death. Divided between two Acts, Act I: Depersonalization & Act II: Derealization, Rites of Despair explores themes of isolation, depression, decay, tumultuous self discovery, and abandonment. On this album Fórn galvanize themselves as one of North America's leading purveyors of absolutely miserable, sludging funeral doom. Tracking and engineering was completed by both Alec Rodriguez at New Alliance in Cambridge, MA, as well as Andrew Oswald at Secret Bathroom in Oakland, CA. Mastering completed by Magnus Lindberg of Cult of Luna. As has become tradition, Rites of Despair contains artwork from the vision of Bryan Proteau, who has worked with Fórn on imagery for all of their solo releases to date. Fórn is: Brian Barbaruolo - bass, guitars Christian Donaldson - drums Joey Gonzalez - guitars, electronics Chris Pinto - vocals All tracks written and performed by Fórn. Additional instrumentation: Lane Oshi - vocals/synth/co-writer on track 1 Brandon Terzakis - guitars/co-writer on tracks 2, 3, 5, 6 Madalynn Collura - vocals on track 4 Jessica Way - vocals/lyrics on track 10, vocals on track 11 Alec Rodriguez - auxiliary percussion on tracks 9, 11 All music recorded, engineered and mixed by Alec Rodriguez at New Alliance Studios in Cambridge, MA. Vocals recorded by Andrew Oswald at Secret Bathroom in Oakland, CA. Vocals on track 4 recorded by Nick Lambert All tracks mastered by Magnus Lindberg Artwork by Bryan Proteau"
Fórn , written by, performer, performed by, album by | |
Brian Barbaruolo b, g, bass, guitar | |
Christian Donaldson dr, drums | |
Brandon Terzakis g, written by, co-writer, guitar, additional guitar by | |
Joey Gonzalez g, guitar, electronics | |
Alec Rodriguez , percussion, additional auxiliary percussion by, tracking by, recorded by, mixed by, engineer, engineered by | |
Chris Pinto voc, vocals | |
Jessica Way voc, g, US vocals, additional vocals by, lyrics by, additional lyrics by, vocals, additional vocals by | |
Madalynn Collura vocals, additional vocals by | |
Lane Oshi written by, co-writer, synth, additional synth by, vocals, additional vocals by |
Bryan Proteau artwork |
Magnus Lindberg mastered by |
Andrew Oswald recorded by, vocals recorded by |
Nick Lambert recorded by, vocals recorded by |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | 涂地 | Fórn | 3:18 | |
2 | Manifestations Of The Divine Root | Fórn | 8:46 | |
3 | Cosmic Desolation | Fórn | 6:39 | |
4 | Ego Desecration | Fórn | 2:38 | |
5 | (Altar Of) Moss, Lichen & Blood | Fórn | 6:37 | |
6 | Ritual Ascension Through A Weeping Soul | Fórn | 5:39 | |
7 | Auraboros | Fórn | 2:07 | |
8 | Scrying Below The Wolf Moon | Fórn | 10:37 | |
9 | The Ancient Wisdom Of Sorrow | Fórn | 7:42 | |
10 | A Transmutation | Fórn | 2:49 | |
11 | Subconscious Invocations | Fórn | 8:39 |