US experimental/doom metal outfit Seeking Tragedy return with their second album »From Dirt I Arose, As Ash I Return«

Salt Lake City, Utah based experimental/doom metal outfit Seeking Tragedy return with their second album, »From Dirt I Arose, As Ash I Return«, which just dropped on April 7th, 2023.

Says the band: “»From Dirt I Arose, As Ash I Return« is now live on all streaming platforms and available as a physical CD or digital download on Bandcamp. We are immensely proud of this album and would be honored if you gave it a listen.”

Tracklist:
01. Behold
02. The Resurrection
03. From Faded Forest Floor
04. Where Rot Reanimates
05. Unto
06. An Exalted State
07. Onl
08. To Be Devoured
09. By
10. Endless Depths
11. Of Atrophy
12. As
13. We Return To Ash

Seeking Tragedy’s music takes you on a jarring journey as beautifully evil vocals sing poetically about the darkness that lies in the hearts of man, and then switch swiftly into deep gutturals and demonic shrieks as the instruments flutter back and forth between melodic and chaotic.

Starting in 2018 and hailing from Salt Lake City, Loclyn Torres (vocals), Nate Velasquez (drums) and Ethan Dillingham (guitar) write music that spans genres as diverse as the climate in Utah itself. While Nate takes influence from the limit pushing of extreme metal outfits such as All Shall Perish and Cephalotripsy, Ethan enjoys the raw emotion of doom and black metal as well as the technicality of progressive metal bands such as Between The Buried and Me and Caligula’s Horse.

Meanwhile, Loclyn brings in yet another layer with inspiration from all walks of music including pop, house, hardcore, punk, soul, and metalcore; with influences as diverse as Kimbra and Fall Our Boy to Thy Art Is Murder and Twelve Foot Ninja.

Audiences reactions during these shows have also displayed the reach Seeking Tragedy has had with fans of many types of music with one concert goers noting that the vocals have the brutality of Arch Enemy’s growls and the somber singing of Chelsea Wolf.

Comparisons have also been made to Cradle Of Filth, Evanescense, Spiritbox, Pig Destroyer, and Employed To Serve. Beyond just their sound, Seeking Tragedy has built a reputation for engaging and entertaining live shows.

In July of 2021, Seeking Tragedy released their first full-length studio album, »Entropy«, recorded at Archive Recordings and mixed and mastered by Zack Ohren (Fallujah, Cattle Decapitation, Entheos). The video for the lead single, »Hacksaw«, caught the attention of music Facebook pages such as Brutal Female Fronted Metal as well as music blog Loud Unity. With already enough material for a second album, Seeking Tragedy has no plans of slowing down and are gearing up to take the metal scene by storm.

Get your copy here: seekingtragedy.bandcamp.com

All music by Seeking Tragedy.
Lyrics by Loclyn Torres.
Recorded & engineered by Wes Johnson at Archive Recording.
Mixed by Joshua Benash.
Mastered by D. James Goodwin.
Additional harsh vocals on Tracks 3, 8 & 13 by Ethan Dillingham.
Organ on Tracks 2 & 3 by Ethan Dillingham.
Album cover photography by Shannon Ferrell.
Layout design & art direction by Loclyn Torres.

Seeking Tragedy are:
Loclyn Torres – Vocals
Ethan Dillingham – Guitars
Nate Velasquez – Drums

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well