Atmospheric gothic/doom metallers Remina drop Mesarthim cover »Osteopenia«; Mesarthim’s new & expanded version of »Isolate« out September 19th via Avantgarde Music!
Atmospheric gothic/doom metal duo Remina drops Mesarthim cover »Osteopenia« from new and expanded version of »Isolate« by Australian atmospheric black metal act, entitled »Isolate X«, which will be released on September 19th, 2025 via Avantgarde Music.
Avantgarde Music says: “The second cover from Mesarthim’s »Isolate X« is availabe on YouTube, Bandcamp and all streaming platforms worldwide. We’re talking about Remina’s rework of the album opening track, »Osteopenia«!
»Isolate X« will be available on double LP and digital starting September 19th, and we will have the album available at the Avantgarde Music Festival at Legend Club Milano, which will also mark Mesarthim’s one and only live exhibition of 2025!”
Disc 1
01. Osteopenia
02. Declaration
03. Interstellar
04. Abyss
05. Floating
06. Isolate
Disc 2
07. Osteopenia by REMINA
08. Declaration by BIANCA
09. Isolate by MIDNIGHT ODYSSEY
10. Interstellar by GERM
11. Abyss by MARE COGNITUM
12. Floating by VRAZORTH
Courtesy of Avantgarde Music:
A new, expanded version of »Isolate«, featuring guests from all over the world!
Time flies, and space with it. It is amazing to think that Mesarthim’s debut was released ten years ago already, back in 2015 nobody would have thought that an anonymous duo from Australia would be able to create one of the most unpredictable and innovative body of work in underground extreme metal.
»Isolate« was a pioneering release, not only because of its fresh approach to outer space, but most importantly because of its genre-bending, never-seen-before mix of black metal and electronics. Very few bands tried what Mesarthim did, mixing metal and electronic beats (late Samael and few others come to mind), and even fewer managed to create an organic production for so many years.
To celebrate the first decade of such an important album, Avantgarde Music proudly presents a double-vinyl special edition aptly named »Isolate X«, which not only includes the original »Isolate«, but adds a second LP with reworks and reinterpretations from both fellow Avantgarde Music cosmic artists and friends of Mesarthim alike.
»Isolate X« includes contributions from Mike Lamb and Heike Langhans’ Remina, the newborn Italian black metal band Bianca (featuring members from Hideous Divinity), Australian solo projects Midnight Odyssey and Germ, and the rising cosmic force from Sweden Vrazorth.
»Osteopenia«, the first single from this expanded edition, is performed by atmospheric duo Remina, featuring guitarist and producer Mike Lamb (Sojourner) and Singer and visual artist Heike Langhans (ex-Draconian, ex-ISON).
With a wonderful handpainting by Heike Langhans which reimagines the original NASA photo of the Horsehead Nebula, »Isolate X« is a perfect change to rediscover Mesarthim’s debut from an unexpected perspective, or experience it for the first time. »Isolate X« will be out on double vinyl, and LP2 will be available for streaming worldwide, on September 19th, 2025.
Mesarthim will play their second ever live show in Milan, Italy, on September 20th, 2025 at the first edition of the Avantgarde Music Festival. Tickets are available HERE.
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Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well