Belgian post-metal quartet Divided announce debut album »Light Will Shine« and stream new single »Cinder«!
Belgian post-metal quartet Divided stream the first single »Cinder« taken from their upcoming debut album, »Light Will Shine«, set to release on March 29th, 2024 via Dunk!records.
Tracklist:
01. Cinder
02. Days Undone (So Long)
03. Kattestraat
04. The Vicious Loop
05. Remaining In Limbo
06. The City Slowly Undresses
07. The Warped Loop
08. Sleepers
Courtesy of Hold Tight PR:
Belgian post-metal, hardcore, post-shoegaze quartet Divided are delighted to announce their stunning debut »Light Will Shine«, to be released 29th March via feted post-everything label Dunk!records.
Elements of Chat Pile, Slint, and countrymen Stake is but a glimpse into this expansive, wide-ranging album. Honest and brutal, referential and experimental, experiential and immediate, »Light Will Shine« is a excellent new addition to the modern heavy canon.
Listen for example to lead single and opener »Cinder«, a rollicking, grooving, Converge-esque behemoth, which even tends into abrasive post-punk at times.
»Cinder« is streaming everywhere now, accessible via this link!
Pre-orders for »Light Will Shine« available soon.
The band comment: “When recording »Cinder«, Gilles [Demolder, Wiegedood, Oathbreaker] (who produced the album) suggested to go crazy with the vocal performance. So we did, and it flipped the whole track upside down. In fact, we did something similar for every track. Really glad that we’ve been pushed to our limits by each other and Gilles while making this record. It was such a connecting, enriching, but most of all fun experience. Couldn’t be happier with the result and we’re all very excited for you to hear this.”
From »Cinder« through to the tortuously sparse closer, »Sleepers«, Divided demonstrate a highly impressive range of emotion, and breadth of musical maturity.
In a sense, »Light Will Shine« is a circular album, detailing vocalist/drummer Pepijn’s battles with anxiety. »Cinder« details his burnout, and running away from responsibility, whereas »Sleepers« is his attempt at finding peace, embracing his fears and anxieties, accepting them as part of his life.
Although still a new outfit, Divided are making names for themselves on the Belgian circuit. Previous support slots with Stake, Brutus, Wiegedood and Psychonaut have well spotlighted the band, alongside signing with Dunk!records, and an appearance at the showcase festival, Left Of The Dial. The band will shortly be supporting heavyweights LLNN before performing at May 2024’s Dunk!festival alongside Jo Quail, Wang Wen, sleepmakeswaves, and many more post-rock luminaries.
Divided is:
Pepijn Vandaele – Vocals and Drums
Jelle Rouquart – Guitars
Torre Maertens – Guitars
Staf Walschap – Bass
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well