Belgian sludge/post-metal band MoldEra presents sophomore full-length album »Colonize«; out now via Octopus Rising / Argonauta Records!
Liège, Belgium based sludge/post-metal band MoldEra has released their sophomore full-length album »Colonize« on June 6th, 2025 via Octopus Rising / Argonauta Records. Listen to »Colonize« on all major streaming platforms!
“Frontman Florian Zanatta explores industrial exploitation of nature, ecological collapse, and societal unrest, a powerful critique of techno-optimism in today’s world, balanced by a message of resilience and renewal.”
Tracklist:
01. Full Machete
02. Falling Through The Ashes
03. The Dawn
04. Electric Brain In The Mirror Of Doom
05. Third Space Part 1 (Wander)
06. Third Space Part 2 (No Return)
Courtesy of Grand Sounds PR:
Belgium’s MoldEra delivers a crushing blend of stoner doom, post-metal, and grunge on their second album »Colonize«. Rich in atmosphere and emotional depth, the record explores themes of ecological collapse, societal unrest, and resilience. »Colonize« was released on June 6, 2025, on CD and digital formats via Octopus Rising / Argonauta Records.
Get »Colonize« on CD here: argonautarecords.com/shop
Hailing from the post-industrial wastelands of Liège, Belgium, MoldEra is a unique symbiotic organism formed by four anthropomorphic mold spores obsessed with deep, slow, and hypnotic heavy sounds. Their music navigates the fertile grounds of stoner and progressive rock, while venturing into the dark realms of doom and sludge.
Photo by Christophe Bustin
After their acclaimed debut »Waste Pile Dunes« (2022) and an intense live evolution, their second full-length »Colonize« pushes further into heavy riffs, textured post-metal passages, and socially charged themes. »Colonize« is a six-track concept album written and composed collectively by the band. It fuses classic doom and stoner foundations with progressive dynamics, heavily inspired by artists like Sleep, Yob, Earth, King Buffalo and Isis, while also channeling the raw intensity of Alice In Chains, Deftones and other grunge legends.
Lyrically, the album explores topics such as environmental destruction, industrialized exploitation of nature, criticism of the techno-optimist visions spread by corporate and military power structures, and the resilience of life within collapsing systems. Frontman Florian Zanatta pens lyrics that act as both a warning and a spark of hope for a different future, one where human and non-human life may find a new balance.
The album was recorded live in May 2024 at Koko Studio (Sprimont, Liège, Belgium), and was mixed and mastered in the summer by Laurent Eyen. Known for his work with It It Anita, Pestifer, Gros Coeur, and La Jungle, as well as his live sound engineering for Birds In Row, Eyen captured MoldEra’s dense, organic sound with clarity and raw energy.
For fans of Yob, Isis, Deftones, Alice In Chains
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well