German funeral/death doom metal bands Urza and Calliophis released »Dawn Of A Lifeless Age« split album; out now via Aesthetic Death!

German funeral/death doom metal bands Urza and Calliophis teamed up for a split album earlier this year. »Dawn Of A Lifeless Age« split was released on May 3rd, 2024 via Aesthetic Death.

Tracklist:
01. Urza – Maunder Minimum
02. Urza – Through Ages Of Colossal Embitterment
03. Calliophis – Trepak
04. Calliophis – Endure Youre Depression

With »Dawn Of A Lifeless Age«, two of Germany’s underground funeral/death doom bands unite for the first time to release four all-new songs that highlight their most recent creative endeavors.

Urza is a funeral funeral death doom metal band from Berlin, Germany.

Urza perform their first two songs featuring new guitarist Stefan. While »Maunder Minimum« is a crawling beast that heralds the beginning of a new ice age, »Through Ages Of Colossal Embitterment« transforms into death doom more quickly, symbolizing a furious human soul that is alienated from the outside world.

All music written by Urza.
All lyrics by Olli.
Drums and guitars recorded November 2022 by Chris at Cyphx-Audio. Bass recorded in January 2023 by Christian Maack. Stefan’s vox recorded in March 2023 by Christian Maack. Thomas’ vox and backing vocals recorded in May & June 2023 by Stefan.
Mixed and mastered by Chris at Cyphx-Audio.
Cover artwork & layout by Ole Fink.
Guest clean backing vocals on »Through Ages Of Colossal Embitterment« by Christian Maack (Norkh).

Urza is:
Thomas – Vocals
Hannes – Drums
Olli – Guitar
Stefan – Guitar / Vocals
Marc – Bass

Calliophis is a death doom metal band from Leipzig, Germany.

Calliophis continues down their dark and sorrowful path, delving further into the realm of slow death doom metal. The band opens the next chapter in its musical career with these new songs, carrying on from their previous release, »Liquid Darkness«. The focus of »Trepak« and »Endure Your Depression« is an intense atmosphere where epic melodies collide with dark soundscapes and heavy guitars. Together with eerie growls and an intense rhythm section, Calliophis charted the course for their upcoming full-length album.

All music written by Calliophis.
All lyrics by Thomas M.
Recorded by Calliophis 2023.
Mixed & mastered by Role at Die Tonmeisterei 2023.
Cover artwork by Ole Fink.
Calliophis inlay artwork by MTTHS.

Calliophis is:
Thomas – Vocals
Matthias – Guitar
Andreas – Bass
Florian – Drums

Order »Dawn Of A Lifeless Age« on CD:
aestheticdeath.com
urza-doom.bandcamp.com
calliophis.bandcamp.com

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