Progressive sludge/doom metal act Obiat premiere their fourth full-length album »Indian Ocean«

UK/Australia based progressive sludge/doom metal act Obiat has just released their fourth full-length album »Indian Ocean« this Monday, July 4th, 2022.

Tracklist:
01. Ulysses
02. Eyes And Soul
03. Acid Wake
04. Nothing Above
05. Sea Burial
06. Ad Meliora
07. Beware The North Star
08. Lightness Of Existence

<a href="https://obiat.bandcamp.com/album/indian-ocean">Indian Ocean by Obiat</a>

Obiat are UK and Australian based progressive, sludge/doom metal band, brushed with psychedelia and fronted by soulful vocals. Imagine dark heavy riffs from the likes of Black Sabbath, Pallbearer, Kyuss, Candlemass, Alice In Chains… stirred up with Pink Floyd Pompeii atmospherics, brass sections and bamboo flutes. Obiat are heavy and mellow, loud and quiet.

Their 4th album »Indian Ocean« was just released July 4th, 2022. Mixed and mastered by Chris Fielding (Conan, Electric Wizard, Napalm Death). So far, the new album has been supported by two singles (»Sea Burial« and »Acid Wake«) which were premiered via The Obelisk, 666MrDoom and Rob Hammers YouTube channels during 2021 and are available through most music streaming services.

About the members and how they got here:

Obiat is a British band with Polish roots. The band was formed in Szczecin, Poland in 1998 by Rafal ‘Raf’ Reutt and Adam Cichocki before relocating to London in 2000, where they hooked up with Hungarian born singer Laszlo ‘Laz’ Pallagi. The band cut their teeth on the live circuit alongside a plethora of guest musicians who would also go on to contribute to their studio recordings over the years, including Marlene Ribeiro (GNOD) Simon Oakes (Peach, Suns Of The Tundra) Andrew Prestidge (The Osiris Club, 40Watt Sun, Warning, Angel Witch, Winters, SOTT) John Mitchell (It Bites, Arena, Kino, Lonely Robot) – A full list is available on the band’s social media platforms.

Obiat have had the pleasure of playing all over the UK and Europe through numerous tours and festival appearances, sharing the stage with the likes of Electric Wizard, Orange Goblin, Pelican, My Dying Bride, Voivod and Testament to name just a few.

Three albums have been released to date:

»Accidentally Making Enemies« (2002), »Emotionally Driven Disturbulence« (2005) and »EyeTreePi« (2009) which was released on America’s Small Stone Records, engineered by Chris Fielding, then mixed and mastered by the illustrious Billy Anderson (Melvins, Neurosis, Swans, Sleep, Brutal Truth, Mr Bungle). »EyeTreePi« saw the addition of Alex Nervo on bass and Neil Dawson on drums/percussion, resulting in what the band say is the core that they’ve been searching for since it’s inception. All albums are available on Bandcamp, Spotify, YouTube music and many more platforms.

Over the last decade members have been involved in multiple side projects such as The Osiris Club, Hung On Horns, Sycopath Condor, Xyanix, recording albums and playing live in the UK, Europe and Australia.

Obiat are now back with a renewed passion and energy, consisting of founding member and riff meister Raf Reutt, returning members Alex Nervo with his tasteful and thunderous bass, Neil Dawson with his riff driving dynamic grooves and their new vocalist Sean Cooper (Sean has performed live with Obiat in the past, he then went on to record few albums with The Osiris Club, together with Raf) projecting his powerful, soulful vocals which you’ll want to sing along with.

The plan, inline with what the band has always stood for… Write and release heavy music, keep improving on production qualities and include respected guest musicians to keep things interesting and fun for both the band and the listener, wherever they are in the world.

Come and join the journey, all are welcome!!

Obiat on this recording are:
Alex Nervo – Bass, Guitar, Keys and FX
Neil Dawson – Drums and Percussion
Raf Reutt – Guitars, Keys and FX
Sean Cooper – Vocals

Also featuring:
Sofia DeVille – Vocals (4).
Arek Kasprzak – Bamboo flutes Quenacho and Shakuhachi (1, 3 and 8).
Marta Rakowska – Trombone (2, 4 & 5).
Tomasz Bachorz – Saxophone (2, 4 & 5).
Fumio Takaki – Voice (8).

All music written and arranged by Alex Nervo, Neil Dawson and Raf Reutt.

Lyrics by Sean Cooper (1, 2, 3, 5, 6 & 7), Sofia DeVille (4) and Alex Nervo (8 – translation by Fumio Takaki).

Recorded by Chris Fielding at Foel Studios in Wales, Raf Reutt in England and Alex Nervo in Australia during 2020-2021.
Vocal tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 & 7 recorded by Sean in England.
Vocal track 4 recorded by Sofia in Sweden.
Vocal track 8 recorded by Fumio in Hungary.
Flutes recorded by Arek in England.
All brass sections recorded by Tomasz and Marta in Norway.

Mixed and mastered by Chris Fielding.

Original artwork by Andrew Prestidge at Morlock Art.
Sleeve design by Roland Scriver at Familiar Ink.