US progressive doom/avant-garde metal solo project Liminal Spirit stream new EP »Pathways«; out today on all digital platforms!

Milwaukee, Wisconsin based progressive doom/avant-garde metal solo project Liminal Spirit stream a brand new EP, »Pathways«, out today, May 9th, 2025 in digital format.

Tracklist:
01. Pathways

Courtesy of ClawHammer PR:

Milwaukee (WI) – »Pathways«, the sophomore EP from one-man progressive doom/avant-garde metal project, Liminal Spirit, is out now on all digital platforms! »Pathways« follows last year’s self-titled debut album and is available to purchase/stream at the following locations:
Bandcamp | Spotify | YouTube

Genre descriptors get one only so far with »Pathways« though. Multi-instrumentalist/composer, Jerry Hauppa (Northless, Ara, Deorbit), explains that the solo project is “focused on making ‘seance music’ or, in other words, a backdrop suitable for channeling the passage of spirits.”

»Pathways« consists of the single 14-minute title track, depicting five individuals trapped within a maze. It is fully through-composed, meaning there are no repeating parts of any kind until the epilogue. It is composed in a way that brings to mind a stage play, where there are intermissions and the aforementioned epilogue, and the lines of each of the five characters comprise the lyrics. The music will shift in tone throughout the piece to reflect the mood of each speaker.

Photo credit: Jerry Hauppa

Biography:
Liminal Spirit is Jerry Hauppa’s solo project. Prior to this, Hauppa was involved in sludge metal band Northless, death metal band Ara, and instrumental space-focused band, Deorbit.

Credits:
All music written, recorded and mixed by Jerry Hauppa.
Mastered by Jeff Wojtysiak at Spiral Sound Studios.
Artwork by James Becker.

Line-up:
Jerry Hauppa – Guitar, Bass, Drum Programming, Synthesizer, Vocoder

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