US three-piece sludge/doom metal band Maharaja announce new album »Aviarium« and unveil the first single »Souless«
Dayton, Ohio three-piece sludge/doom metal band Maharaja has unveiled the first single »Souless« taken from their new album, »Aviarium«, scheduled for release on December 9th, 2022 via Seeing Red Records.
Tracklist:
01. Hopeless
02. Soulless
03. Lifeless
04. Ballad Of The Flightless Bird
Courtesy of Seeing Red Records:
Formed in late 2013 in the Gem City, Maharaja are a sludge steamroller ready to lay waste to everything in their path. Their sound is undeniably heavy and visceral; theirs is a sound you can feel; it jars your bones and shakes you to your core. Maharaja’s truth lies within their bottomless heft, groove, and subject matter. While the seeds were planted with their 2014 demo and 2017 debut album, Kali Yuga, the band have completely blossomed on »Aviarium«.
Regarding the songwriting of the album, Maharaja shares, “This album is a definite move in our new direction towards a more aggressive sound. Lyrically and thematically, the album is about our home, Dayton Ohio. Being inspired by real events as well as observational insight, the album converses drug addiction, murder, police violence, and the effects of living in a turbulent, depressing place. Sonically, we wanted to capture the weight and intensity of these elements: death, hysteria, tragedy, violence. Each song has its own story, terrible and true.”
Pre-order here: maharajaohio.bandcamp.com/album/aviarium
All music by Maharaja.
All lyrics by Eric Bluebaum.
Recorded by Shaun O’ Shaughnessy at Encore Studios – Dayon, Ohio.
Artwork by Nicholas Schukay.
Layout by Nestor Carrera.
Maharaja is:
Eric Bluebaum – Bass / Vocals
Angus Burkhart – Guitars / Vocals
Zack Mangold – Drums
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well