Poland's Vesania have released a new song from their forthcoming album, Deus Ex Machina, with the track “Dismay”. The Polish symphonic black metal act that features current and former members of Behemoth, Dimmu Borgir, Vader, and Decapitated, have been releasing albums and touring in Europe for over a decade. The band's fourth full-length album, and first since 2007, is scheduled for release on October 28th via Metal Blade Records.

 

 

Orion comments on "Dismay": "I often hear the opinion, and I agree with it - this album has no ‘single,’ each track is different, has its own atmosphere and is equally important for the overall impression. ‘Dismay’ is the song we started the recordings with, and this is the one that best defines the 'rock' sound of Deus Ex Machina. ‘Dismay’ is relatively slower, sounds progressive, rather than black metal, and it adds a breath of air between the more intense songs. This is also the particular track, where the ‘god from the machine’ from the album title is mentioned and comes down to earth."

 

 

The tracklist is as follows:

"Halflight"
"Innocence"
"Disillusion"
"Vortex"
"Dismay"
"Glare"
"Notion"
"Disgrace"
"Fading"
"Scar"

The track "Innocence" can be heard below.

"There's no singular unifying lyrical concept on Deus Ex Machina," says the band, "but there's a main theme, a coherent and deliberate thread running from the title through the music. The title of the album is a term from ancient Greek tragedy and translates to "god from the machine." The idea for the concept was that a machine, typically a rudimentary crane, would lower a thespian playing god onto the stage to solve the seemingly unsolvable conflict in the plot. In modern entertainment, the term has evolved to primarily refer to a cheap solution in a poorly written script or novel. Alternatively, Vesania's Deus Ex Machina is a call for any kind of help or intervention because all of the lyrics on the album are hopeless and show characters in situations that leaves them powerless. One of the tracks tells the story of the lowering of an actor, supposedly the god, onto a stage before a corrupted man searching for answers. Instead, that actor is lowered by a noose around their neck, having already died. The lyrics paint a drab picture, particularly when paired with equally bleak music." 

Vesania is:

Orion - guitars and voices

Daray - drums

Siegmar - synths and samples

Heinrich - bass

Valeo - guitars

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