Belgian doom/sludge noisemakers Ortega have just shared a full stream of their forthcoming second full-length “Sacred States” ahead of its release tomorrow via Consouling Sounds.
The album has premiered via Cvlt Nation, who stated “Over the course of five mind-expanding tracks, this band proves that they are carving out their own lane in the doom soundscape. ORTEGA’s music hits you in the places that your humanity is most alive.”
Recorded by John Bart van der Wal (Aborted/Herder) and mastered by James Plotkin, “Sacred States” features guest contributions by Gnaw Their Tongues’ Maurice de Jong and Primitive Man’s Ethan Lee McCarthy and is a collaborative effort between Consouling Sounds (CD), Narshardaa Records (Vinyl) and Tartarus Records (Cassette).
Since 2007, Belgian doom/sludge noisemakers Ortega have been exploring the murky depths of humanity's longing for the horizon. Perilous courses which drag carcasses ashore, sojourns that tell of the bells that chime on the sands below, collisions of doom, sludge and noise that tells tales of abyssal mankind.
Now, the group return with the follow-up to their 2010’s debut album “1634” and in a way “Sacred States” is the first glance upwards. But whereas the depths below are finite, the chasms above ridicule every human attempt to realise itself. Whether he looks above or inside, the void still remains. The tentative grasps into the great unknown will never hold anything but pain, and Ortega recounts every step into the understanding of this fate that we turn away from more often than not.
Recorded by John Bart van der Wal (Aborted/Herder) and mastered by James Plotkin, “Sacred States” features guest contributions by Gnaw Their Tongues’ Maurice de Jong and Primitive Man’s Ethan Lee McCarthy and is set for release on October 5th via a collaborative effort between Consouling Sounds (CD), Narshardaa Records (Vinyl) and Tartarus Records (Cassette).
