Photo by Josh Harris
Cleveland-spawned purveyors of dark, apocalyptic metal, AXIOMA, will unleash their Live Totality EP on December 6th on Stained Glass Torments. In advance of the release, today the band reveals a video for the EP’s opening title track, now playing at Decibel Magazine.
Live Totality was born from an idea brought to the band Axioma to play a live set during the total solar eclipse on April 8th, 2024. Instead of playing a live “set,” the band decided to compose and perform a piece of music to coincide with said eclipse in real time. Spanning a dense fourteen minutes, these moments during the history of this earth were chronicled to sixteen tracks by the band live on the shores of Lake Erie in Lorain, Ohio. Attentively mixed and mastered by Noah Buchanan (Midnight, Ringworm, Shed The Skin) at Mercinary Studios in Avon, Ohio, AXIOMA decided that the massive historical sonic documentation should indeed be shared with the rest of the world. In June of 2024, AXIOMA entered Mercinary to track two more brand new compositions for the studio recordings to complete what is the Live Totality EP.
Further elaborates bassist/vocalist Aaron Dallison, “Early in 2024, we were approached by a friend to play live on lakefront property (Lake Erie) for the total solar eclipse in April. We decided to compose a piece of music that would coincide with the eclipse in real time. Luckily all of the stars aligned (pun intended), and the weather was perfect, which is not a common occurrence in Northeast Ohio. Some friends came out to film it, and we recorded the audio ourselves. We had one shot to pull it off and are stoked at the outcome of the video and audio recording! To sweeten the deal, we went into the studio and tracked some new material we were working on, thus spawning the Live Totality EP. As usual play it loud and enjoy!”
Adds Decibel Magazine, “Some of AXIOMA’s black metal tendencies are present on the new song, ‘Live Totality,’ but they’re meshed with droning, heavy doom, that offsets that sound and presents the band in a new light.”
Watch AXIOMA’s video for “Live Totality” at Decibel Magazine at THIS LOCATION.
Live Totality will be released on limited LP (200 x Black) and digital formats. Find preorders at the AXIOMA Bandcamp page HERE.
Live Totality Track Listing:
- Live Totality
- Divine Ruin
- Terra Vista
- Dakhma
AXIOMA released their first aural assault in the form of their Opia EP courtesy of Tartarus Records in 2016. Based on the success of Opia, the band teamed up with the revered Translation Loss Records for two critically acclaimed LPs: Crown in 2019 and Sepsis in 2022, with Crown also released on cassette via Hibernation Release. Late 2022 brought a percussion change in the lineup with Nick Amato stepping in to accompany original members, Cyril Blandino (guitar), Justin Meyer (guitar), and Aaron Dallison (bass, vocals). With a fresh invigoration the band released the Primal Descent EP in 2023 under their own Stained Glass Torments imprint. Wrote MetalSucks of the release, “Only four tracks long, the dark themes span the depraved and the hopeless, taking on topics like human folly and uncontrollable technology. Throughout the songs on the album, AXIOMA keeps it heavy and creates a vibe for the entire release, but they also tell a cohesive story about the imminent downfall of humanity.”
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