Úpal by Kostnatění

The sophomore Kostnatění album ÚPAL ("heatstroke") is a story of the human condition as a function of heat. The rise of consciousness in warm-blooded creatures has given rise to impossibly dense, illogical webs of thought that can completely divorce our lived experience from the physical world around us. Anxiety, fixations, and hallucinations can appear without material basis, setting our overactive neurons on fire. To bring this vivid scene to life, Kostnatění has become both more meditative and more chaotic, introducing influences from sources as varied as African folk and noise rock into its technical black metal basis. Evoking both the searing rays of the desert sun and the melting of one's sanity, ÚPAL walks the fine line between burning up and burning out.

Tracklist

1.	Řemen (The Belt)	5:36

2.	Hořím navždy (I Burn Forever)	7:44

3.	Rukojmí empatie (Hostage of Empathy)	4:13

4.	Opál (Opal)	4:01

5.	Skrýt se před Bohem (Hide from God)	3:51

6.	Nevolnost je vše, čím jsem (Nausea Is All I Am)	5:42

7.	Slunce svázáno s krvácející Zemí (Sun Bound to the Bleeding Earth)	7:21

Credits

released May 26, 2023

Album credits
Kostnatění is D.L.
Drums by Andrew Lee.

Written and recorded from October 2020 to October 2021. Vocals recorded in late 2021-early 2022.
Drums mixed and recorded in fall 2022 at The Weeb Dungeon by Andrew Lee.
Mastered by Jacob Buczarski.

Cover artwork by D.L.
Collaged partially from works by the following users on Wikimedia Commons:
- "Dead succulents", Michael Coghlan
- "Human skeleton (Rockefeller Museum)", user Davidbena
Cover art is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.

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