.XENO. by Symmetry Was Never An Option

Second release. This one was honestly a struggle in every way. Probably the most complex thing musically I ever written and most consuming, tough process, which unfortunately lead to some physical and mental problems. It wasn't forgiving on the mixing, but we (me and Konrad, my engineer) did the best we could, I think. Better released than perfect, as one of my friends said.
I hope you'll enjoy what you'll hear. Or at least hope that it will make you feel something.

Stuff for nerds:
Not much changed since SWNAO1 so,
- guitar is Harley Benton 8string multiscale
- guitar tracks are processed through Neural DSP's Nameless Suite and Archetype Nolly
- Bass is Ibanez BTB7 NTF and Dingwall Combustion 6 (Her)
- bass is processed through Mammoth from Aurora DSP
- all the synths made with Vital
- vocals were all recorded with Rode NT1
- interface used to capture all the sounds was MOTU M2

Tracklist

1.	The Core	4:54

2.	Denial	8:55

3.	At The Gates Of Reason	9:10

4.	Predator	5:29

5.	Toxin	7:40

6.	Autumn	5:44

7.	Predator II	5:59

8.	Her	3:33

9.	Hollow	8:24

10.	The Call	2:14

11.	Gallows I: Judgement	4:55

12.	Gallows II: War	5:50

13.	Gallows III: Judgement	3:08

14.	IV Listening Skies	3:47

15.	Requiem	7:44

Credits

released January 17, 2023

Many thanks for sticking with me through this exhausting process to:
Drums:
- Ardian Łochowski - thanks for helping me (again, outstanding work with drum samples and rewriting some of my ideas for the better). Also, thanks for some ideas in few songs (glitchy drums in Predator II and many more)

Solos:
- JaQbe, Michał Franczuk (Metafox) and Stanisław Serwatowski for all the solo work (The Core, Denial, Gates, Predator, Predator II)

Choir:
- Julia Koczwarska, Adela Kamińska, Ludmiła Szewczak, Alicja W, Asia Kaniewska, Justyna Polaczyk, Zofia Sorbjan - you girls are among the MVP's for the album (especially Julia and Justyna for suggesting some clever ideas, like tribal section in Predator)

Speaking of which, tribal section:
- Rin Cafune, Krzysztof Rychlewski, Sebastian Cieciera - thanks! You gave the Predator its identity

Additional vocal feats:
- Rin Cafune - your screams are definitely outstanding part whenever you show up (Denial, Hollow, Gallows II and III)
- Natalia Rama - without you, IV would not be the same

Mixing:
- Konrad Janiszewski for - yet again - his godlike patience and phenomenal mixing work, bringing this music to it's best form

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