Glacier Tongue

Description

Hailing from Oslo, Norway, the dystopian noise rock/sludge metal trio Rongeur saw the light of day in the fall of 2012. The band was formed by old friends with a shared desire to make raw, heavy and honest music with little regard for existing genre limitations. Rongeur thus delivers varying levels of angst, sadness and anger, and rattles you with their unique brand of dystopian heavy. They draw inspiration from bands like Eyehategod, Helmet, Seigmen, Sepultura, Neurosis, Darkthrone, and Arthur Schopenhauer. Rongeur's first "official" release was a compilation of previously recorded demos: "The Catastrophist" (2013) and "As The Blind Strive" (2014). The band's debut full-length, "An Asphyxiating Embrace", was released in 2018 on Ampmandens Records, and was very well received. The new and second effort "Glacier Tongue" will be released on the Fysisk Format label, and offers eight new songs recorded at various times between November 2019 and April 2020 at Venteaerelse Studio, Vaterland Studio, and Swerve City Studio, then mixed and mastered by Ruben Willem at Caliban Studios. The record is a gut check and a clarion call. It is more political in nature than its predecessor, but the band still dwells in the familiar territory of Kafkaesque misanthropy, lamenting the many errors of human existence. You can expect a vicious assault of downtuned riffs and relentless drumming; a blend of "dirty" noise rock and sludge metal with experimental and dark soundscapes. The trio share a common love for old tube amps, feedback, and distortion.