Mare Cognitum Returns with a Brilliant, Terrestrial Epic

The brilliant astral black metal, Mare Cognitum return with a new full-length journey, this time with a more terrestrial affair, in the newest album, Solar Paroxysm. Five tracks, spanning a total length of sixty-four minutes in length, Mare Cognitum delivers what is quite possibly its most polished and inspired work to-date. Helmed by one man, Jacob Buczarski, Mare Cognitum’s new album is an atmospheric journey that descends from the usual astral pathways, and finds itself nestled in the folds of a dying star.

There is a motif that pervades this album, an urgent, epic chord build that will appear throughout, while the “story” of the album’s songs drift and carry the listener through its various stanzas. The music is somber, introspective, still evocative of a “Great Beyond” from previous Mare Cognitum albums, yet there is an urgency to these compositions, a moribund tether that continues to guide the listener forward.

The mix in this album is excellent, well-crafted selection of instruments and recording environments help fuse the melodic elements of the pieces with the blistering guitars and tortured vocals, all while certain motifs of story narrative help give momentum to the compositions. The album is a perfect blend of progressive metal tendencies fused with the artist’s traditional proclivities.

This album is an epic journey, and will be available via I, Voidhanger Records in CD, LP (EU), and digital format March 19, 2021.

All music composed, recorded, and produced by Jacob Buczarski, 2018-2020

Cover painting by Adam Burke. Art direction and layout by Francesco Gemelli

Solar Paroxysm releases March 19th on I, Voidhanger Records (CD, LP [EU]) and Extraconscious Records (LP [US])

AVAILABLE FORMATS

- 2x12" LP on colored vinyl (co-produced with Extraconscious Records)

- Deluxe 6-Panel Digipack CD

- Digital Album

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