A Sickness Unto Death - The Great Escape

Digipak with excellent unique artwork and beautifully designed 16 - page - booklet / Founded in 2013 as a two-man-project, the german A SICKNESS UNTO DEATH have evolved into a complete band and went on refining their own style of epic doom metal. With heavy riffs and beautiful melodies combined with samples and athmospheric soundscapes, A SICKNESS UNTO DEATH have gained a unique position in nowadays doom scene. The follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut album „Despair“ presents well balanced and matured songwriting which is showcased in dense and complex arrangements as well as in memorable melodies with some surprising twists. Next to the trademark slow and dark heaviness, the album includes clean vocals, acoustic passages, soundscapes and beautiful guitar work. From heavy songs like the title track, through powerful ballads like Lost unto the epic monumental Remains of misery, the german doomsters deliver a cohesive and self-contained album with gloomy melancholic songs. Fueled by personal and mature lyrics about ambivalence, detachment and decay, „The Great Escape“ it is the perfect doom soundtrack for the coming autumn. The progress of A SICKNESS UNTO DEATH can also be heared in the significant production. Produced by the band‘s guitarist Michael Maas and mastered by genius Jens Bogren, the sound of „The Great Escape“ is a significant step ahead of the band‘s debut album „despair“ (2013).