{"title":"In Human Form @ct@if@band-music-8588@","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"in-human-form-opening-the-eye-by-the-death-of-the-i-cd-digipak","title":"In Human Form - Opening the Eye by the Death of the I - CD DIGIPAK","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased in Lowell, Massachussetts and active since 2006, IN HUMAN FORM have always kept a low profile. Comfortably hidden in the shadows of the underground and aided by an intense live activity, the band worked hard to refine and perfect what they like to call “Atra Metalli Metaphysicam”: an audacious blend of aggressive black metal and progressive music, tinged with jazz-fusion colours.\r\nAfter the well-received debut of “Earthern Urn” (2013), followed a couple of years later by a split album with Obsidian Tongue, Autolatry and Infera Bruo, IN HUMAN FORM celebrate their 10th anniversary by releasing “Opening Of The Eye By The Death Of The I”, their most ambitious album to date as well as their finest hour. Despite numerous acoustic passages, occasional guitar solos, well-crafted melodies and an intellectual approach, none of the iconoclastic power of black metal is lost. The result is a vibrant and coherent album, firmly rooted in the tradition, yet open to infinite sonic possibilities.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nRecorded and mixed by guitarist Nicholas Clark at The Black Lodge, “Opening of the Eye by the Death of the I” is a grand, introspective meditation on abysmal themes and mortality, laced with principle and cloaked in mystical and mysterious passages. Recalling the amazing artworks from the 70's prog era, Kenny Richard's beautiful cover painting brilliantly underlines IN HUMAN FORM's artistic and philosophical vision, built around the idea of a suffering humanity confronting with its destiny and the mystery of Life and Death. A descent into darkness, to ascend towards light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1097759258\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/opening-of-the-eye-by-the-death-of-the-i\"\u003eOpening of the Eye by the Death of the I by IN HUMAN FORM\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Season of Mist - North America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53017980698921,"sku":"P-34950-","price":13.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0952\/9219\/5113\/files\/In-Human-Form-Opening-the-Eye-by-the-Death-of-the-I-CD-DIGIPAK-34950-1-1498760498.jpg?v=1778006438"},{"product_id":"in-human-form-iii-cd-digipak","title":"In Human Form - III - CD DIGIPAK","description":"\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=4061090131\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/iii-2\"\u003eIII by IN HUMAN FORM\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n“III” is the third full-length album of Massachussets' IN HUMAN FORM, a formidable quintet of highly talented musicians devoted to an avant-garde kind of metal with strong esoteric and philosophical tints. Their 2017 sophomore release, the amazing “Opening of the Eye by the Death of the I” was a remarkable blend of aggressive black metal and progressive music, but in “III” the band's style matures and evolves even further, birthing an audacious and breathtaking musical hybrid by perfectly amalgamating the musicians' extreme metal background with their love for 70's prog and jazz-fusion. “There were many new avenues that we experimented with, especially guitar solos”, explains guitarist Nicholas Clark; “that really tested out limits and dug up some interesting influences. A track like 'Weeping Stones' was actually recorded live with a few overdubs, to give it much more emotion and tightness; and I ended up using the Mellotron quite extensively as well, as a nod to our 70's prog influences.”\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nOn the strength of an unbridled creativity and the innate elegance of their songwriting, IN HUMAN FORM pack an album comprised of only 3 long, very complex tracks. And yet they don't give in to the temptation to abandon the music to its own course. On the contrary, they conduct it with firmness towards horizons of incredible splendour and beauty, where the spiteful black metal vocals, the wondrous guitar-driven accelerations and the granitic rhythm section calm down to an atmosphere of pure lyricism, often culminating in majestic, colourful melodies and sensual notes of keyboards and saxophones.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nKishor Haulenbeek's cover painting --a modern Vitruvian Man, inscribed in perfect geometrical forms, yet chained up, blindfolded and muzzled-- speaks loud about the band's ultimate goal: to liberate the soul from its constraints, to find a meaning for our mortal existence by shaping the divine in human form.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Season of Mist - North America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53019867644201,"sku":"P-42199-","price":13.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0952\/9219\/5113\/files\/In-Human-Form-III-CD-DIGIPAK-42199-1-1578436432.jpg?v=1778012963"}],"url":"https:\/\/shopusa.season-of-mist.com\/collections\/band-music-in-human-form.oembed","provider":"Season of Mist - North America","version":"1.0","type":"link"}