Description
At every stage of their career, Downfall Of Gaia's output has been critically lauded and has garnered fevered responses from their devout fan-base, and their fifth album is primed to push things to the next level. Comprised of 6 tracks, Ethic Of Radical Finitude is the international quartet's most melodic, most structured and most dynamic release to date, once more building upon the epic and unique sludgy, crusty, exploratory metallic sound that has organically evolved with every release. "It combines elements from our earlier releases with the path we took on Atrophy (2016)," states guitarist/vocalist Dominik Goncalves dos Reis. "There are long atmospheric parts with enough time to breathe, enough time to unfold, and on the other side there are harsh and melodic blastbeats. Each song is some kind of journey, with emotional ups and downs."Feeling no pressure to rush, the band spent nearly sixteen months writing the songs that would come to comprise Ethic Of Radical Finitude. With Goncalves dos Reis taking the lead as the primary songwriter, he initially constructed demos in Berlin before sending them to drummer Michael Kadnar in New York, and the two worked out the drum parts over email. While some bands might meticulously plan out everything they want to achieve with their records as soon as they begin working on them, Goncalves dos Reis has always been more interested in going with the flow. "As long as it feels right and a song delivers the right atmosphere everything is allowed," he states plainly. "Each record is a different chapter of a different period of ourselves, of course with different influences, which is a good thing, because otherwise everything would sound the same. The only thing that's always important for us is to create a kind of atmospheric sound, including bright soundscapes which you are able to lose yourself into." Only once they were satisfied that they had the songs strongly demoed out did bassist Anton Lisovoj and guitarist Marco Mazzola enter the process.
