PRESSING INFO:

Second Press

1000 x Black Standard Gram

First Press

1600 x Black Standard Gram

500 x Metallic Gold and Bone White Galaxy Merge Standard Gram *Relapse.com Exclusive*

300 x Milky Clear with Aqua Blue, Bone White and Metallic Gold Splatter Standard Gram *North American Indie Retail Exclusive* (Not available through Relapse.com)

300 x Beer with Black, Mustard and Halloween Orange Splatter Standard Gram *Relapse.com Exclusive*

100 x Mustard and Halloween Orange Merge with Black, Metallic Gold and Brown Splatter Standard Gram *Relapse.com Exclusive*

100 x Clear (Not available to the public - Friends of band and label only)

Richmond's INTER ARMA, reigning masters of the slow build, continue to trace a distinctly ambitious trajectory through modern metal. Their impulses tend toward the epic, but never bloat; they meld several styles — doom, sludge, and hard psych — without coming off like dilettantes. This newest full-length, Sulphur English, finds them mining deeper in the proggy organic doom fields that made both Paradise Gallows and Sky Burial so thrilling while expanding further the on the psych-folk strain that made those albums' peaks seem so lofty. Few metal bands have ever made such effective use of acoustic instruments in truly heavy environments as INTER ARMA do; the acoustic guitar that stitches "Stillness" together is as effective as any overdriven bass; a two-minute gloomy piano-and-feedback piece titled "Observances of the Path" rolls out the carpet for "The Atavist's Meridian," an album highlight that rides a gigantic, roomy drum sound into realms akin to a murkier Paradise Lost, a more aggressive Om, and a dreamier, more stoned Kylesa all playing together at once. Few bands make music as engrossing as INTER ARMA; their lengthy, almost meditative songs rumble patiently forward until you're ready to get thrown off a bridge — and then they throw you, with great force. - Words by John Darnielle

Release date: April 12, 2019