Infinite Dissolution

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Infinite Dissolution
Locrian Infinite Dissolution cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 24, 2015 (2015-07-24)
Genre Doom metal, drone metal, drone, noise [1]
Length47:25
Label Relapse Records
Producer Locrian
Locrian chronology
Return to Annihilation
(2013)
Infinite Dissolution
(2015)
Singles from Infinite Dissolution
  1. "An Index of Air"
    Released: June 1, 2015
  2. "Heavy Water"
    Released: June 18, 2015 [2]
  3. "Arc of Extinction"
    Released: July 9, 2015 [3]
  4. "Dark Shales"
    Released: July 16, 2015 [4]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 83/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
Pitchfork 8.2/10 [7]
Echoes and Dustfavorable [8]
Consequence of Sound B [9]
Exclaim! 8/10 [10]
PopMatters 7/10 [11]
The Quietus favorable [12]
Dustedfavorable [13]

Infinite Dissolution is an album from the drone rock band Locrian. It was released on July 24, 2015, through Relapse Records. [14]

Contents

The first single off the album, "An Index of Air" was released digitally on June 1, 2015. [15] Locrian released a music video directed by Raymond Salvatore Harmon for the track "Arc of Extinction" on July 29, 2015, through NPR. [16]

Background

Infinite Dissolution was announced on May 21, 2015, and the press release of the album describes it as a concept record "dealing with the struggle of human extinction." [17]

The group took inspiration for the album from Elizabeth Kolbert's study of mass extinction and climate change, The Sixth Extinction. [18]

Reception

The album generally received favorable responses from critics and fans alike. Pitchfork Media gave the album a positive review, rating the album at 8.2 out of 10 and praising the album as being the group's "most adventurous and accessible" album yes from the "once-prohibitively esoteric" group. [19] Consequence of Sound gave the album a B and compared looking into the photo of sculptor David Altmejd's The Eye on the album's cover was like "peering into the world of the album: as mesmerizing as it is disorienting." [20] NPR's Lars Gotrich stated that the trio "is at the height of its holistic metallic powers on Infinite Dissolution." [21] PopMatters gave the album 7 out of 10 stars and called the release thoughtful and dynamic and generally praised the release. [22] Exclaim gave the album an 8 out of 10 review ending their review by stating that "Infinite Dissolution is full of haunted love songs between a fallen city and the ghosts that inhabit it; it fills a void that I never knew existed until this unsettling, aching sound poured in." [23]

The album currently has a score of 83 on Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim". [24]

Jason Heller of the A.V. Club ranked Infinite Dissolution as his top album of 2015. [25]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Arc of Extinction"7:16
2."Dark Shales"6:28
3."KXL I"6:56
4."The Future of Death"3:38
5."An Index of Air"7:51
6."KXL II"3:46
7."The Great Dying"5:48
8."Heavy Water"4:11
9."KXL III"1:34
Total length:47:25

Personnel

Credits adapted from Allmusic. [26]

Drone

Production

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