Spirituality and Distortion

Spirituality and Distortion
Studio album by Igorrr
Released	27 March 2020 (2020-03-27)
Studio	Improve Tone Studios, Mana Recording Studios, Dime Studios
Genre	Breakcore avant-garde metal extreme metal
Length	55:30
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	Gautier Serre
Igorrr chronology
Savage Sinusoid (2017) Spirituality and Distortion (2020) Amen (2025)
Singles from Spirituality and Distortion
"Very Noise" Released: 14 January 2020 [1] "Parpaing" Released: 25 February 2020 [2] "Camel Dancefloor" Released: 17 March 2020

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Blabbermouth	8/10 [3]
Metal Injection	9,5/10 [4]
Loud TV	[5]

Spirituality and Distortion is the fourth album by Gautier Serre, under his alias Igorrr, released on Metal Blade Records on 27 March 2020. ^[6] In 2024, it was named one of the 10 "wackiest" progressive metal albums ever by Loudwire . ^[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gautier Serre.

Spirituality and Distortion track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Downgrade Desert"	4:23
2.	"Nervous Waltz"	3:23
3.	"Very Noise"	1:47
4.	"Hollow Tree"	3:06
5.	"Camel Dancefloor"	3:13
6.	"Parpaing" (featuring George Fisher)	3:36
7.	"Musette Maximum"	2:18
8.	"Himalaya Massive Ritual"	7:06
9.	"Lost in Introspection"	4:56
10.	"Overweight Poesy"	5:50
11.	"Paranoid Bulldozer Italiano"	3:47
12.	"Barocco Satani"	3:36
13.	"Polyphonic Rust"	4:16
14.	"Kung-Fu Chèvre"	4:13
Total length:		55:30

Personnel

Igorrr

• Gautier Serre – electric guitar, keyboards, programming, composition, recording, mixing, mastering, production

Additional musicians

• Laurent Lunoir – vocals
• Laure Le Prunenec – vocals
• Sylvain Bouvier – drums, percussion
• Benjamin Baŕdiaux – harpsichord
• Erlend Caspersen – bass
• Mike Leon – bass (11)
• George Fisher – vocals (6)
• Diego Delgadillo – lyrics (6)
• Fotini-Asineth Kokkala – qanun
• Alexandre Peronny – cello
• Mehdi Haddab – oud
• Pierre Mussi – accordion
• Antony Miranda – sitar, percussion
• Nils Cheville – classical guitar
• Martyn Clément – electric guitar
• Matt Lebofsky – piano
• Benjamin Violet – strings
• Timba Harris – strings

Technical personnel

• Arthur Paiz, Erik Rutan, Hervé Faivre – recording
• Førtifem – artwork
• Jon Herrera – piano recording

Charts

Sales chart performance for Spirituality and Distortion

Chart (2020)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8]	12
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [9]	57

References

1. Graham Hartmann. "Igorrr Team With Corpsegrinder for New Album, Unveil Bizarre 'Very Noise' Video". Loudwire . Retrieved 31 March 2020.
2. Jon Hadusek (26 February 2020). "Igorrr Unleash Video for New Song "Parpaing" Featuring Cannibal Corpse's Corpsegrinder". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved 31 March 2020.
3. Dom Lawson. "CD Reviews - Spirituality And Distortion - Igorrr - Blabbermouth.net" . Retrieved 31 March 2020.
4. Riley Rowe. "Album Review: IGORRR Spirituality and Distortion" . Retrieved 28 March 2020.
5. "CHRONIQUE D'IGORRR : LES TROIS R, CACHENT ILS UN ETRE SURNATUREL?". 20 March 2020.
6. "Spirituality and Distortion, by Igorrr". Igorrr. Archived from the original on 16 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
7. Blum, Jordan (25 June 2024). "10 Wackiest Prog Metal Albums Ever". Loudwire . Townsquare Media . Retrieved 29 April 2025.
8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Igorrr – Spirituality and Distortion" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
9. "Swisscharts.com – Igorrr – Spirituality and Distortion". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 April 2020.