EPK – Draemora – Death Rectangle (2021)
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For fans of Wage War, Whitechapel, Periphery, Architects, Spiritbox
“Lyrically with Death Rectangle I wanted to make songs that anyone could very easily imprint their own life into. These songs all have deep meaning to me but we strayed away from using any specific references so that the listener could make it whatever their imagination wants it to be. We think that is the best way to make a song. Musically this collection of songs is mostly dark and heavy sounding. It wasn’t intentional, but like we’ve said before, when this was written we were all locked up and lost our jobs, and had to watch the world riot and go nuts so we’re not surprised it sounds that way.” – Draemora
Album Title: Death Rectangle
Release Date: June 18, 2021
Label: Self-Release
Distribution: Distrokid
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“Draemora’s new EP Awakening is a 17 minute melodic death metal piece with more twists and turns than your average M. Night Shyamalan movie. This is a band that doesn’t stick to the tradition melo-death sounds, instead looking to incorporate some clean singing, some progressive sections and some experimental sounds… This is an EP that incorporates many different sounds, but doesn’t have any filler… A very unique debut release from Draemora.” – Metal Injection (Review Awakening EP 2020)
“‘Guilt’ features the band’s penchant for mixing their brutal modern metal with glorious rock melodies! Think of a sound that meshes Gojira, Alien Weaponry, Faith No More, and the more recent era of Lamb of God, and you might begin to understand the group!” – Ghost Cult Mag (Review Awakening EP 2020)
“In this playthrough of their song “Guilt” we see Terry from Draemora ripping away with his Fender Telecaster. His tele is loaded with a single EMG 57 and he’s boosting that guy with an Ibanez TS9 going directly into his Mesa. The deadly tone of the 2-channel and a heavy rhythm hand are such a great combo.” – Gear Gods (Review Awakening EP 2020)
“A haunting, eerie melody opens “Home” with the an Allegaeon esq melodic moment before some DJent infused riffage takes hold and Wood delivers the kind of unclean vocals that leave you with 3rd degree burns on the inside of your throat. Jenkins interjects with a pair of clean sung verses over some almost Grungy Metalcore and you have a track with perhaps a trio of different styles in a single offering that works because of the cognitive tissue of the narrative.” – Metal Noise (Review Awakening EP 2020)
KISW 99.9FM (Seattle) – BJ & Migs L&L BAND OF THE WEEK: Draemora (June 10, 2020)
“LEGION OF SCUM, with its dynamic and pressing drums and sharp riffing, surely one of our favorite tracks.” – HardRockHeavyMetal (Review Awakening EP 2020)
“It’s an EP with its own style and remarkable musical skills, drum work, guitar chords, melodic and a talented throaty voice.” – Darkzen Metal Angels (Review Awakening EP 2020)
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STORY ANGLES / FUN FACTS ABOUT THE BAND
1. On these recordings the band made a decision from the beginning to stray away from sounds that were “safe” to construct the building blocks for the album. Two big inspirations for the sound of the mixes were from Lamb of God’s third release “Ashes of the Wake” and Whitechapel’s last release “The Valley”. We wanted a dry, raw, “real” sound for these songs so that it didn’t feel so exhausting to listen to the same snare sound and guitar plugin that everyone on earth uses. We also left mistakes in there and resisted the urge to edit everything perfectly, although it is played to a click and there is definitely editing, we tried to be tasteful while making decisions about what to fix and what to leave alone. We felt that a good song is a good song and we should steer away from concentrating too much on sounding like everyone else and let our songs speak for themselves. There is a bit of production on these but we did our best to keep a lid on it.
2. Everything in the recordings was recorded at Terry’s house upstairs in his home studio. He also mixed and mastered this time instead of having an outside source help (as opposed to the EP).
3. Death Rectangle originally going to be called, “Summoning the Wretched” and the album was going to be called “Slaves Until Death” until a few months before us finishing the album.
4. We added the song “Victorious” to the end of the album at the last minute. The whole song was written right after Terry got a new 7 string guitar that was tuned to drop G and wrote the whole song in an evening. The entire song was written in just a few days and was originally going to be a single to release during the pandemic, but we all thought that was lame and that we should release the whole thing right now. It’s not like we’re gonna lose a bunch of money if we don’t and we are already working on the next full length, so we’re not worried anyway.
5. In “The Cleansing”, the song starts and ends with an intense chug pattern that starts with the guitar and then joined by the bass and drums. This syncopated rhythm at first glance may seem nonsensical but has defined repetition points as the riff progresses. This song was in the works earlier on in the writing process of the album, so when it came to working on this part as a group, it was a great test of our ability to work and perform with one another as it relies heavily on everyone being on the same page for an extended period of time. Initially, it was quite a challenge to accomplish however with time and practice it has become in some ways a staple of our practices and to strengthen our trust in one another to be in the pocket as a unit.
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Album Title: Death Rectangle
Release Date: June 18, 2021
Label: Self-Release
Distribution: Distrokid
Track Listing:
1. The Cleansing (6:06)
2. Slaves Until Death (4:44)
3. Death Rectangle (4:19)
4. Requiem (3:23)
5. What You’ve Become (5:00)
6. Gouge Out My Eyes (3:57)
7. Blood Moon (3:34)
8. Screaming Into the Void (3:56)
9. Metacognitive (4:08)
10. Victorious (3:36)
Album Length: 42:46
Album Recording Credits:
• All songs written by: Terry Paulson
• Produced by: Terry Paulson
• Mixed by: Terry Paulson
• Mastered by: Terry Paulson
• Album Artwork by: Bre Diaz
Album / Live Band Line Up:
Terry Paulson: Guitar/Vocals
Jared Conellie: Drums
Ricy Bjorklund: Bass
Taylor Wood: Vocals
Discography:
2021 – Death Rectangle – LP
2020 – Omerta (single)
2020 – Let Go (single – Chimaira cover)
2020 – Minerva (single – Deftones cover)
2020 – Awakening EP
Draemora was formed in November 2019 in the Seattle, USA area by Terry Jenkins (vocals/guitar) after his separation from his previous band Odyssian. Seeing it as an opportunity to take a chance and try something different, he wrote a handful of songs with lyrics and demoed them out at his house. These demos attracted the attention of soon to be bandmate, ex-Jesus Wears Armani drummer Jared Conelie and ex-Odyssian vocalist Taylor Wood.
After fleshing out the demos with their own personal touches on the songs, Jenkins found local guitar player Max Taylor and set out to record the 5 song EP “Awakening” that was debut during June 2020.
The EP was nothing short of heavy, melodic metal infused with honest and heartfelt lyrics. This combination worked perfectly with the band’s mission to evoke an intense emotional and spiritual experience that brings out the raw emotions that are suppressed all day in normal day-to-day lives.
With a slight pause in the band’s plans due to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Draemora has just completed their follow-up full-length “Death Rectangle” planned for release on June 18, 2021, a full year since unleashing their introductory EP “Awakening”.
On this new album, Draemora has truly explored an evolution from their previous release. Musically, the collection of songs are mostly dark and heavy sounding. It wasn’t intentional, but when the band was writing the new record, they were all locked up and lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 pandemic, along with watching their hometown riot during George Floyd protests. The songs all have deep meaning to the band, but they strayed away from using any specific references so that the listener could make it whatever their imagination wants it to be. They think that is the best way to make a release.
The band adds:
“We are really finding our sound on this album and where we all fit together and the two singles on here were so obvious to us because they sounded so good as demos. We could tell instantly that “Death Rectangle” was a single, it’s got a catchy riff, pounding drum parts and a chorus that we hope everyone will join in on when we can eventually play it live. Our planned second single “Victorious” is exactly the same way. We were going to actually separate it from the album and let it be a song on its own, but at the last minute, we decided it was the perfect way to end the album, because it has that great classic formula in there with a twist to the parts that really puts our stamp on it in a great way. Our main goal in mind for this release was that we wanted people to enjoy it live, so we made big choruses and really big recognizable parts that made us feel great when we were writing the whole record. It’s 10 songs that we all felt were nothing but bangers, we don’t put filler on anything, if there were only 8 good songs out of 50, then the album would be 8 songs and that’s that. As far as the next thing, we’re already working out new stuff as we’ve finished this so hopefully next year we’ll be back with another full length, that’s the goal at least.”
“Death Rectangle” is due out on June 18, 2021 and will be available on all major digital platforms.
Past Features :
– KISW 99.9 FM (Seattle, WA) – BJ & Migs BAND OF THE WEEK June 10, 2020
Discography:
2021 – Death Rectangle – LP
2020 – Omerta (single)
2020 – Let Go (single – Chimaira cover)
2020 – Minerva (single – Deftones cover)
2020 – Awakening EP
