EPK – The Myopia Condition – Event Horizon (2020)
Publicist – Jon Asher – asher[@]ashermediarelations[.]com
Album Title: Event Horizon
Release Date: October 16, 2020
Label: Independent
For fans Oh Sleeper, Death, Gojira, Beyond Creation, As I Lay Dying
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““Separation From Classification” proves to be a mix of moods and sensations, as well as stylistic accents. Through dragging chords, a lumbering gait, and wailing notes it manifests gloom and despair. A ringing riff creates a sense of coiling tension and encroaching menace. Swirling leads dose the mind with feelings of eeriness and dread. It erupts in bouts of jackhammering brutishness and drops low-end detonations. And about three minutes in, the band create a stark juxtaposition, beginning with a moody yet enthralling guitar solo and then exploding in an assault of pulverizing rhythms, soaring yet ominous melody, and frantic fret-burning mayhem. Throughout, the vocals create their own juxtapositions, veering from heartless growls to skin-splitting shrieks but continually amplifying the song’s intensity. The combination of all these sensations creates a visceral response, and the overarching mood is one that seems to combine anxiety and beleaguerment with fierce defiance.” – No Clean Singing
“I love genre mashups, and the debut record from Canadian group The Myopia Condition mixes the ideal ingredients for a hot & spicy chaos cocktail. Clocking in at 28 minutes, “Event Horizon” is a short and compact release, but one that will jolt and drill your brains so fiercely that you’ll be begging for mercy. This hard-hitting beastie runs on a drilling deathcore motor and a djenty gearbox boosted by a tech-death turbine that allows it to take you from 0 to 60 head injuries in just under 4 seconds.” – The Prog Space
“The Myopia Condition don’t waste any time teasing and they go straight for the jugular. “Event Horizon” is superbly technical and madly aggressive all the way through. The production is clean and hi-fi, showcasing all sounds and textures in great quality, but it also allows the grit and grind to scrape your ears. There are some stand-out moments like the menacing keyboard driven intro, the clean guitar and bass break in ‘Separation from Classification’ and the use of shouty clean vocals in ‘Fighting Fables’. When it’s all wrapped, we have a nasty little 28 minute devil that takes no prisoners and also shows a remarkable degree of creativity! 8/10 ” – The Prog Space
“The Myopia Condition showcase some serious skill and killer musicianship with their debut release. Watch out for their release this fall and prepare to get shaken!” – The Independent Voice
“”Event Horizon” is not a long album, just twenty-eight minutes consisting of eight tracks and an intro, but it’s what The Myopia Condition manage to squeeze into this time frame that really matters. It’s an intense and well filled album that demonstrates a lot of seriously good musicianship. An engaging meld of crushing rhythmic grooves, devastating breakdowns and face searing growls all delivered as very ambitiously constructed tracks that ooze technical excellence and brutality in a very engaging manner that results in an all-out assault on the senses. 4.5/5” – The Metal Wanderlust
“If you listen to one album this week that you haven’t heard before; make it this one. You won’t be disappointed. [8.5/10]” – Metal Noise
““Event Horizon” is a reflection of approach desolation with an array of weapons and, as such, takes the fight against this inevitable ending. If you are going to tell a story, then you need to tell it well – and here the precision, the delivery and the language are executed with the craft of an ancient fabulist. 8/10” – CVLT Legion
“The worlds of technical death metal and metalcore rarely, if ever meet, but I think I’ve just stumbled upon the purest combination of the two that money can buy, and it’s actually really badass! Meet The Myopia Condition, they’re a Canadian act, and this is their first album, Event Horizon. It’s pretty short, as it clocks in at under 30 minutes, but it packs a punch all the same. You can hear a lot of Meshuggah, Veil Of Maya, and modern tech death like Inferi in their sound, but they have a flare that’s all their own.” – Noob Heavy
“Event Horizon is an impressive debut” – Scream Blast Repeat
BAND STORY ANGLES / FUN FACTS FROM THE BAND
1. Loud As Hell festival is always a crazy memory fuzzed time. You sorta get on the liquor train with all the games and fun everyone has going on. Whether it be beersbie or beer bongs. Beer anything really. Anyways our guitarist Josh had a bit too much of the beer indulging the day before our set. We played early afternoon and as some of you may know it gets freakin’ hot in that Drumheller area. I (Josiah) remember looking over at Josh near the end of our set and he was looking like something wasn’t right. After the set, he ran out back and hurled. hahaha. None the less he was a trooper and killed the set and we put on a wicked show.
2. Festivals are always the most fun. When we played Armstrong Fest we got to do an interview with Taylor Made Studios. It was awesome. We all sat in a pool and answered in a goofy manner. It’s funny though because out of all the interviews we have had, for some reason Josh hasn’t found his way into one of them. Hopefully one of these times he will be able to jump in a pool and answer some questions with us.
3. This moment was at the last battle of the bands for Wacken Metal Battle Canada. It was our last song of the set, Fighting Fables. Right at the beginning one of Greggins kicks had a malfunction. It’s crazy because he had to play the rest of the set with just one kick. And if you listen to that song you should be impressed by that. hahaha. The funny thing is if you watch the live video of it you can just see the sheer “uh oh” moment in Greggins face. But he recovered like the beast that he is and finished off the set using just one kick.
4. Song 9000 actually was the writing name of the track. I (Josiah) just took too long figuring out a name for it and the boys were just like, “Let’s just keep the name Song 9000.” It is one of those things that just shows our goofy side I suppose. Lyrics are far from the name of the song, but hey, it’s a sweet title none the less.
L-R – Craig MacKenzie – Guitar, Josh Gould – Guitar/Vocals, Josiah Dyck – Vocals, Robert Fearey – Bass, Vocals, Greg Glenn – Drums
Photo Credit: Robert Fearey
Through a will to create pure rhythmic brilliant chaos, came a manifestation of power and heaviness from the west Canadian prairies. The Myopia Condition was created.
It started with a melding of minds between Josh Gould (guitars) and Greg Glenn (drums). Immediately they went to work toying with ideas that had been in Josh’s head for some time. They soon brought in Robert Fearey (big guitars) and the chemistry was immediately noticed. On vocals is the gritty powerhouse Josiah Dyck and finishing off the five-piece on guitars is shred-meister Craig Mackenzie. The vibe between the boys is vastly apparent. They have found a groove to exploit and continue to refine their sound.
Hailing from Sh-Red Deer, Alberta The Myopia Condition has a sound that combines crushing rhythmic grooves, devastating breakdowns, and ballsy in the pocket riffage. With influences ranging from Periphery and Meshuggah to Lamb of God and Oh Sleeper.
In 2018 The Myopia Condition made its way to the Canadian Wacken Metal battle finals which goes to show the hard work and passion these boys put into their music and their stage performance.
The boys have made appearances at festivals such as Armstrong Metalfest and Loud As Hell, and continue to hone their Djent-Core sound. Their debut eight-song album “Event Horizon” is being released on October 16, 2020.
Discography:
2020 – Event Horizon
Shared Stage with:
Blackwater Burial, Nekrogoblikon, Protosequence, The Slyde, Fjell Thyngor, The Kodiak, Plaguebringer, Fit For An Autopsy, Omniarch, Origin, This Gun for Hire, Archspire, Quietus, Dusty Tucker
Tour and Festivals:
2018 – Loud As Hell – Drumheller, AB
2019 – AMF – Armstrong, BC
2019 – Canadian Wacken Metal Battle Finalist
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Album Title: Event Horizon
Release Date: October 16, 2020
Label: Independent
Track Listing:
1. Event Horizon (1:01)
2. Separation From Classification
3. Brainwashed (3:08)
4. AfterLife (2:57)
5. Walk Me Home (2:45)
6. Song 9000 (3:28)
7. Empty Room (2:50)
8. Rotting Soul (3:05)
9. Fighting Fables (4:26)
Album Length: 23:43
Album Credits:
• All songs performed by: Josh Gould, Greg Glenn, Rob Fearey, Josiah Dyck, David Luchenski
• All songs written by: Josh Gould
• Produced by: Heath West, Diego Fernandez, Robert Fearey, Josh Gould
• Mixed by: Diego Fernandez
• Mastered by: Diego Fernandez
• Canadian Content (MAPL)
Album Band Line Up:
Josh Gould – Guitars/Vocals
David Luchenski – Lead Guitars
Rob Fearey – Bass Guitar/Vocals
Josiah Dyck – Lead Vocals
Greg Glenn – Drums
Live Band Line Up:
Josh Gould – Guitars/Vocals
Craig MacKenzie – Guitars
Rob Fearey – Bass Guitar/Vocals
Josiah Dyck – Lead Vocals
Greg Glenn – Drums
