Oct – Nov 2025 – Absolute Underground TV / Magazine
w/ Visitant – Exitus Stratagem Records, Ancient Thrones, Ivy Gardens, Harvested, Phaeton, Little King, #ashesofthesun, The Fixer, Unpunished, Devolver
https://absoluteunderground.tv/absolute-underground-magazine-issue-126/
Merci Metallian \m/\m/ Août – Septembre 2025
Exitus Stratagem Records – Visitant, Devolver, Ancient Thrones, Doll, Night’s Edge
https://www.metallian.online/accueilpro
NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – September 9, 2025
VISITANT Unleashes New Video “Rubidium” Ahead of “In the Wake of Flame Tour” (FL/GA/TN/SC/NC) w/ IATT
Debut Album “Rubidium” Out Aug 2025 via Exitus Stratagem Records
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Blackened death metal collective Visitant has dropped the official video for their album’s title track, “Rubidium”, a visceral visual companion to one of the most progressive and punishing songs on their debut record, unleashed on August 22nd via Exitus Stratagem Records. The release sets the stage for Visitant’s scorching “In the Wake of Flame Tour”, a five-state trek through Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina with genre-defying allies IATT, culminating in a climactic performance at the Tennessee Metal Devastation Fest.
“Rubidium” is a sonic and lyrical descent into mythic horror. The track conjures a deity that feeds on human souls to nourish the forest floor, with trees bearing hauntingly human faces and worshippers willingly surrendering to the soil. Guitarist Taylor Tidwell, inspired by serpentine imagery, crafted riffs that slither and strike, while the band’s signature orchestral layering and thunderous rhythm section elevate the track into a cinematic nightmare.
The “Rubidium” video captures this eerie mythology with stark visuals and ritualistic intensity, setting the tone for the tour’s immersive live experience. Watch the music video at https://youtu.be/GL-kNR6rPDA
Visitant’s debut album “Rubidium” has already made waves for its genre-defying sound. Featuring seven tracks of ritualistic brutality, the record blends orchestral grandeur with guttural rage. The lineup includes riff architect Taylor Tidwell (Unaligned), drums and orchestration by Anthony Lusk-Simone (Abiotic, Lattermath), bassist Kilian Duarte (Abiotic, Scale the Summit), growler Chelsea Marrow (Voraath, DOOM ETERNAL, Hellblade II), and Thomas Weidick, on guitar, who recently joined their live lineup this past June.
The album explores themes of grief, betrayal, and vengeance, with each track acting as a chapter in a dark spiritual journey. As Chelsea Marrow puts it, “After you listen to the album from beginning to end, you feel like you were just on the biggest journey. It evokes all sorts of feels. Like damn… I feel like I was audibly hit by a big ol’ bus. In a good way… if there was a good way!”
Recommended for fans of Gojira, Opeth, Naglfar, and Between the Buried and Me, “Rubidium” is a must-listen. And for those craving more, they can catch Visitant with IATT live this fall as they bring “Rubidium” to life on the “In the Wake of Flame Tour” (dates listed below).
Visitant‘s “Rubidium” is available via Exitus Stratagem Records at https://hypeddit.com/visitant/rubidium
Music Videos:
Briars – https://youtu.be/XMr5E2DGX2E
Fodder – https://youtu.be/UCfxSpoPf60
Starless – https://youtu.be/quktaBXaeVM
“On The Wake of Flame Tour” – IATT, VISITANT:
Oct 2 – New Orleans, LA – Holy Diver (Visitant only)
Oct 3 – Pensacola, FL – Sisi’s Store
Oct 4 – Jensen Beach, FL – Dark Riff Records
Oct 5 – Duluth, GA – Sweetwater
Oct 7 – Nashville, TN – Cobra
Oct 8 – Piedmont, SC – Tribbles
Oct 9 – Raleigh, NC – Chapel Of Bones
Oct 10 – Knoxville, TN – The Pilot Light
Oct 11 – Jackson, TN – TN Metal Devastation Fest (Visitant only)
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Track Listing:
1. Unworldly – 4:48
2. Briars – 5:20
3. Starless – 5:07
4. Rubidium – 5:24
5. Fodder – 4:37
6. Envies Lament – 4:56
7. Moon Bathe – 2:38
Album Length: 32:50
Album Band Line Up:
Chelsea Marrow Vocals
Kilian Duarte Bass
Taylor Tidwell Guitars
Anthony Lusk-Simone Drums / Orchestration
Live Band Line Up:
Chelsea Marrow – Vocals
Taylor Tidwell – Guitar & Backing Vocals
Kilian Duarte or Anthony Wheeler – Bass
Charles Webber or Anthony Lusk-Simone – Drums
Thomas Weidick – Guitar
For more info:
Exsrmusic.com | Facebook.com/ExSRecords | Instagram.com/exsrmusic | X.com/exsrmusic
Facebook.com/visitantband | Instagram.com/Visitantband | Tiktok.com/@_visitant_
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“Visitant is here to utterly wreck your morning thanks to their brand new single “Fodder”, the first offering from their upcoming album Rubidium due out on August 23 via Exitus Stratagem Records. Visitant is vocalist Chelsea Marrow (Voraath, The Monster Factory, Doom Eternal, Hellblade 2, etc.), guitarist Taylor Tidwell, drummer Anthony Lusk-Simone (Abiotic, Lattermath & ex-Pathogenic), and bassist Kilian Duarte (Abiotic, Lattermath, Felix Martin & Scale The Summit). So a real powerhouse of a band that brings some savage energy to the metal world.” – Metal Injection
“Called “a blackened invitation to a ghoulish night at the opera,” Rubidium proves why these vets of Abiotic, Scale the Summit, and more are turning heads in extreme metal. From spectral piano and spidery technical riffs on Starless to Opeth-esque solos on Unworldly and the ghoul choir on the title track, this album is a masterclass in dark symphonic extremity. Blending late-90s symphonic black metal flamboyance with modern melodic death precision, Visitant delivers “an apparition of necromantic delight”. Recommended for fans of Naglfar, Dark Fortress, and The Faceless, Rubidium proves these metal veterans are a force to watch in the underground.” – Metal Hammer UK
““Fodder“, presents different warps and wefts in its weave. Also presented through a video (this time we get to see the band perform), it was inspired by a very dark dream in which Chelsea attempted to bring a murdered friend back to life and lost her own life in the process, leaving the friend trapped in a hellish limbo, bound to a body over which their control had been lost to dark spirits. To be sure, this song is also musically extravagant. It features a lot of borderline deranged and technically demanding high-speed maneuvers (a tour de force that would make lots of tech-death bands jealous) but it’s also hallucinatory, and unhinged in many other respects. It further demonstrates that Chelsea Marrow can really sing, as well as howl like a wolf and scream like a goblin. It’s a highly theatrical experience, but also instrumentally kaleidoscopic and viscerally frightening, and the singing makes the song stand out as much as every other demented and dazzling aspect of it.” – No Clean Singing
“This was an outstanding album, and the band left no stone unturned, even the smaller ones. The aggressive bite of Black Metal was there, just as you would want, but intelligent, technical elements also mixed in, as well as thoughtful, Progressive ones. I would call this “thinking man’s Black Metal.”” – Metal Temple
“There’s no shortage of quality performances, and Rubidium has all the ingredients for a gripping album.” – Angry Metal Guy
“A stunning debut that announces the arrival of a band destined for great things. Rubidium burns bright and leaves a lasting impression.” – Moshville Times
“The powerful rhythmic presence in Vistant will keep this beast going. The drum work is phenomenal and the bass is tasty. A metalhead into extreme music should appreciate this debut album. It has its artistic moments with melodic riffs, solos and said beautiful singing….dont expect constant brutality. It’s so well done it makes the heavy parts even heavier, and the melodic sections prettier. It helps creates mood and emotion every second you listen to their music.” – Technical Music Review
“I try to be as objective and open on all of my reviews, but my dear reader, this may be my first 10/10 this year. Everything worked perfectly. There are ABSOLUTELY ZERO skips on this album and it needs to be heard in full to be completely appreciated. “Rubidium” is out on Exitus Stratagem Records on the 22nd of August. I know I am going to purchase a physical copy and I strongly encourage you to do the same. Sit in your living room, balcony, or in the middle of the desert and take this journey again and again.” – Female Fronted Power
“Rubidium by Visitant isn’t just a good Black Metal album, nor is it a just great Black Metal album. What it is, is an essential Black Metal album, and one that any fan of Black Metal should have pencilled in to purchase when it crawls into the light of day. You need this in your life.” – Black Metal Archive
“Rubidium is a tightly-wound, cerebral slab of modern dissonant death metal with a distinctly unearthly voice. Fans of Ulcerate, Artificial Brain, and Convulsing will find plenty to sink into here — just don’t expect comfort. Visitant aren’t here to soothe; they’re here to stare you down until you blink.” – Metal Purgatory Media
““2025 has definitely had its share of great albums, and I’m counting this among the those… It absolutely impressed, outshined by expectations, and I’m already anxiously awaiting the next release by Visitant!” – The Great Metal Debate
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – August 21, 2025
Album Download HERE (for media use only)
Streaming Now! VISITANT’s Visceral Debut Album ”Rubidium”
+ Michigan Metal Fest + “In the Wake of Flame Tour” (FL/GA/TN/SC/NC) w/ IATT
Debut Album “Rubidium” Out Aug 2025 via Exitus Stratagem Records
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The wait is over. Blackened death metal collective Visitant unleashes their highly anticipated debut album “Rubidium” via Exitus Stratagem Records, delivering seven tracks of ritualistic, unrelenting music that weaves ethereal elements into haunting soundscapes. The album represents what the band calls ‘shadow work’, a visceral exploration of the bleakest parts of being human.
“Rubidium” showcases the full collaborative power of Visitant‘s seasoned lineup across 32 minutes of immersive music. Taylor Tidwell (Unaligned) serves as the primary architect of the band’s crushing riffs, while Anthony Lusk-Simone’s (Abiotic, Lattermath) orchestral passages and thunderous drumming build the cinematic worlds that define each composition. Kilian Duarte’s (Abiotic, Scale the Summit) monstrous bass work drives the album’s forward momentum, even contributing a guitar solo on “Envies Lament”. Chelsea Marrow’s (Voraath, Video Games: DOOM ETERNAL, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II) commanding vocals tie everything together, transforming personal experiences into ghost stories that channel the essence of restless, vengeful spirits. Thomas Weidick, on guitar, recently joined their live lineup this past June.
The album explores themes of grief, loss, betrayal, vengeance, time lost, and regret through seven carefully constructed tracks that showcase Visitant‘s ability to transcend genre boundaries.
The band shares their thoughts on the record:
Tony: “Imagine Dimmu and UADA being smashed together like action figures during recess.”
Kilian: “This record, I think, threads the needle, blending a lot of different genres. But yes, imagine a bunch of metal bands as action figures in the best Super Smash bros type of way.”
Taylor: “While the genre-bending is ever-present, the release as a whole works cohesively, every part making up a piece of the puzzle.”
Chelsea: “I really do think it’s genre-bending as well. I didn’t actively approach it with that in mind, but I went for what I felt each part needed or made me feel. It was a freeing experience. I was hoping we could create something that was impactful. I think we did that. After you listen to the album from beginning to end, you feel like you were just on the biggest journey. It evokes all sorts of feels. Like damn.. I feel like I was audibly hit by a big ol’ bus. In a good way… if there was a good way!”
The album was produced and mixed by Anthony Lusk-Simone and mastered by Jason Fisher, with striking artwork created by Chelsea Marrow in collaboration with Maxwell Aston for layout and logo design. Every element of “Rubidium” has been crafted to create what the band describes as ‘epic, moving, bleak, beautiful, and uncompromising’ music.
For fans of Gojira, Opeth, Naglfar, and Between the Buried and Me, ‘Rubidium’ offers a visceral experience that promises to resonate for years to come. Visitant celebrates the album release with their live debut at Michigan Metal Fest, bringing their haunting world to audiences with an intense live experience that matches the cinematic scope of their recorded work.
Watch and listen to the album full stream premiere on Decibel Magazine HERE.
Visitant‘s “Rubidium” is available for album pre-order (out Aug 22nd) via Exitus Stratagem Records at https://hypeddit.com/visitant/rubidium
Music Videos:
Briars – https://youtu.be/XMr5E2DGX2E
Fodder – https://youtu.be/UCfxSpoPf60
Starless – https://youtu.be/quktaBXaeVM
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Other Dates:
Aug 23 – Michigan Metal Fest – Leila Arboretum – Battle Creek, MI w/ Dying Fetus, Within Ruins, Ov Sulfur, The Convalescence
“On The Wake of Flame Tour” – IATT, VISITANT:
Oct 3 – Pensacola, FL – Pacific Kava
Oct 4 – Jensen Beach, FL – Dark Riff Records
Oct 5 – Duluth, GA – Sweetwater
Oct 7 – Nashville, TN – Cobra
Oct 8 – Piedmont, SC – Tribbles
Oct 9 – Raleigh, NC – Chapel Of Bones
Oct 10 – Knoxville, TN – The Pilot Light
Oct 11 – Jackson, TN – TN Metal Devastation Fest (Visitant only)
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Track Listing:
1. Unworldly – 4:48
2. Briars – 5:20
3. Starless – 5:07
4. Rubidium – 5:24
5. Fodder – 4:37
6. Envies Lament – 4:56
7. Moon Bathe – 2:38
Album Length: 32:50
Album Band Line Up:
Chelsea Marrow Vocals
Kilian Duarte Bass
Taylor Tidwell Guitars
Anthony Lusk-Simone Drums / Orchestration
Live Band Line Up:
Chelsea Marrow – Vocals
Taylor Tidwell – Guitar & Backing Vocals
Kilian Duarte or Anthony Wheeler – Bass
Charles Webber or Anthony Lusk-Simone – Drums
Thomas Weidick – Guitar
For more info:
Exsrmusic.com | Facebook.com/ExSRecords | Instagram.com/exsrmusic | X.com/exsrmusic
Facebook.com/visitantband | Instagram.com/Visitantband | Tiktok.com/@_visitant_
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“Visitant is here to utterly wreck your morning thanks to their brand new single “Fodder”, the first offering from their upcoming album Rubidium due out on August 23 via Exitus Stratagem Records. Visitant is vocalist Chelsea Marrow (Voraath, The Monster Factory, Doom Eternal, Hellblade 2, etc.), guitarist Taylor Tidwell, drummer Anthony Lusk-Simone (Abiotic, Lattermath & ex-Pathogenic), and bassist Kilian Duarte (Abiotic, Lattermath, Felix Martin & Scale The Summit). So a real powerhouse of a band that brings some savage energy to the metal world.” – Metal Injection
“Visitant introduce the song (Starless) with subdued classical strings and rippling piano keys which together create a sorrowful but entrancing mood. The gentle nature of that overture makes the sudden crash that follows it even more startling — a sudden attack of slashing and sizzling fretwork, gargantuan bass-moans, neck-cracking beats, savage roars, and scorching screams. The song continues to bring in classically influenced piano melodies coupled with vividly dancing guitars, creating an almost diabolical kind of elegance, but the song also ignites a blackened firestorm of blasting drums, delirious fretwork, and sweeping symphonics. The notes vibrantly dart and blaze as the rhythm section thunder, and the music both elevates to heights of daunting, haughty grandeur and sweeps like wildfire. The torrid and tormented vocals seem to hold nothing back, howling and screaming out on the bleeding edge of intensity, and as if the song couldn’t get any more extravagant, the band make room for a head-spinning guitar solo at the end, in the midst of lots of other equally head-spinning fretwork and rhythm-section spectacles.” – No Clean Singing
““Fodder“, presents different warps and wefts in its weave. Also presented through a video (this time we get to see the band perform), it was inspired by a very dark dream in which Chelsea attempted to bring a murdered friend back to life and lost her own life in the process, leaving the friend trapped in a hellish limbo, bound to a body over which their control had been lost to dark spirits. To be sure, this song is also musically extravagant. It features a lot of borderline deranged and technically demanding high-speed maneuvers (a tour de force that would make lots of tech-death bands jealous) but it’s also hallucinatory, and unhinged in many other respects. It further demonstrates that Chelsea Marrow can really sing, as well as howl like a wolf and scream like a goblin. It’s a highly theatrical experience, but also instrumentally kaleidoscopic and viscerally frightening, and the singing makes the song stand out as much as every other demented and dazzling aspect of it.” – No Clean Singing
“Emerging from the shadowy fringes of the metal scene, blackened death metal outfit Visitant has unleashed their riveting debut single, “Fodder.” Released as a precursor to their eagerly anticipated first full-length album, “Rubidium,” the track invites listeners into a deeply atmospheric yet punishing sonic landscape.” – See Rock Live Magazine
“Uniting seasoned musicians from the Extreme Metal underground scene with members known for their previous works in Abiotic, Scale the Summit, Unaligned and Voraath, Blackened Death Metal quartet Visitant have spent the better part of three years crafting a debut album. The promise is of something dark, beautiful, visceral and compelling with single “Fodder” an almost ritualistic journey that weaves ethereal elements into an unrelentingly aggressive soundscape. Turning personal experiences into ghost stories for the half an hour of power that is “Rubidium” caught the attention of Exitus Stratagem Records who will distribute the affair on 29th August.” – Metal Noise
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – August 7, 2025
Exitus Stratagem Records – VISITANT Unveils Mesmerizing Music Video “Briars”
+ Michigan Metal Fest + “In the Wake of Flame Tour” (FL/GA/TN/SC/NC) w/ IATT
Debut Album “Rubidium” Out Aug 2025 via Exitus Stratagem Records
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With their debut album “Rubidium” just weeks away from being unleashed on Exitus Stratagem Records on August 22, 2025, blackened death metal collective Visitant presents their third and final pre-release single “Briars” accompanied by a beautiful music video that visualizes the band’s immersive dreamscapes. This composition serves as a powerful statement piece, showcasing the full scope of Visitant‘s ability to craft ritualistic soundscapes that are both aggressive and ethereal. As they put it, “such a beautiful representation of what is to come.”
The story of a man who, after realizing he’s died, pleads that it wasn’t his time yet, and as his pleas fall on non-existent ears, he comes to discover that everyone will be forgotten in the end. “Briars” exemplifies the band’s commitment to creating tasteful juxtapositions between the visceral and the beautiful. The track features the collaborative genius that has defined Visitant‘s approach: Taylor Tidwell’s intricate guitar work, Anthony Lusk-Simone’s orchestral arrangements and powerful drumming, Kilian Duarte’s prominent bass lines that intensify the forward-pushing experience, and Chelsea Marrow’s commanding vocal performance that channels personal experiences transformed into ghost stories.
The single arrives as Visitant prepares for their live debut at Michigan Metal Fest on August 23rd and “In the Wake of Flame Tour” with Philadelphia’s alchemical blackened death metal force IATT (dates listed below), where they will bring their haunting world to life with what they envision as an intense live experience featuring ‘muted dingy lighting and old house vibes’ that match the atmosphere of their music.
Visitant has created a debut album that promises to resonate with listeners for years to come. They are recommended listening for fans of Opeth, Naglfar, and Between the Buried and Me.
Watch and listen to “Briars” at https://youtu.be/XMr5E2DGX2E
Spotify – https://hypeddit.com/visitant/briars
Visitant‘s recording lineup features seasoned musicians from the extreme metal underground: Anthony Lusk-Simone (drums/orchestration) from Abiotic and Lattermath, Kilian Duarte (bass) from Abiotic and Scale the Summit, Taylor Tidwell from Unaligned, and Chelsea Marrow from Voraath, whose vocal work has also been featured in acclaimed video games including DOOM ETERNAL and Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II. Thomas Weidick, on guitar, recently joined their live lineup this past June.
Previous Singles:
Fodder – Music Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCfxSpoPf60
Spotify – https://hypeddit.com/visitant/fodder
Starless – Music Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quktaBXaeVM
Spotify – https://hypeddit.com/visitant/starless
Visitant‘s “Rubidium” is available for album pre-order (out Aug 22nd) via Exitus Stratagem Records at https://hypeddit.com/visitant/rubidium
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Other Dates:
Aug 23 – Michigan Metal Fest – Leila Arboretum – Battle Creek, MI w/ Dying Fetus, Within Ruins, Ov Sulfur, The Convalescence
“On The Wake of Flame Tour” – IATT, VISITANT:
Oct 3 – Pensacola, FL – Pacific Kava
Oct 4 – Jensen Beach, FL – Dark Riff Records
Oct 5 – Duluth, GA – Sweetwater
Oct 7 – Nashville, TN – Cobra
Oct 8 – Piedmont, SC – Tribbles
Oct 9 – Raleigh, NC – Chapel Of Bones
Oct 10 – Knoxville, TN – The Pilot Light
Oct 11 – Jackson, TN – TN Metal Devastation Fest (Visitant only)
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Track Listing:
1. Unworldly – 4:48
2. Briars – 5:20
3. Starless – 5:07
4. Rubidium – 5:24
5. Fodder – 4:37
6. Envies Lament – 4:56
7. Moon Bathe – 2:38
Album Length: 32:50
Album Band Line Up:
Chelsea Marrow Vocals
Kilian Duarte Bass
Taylor Tidwell Guitars
Anthony Lusk-Simone Drums / Orchestration
Live Band Line Up:
Chelsea Marrow – Vocals
Taylor Tidwell – Guitar & Backing Vocals
Kilian Duarte or Anthony Wheeler – Bass
Charles Webber or Anthony Lusk-Simone – Drums
Thomas Weidick – Guitar
For more info:
Exsrmusic.com | Facebook.com/visitantband | Instagram.com/Visitantband | Tiktok.com/@_visitant_
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“Visitant is here to utterly wreck your morning thanks to their brand new single “Fodder”, the first offering from their upcoming album Rubidium due out on August 23 via Exitus Stratagem Records. Visitant is vocalist Chelsea Marrow (Voraath, The Monster Factory, Doom Eternal, Hellblade 2, etc.), guitarist Taylor Tidwell, drummer Anthony Lusk-Simone (Abiotic, Lattermath & ex-Pathogenic), and bassist Kilian Duarte (Abiotic, Lattermath, Felix Martin & Scale The Summit). So a real powerhouse of a band that brings some savage energy to the metal world.” – Metal Injection
“Visitant introduce the song (Starless) with subdued classical strings and rippling piano keys which together create a sorrowful but entrancing mood. The gentle nature of that overture makes the sudden crash that follows it even more startling — a sudden attack of slashing and sizzling fretwork, gargantuan bass-moans, neck-cracking beats, savage roars, and scorching screams. The song continues to bring in classically influenced piano melodies coupled with vividly dancing guitars, creating an almost diabolical kind of elegance, but the song also ignites a blackened firestorm of blasting drums, delirious fretwork, and sweeping symphonics. The notes vibrantly dart and blaze as the rhythm section thunder, and the music both elevates to heights of daunting, haughty grandeur and sweeps like wildfire. The torrid and tormented vocals seem to hold nothing back, howling and screaming out on the bleeding edge of intensity, and as if the song couldn’t get any more extravagant, the band make room for a head-spinning guitar solo at the end, in the midst of lots of other equally head-spinning fretwork and rhythm-section spectacles.” – No Clean Singing
““Fodder“, presents different warps and wefts in its weave. Also presented through a video (this time we get to see the band perform), it was inspired by a very dark dream in which Chelsea attempted to bring a murdered friend back to life and lost her own life in the process, leaving the friend trapped in a hellish limbo, bound to a body over which their control had been lost to dark spirits. To be sure, this song is also musically extravagant. It features a lot of borderline deranged and technically demanding high-speed maneuvers (a tour de force that would make lots of tech-death bands jealous) but it’s also hallucinatory, and unhinged in many other respects. It further demonstrates that Chelsea Marrow can really sing, as well as howl like a wolf and scream like a goblin. It’s a highly theatrical experience, but also instrumentally kaleidoscopic and viscerally frightening, and the singing makes the song stand out as much as every other demented and dazzling aspect of it.” – No Clean Singing
“Emerging from the shadowy fringes of the metal scene, blackened death metal outfit Visitant has unleashed their riveting debut single, “Fodder.” Released as a precursor to their eagerly anticipated first full-length album, “Rubidium,” the track invites listeners into a deeply atmospheric yet punishing sonic landscape.” – See Rock Live Magazine
“Uniting seasoned musicians from the Extreme Metal underground scene with members known for their previous works in Abiotic, Scale the Summit, Unaligned and Voraath, Blackened Death Metal quartet Visitant have spent the better part of three years crafting a debut album. The promise is of something dark, beautiful, visceral and compelling with single “Fodder” an almost ritualistic journey that weaves ethereal elements into an unrelentingly aggressive soundscape. Turning personal experiences into ghost stories for the half an hour of power that is “Rubidium” caught the attention of Exitus Stratagem Records who will distribute the affair on 29th August.” – Metal Noise
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – July 25, 2025
VISITANT Announces “In the Wake of Flame Tour” (FL/GA/TN/SC/NC) w/ IATT
+ New Videos “Fodder” & “Starless”
Debut Album “Rubidium” Out Aug 2025 via Exitus Stratagem Records
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Blackened death metal collective Visitant announces they will be hitting the road this October for “In the Wake of Flame Tour” with Philadelphia’s alchemical blackened death metal force IATT (dates listed below).
Visitant will be touring in support of their forthcoming debut album “Rubidium,” out on August 22nd, via Exitus Stratagem Records.
The band’s recording lineup features seasoned musicians from the extreme metal underground: Anthony Lusk-Simone (drums/orchestration) from Abiotic and Lattermath, Kilian Duarte (bass) from Abiotic and Scale the Summit, Taylor Tidwell from Unaligned, and Chelsea Marrow from Voraath, whose vocal work has also been featured in acclaimed video games including DOOM ETERNAL and Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II. Thomas Weidick, on guitar, recently joined their live lineup this past June.
Visitant‘s debut album “Rubidium”, which they describe as ‘shadow work’, embodies the bleakest parts of being human, including grief, loss, betrayal, vengeance, time lost, and regret. The band has two current singles, “Fodder”, a ritualistic journey that showcases their ability to weave ethereal elements into an unrelentingly aggressive soundscape, and “Starless”, a technical odyssey that further explores the band’s signature blend of dynamic brutality and spiritual beauty.
Fodder – Music Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCfxSpoPf60
Spotify – https://hypeddit.com/visitant/fodder
Starless – Music Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quktaBXaeVM
Spotify – https://hypeddit.com/visitant/starless
Recommended for fans of Gojira, Opeth, and Naglfar, Visitant‘s “Rubidium” is available for album pre-order (out Aug 22nd) via Exitus Stratagem Records at https://hypeddit.com/visitant/rubidium
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Other Dates:
Aug 23 – Michigan Metal Fest – Leila Arboretum – Battle Creek, MI w/ Dying Fetus, Within Ruins, Ov Sulfur, The Convalescence
“On The Wake of Flame Tour” – IATT, VISITANT:
Oct 3 – Pensacola, FL – Pacific Kava
Oct 4 – Jensen Beach, FL – Dark Riff Records
Oct 5 – Atlanta, GA – Sweetwater
Oct 6 – Nashville, TN – Cobra
Oct 8 – Piedmont, SC – Tribbles
Oct 9 – Raleigh, NC – Chapel Of Bones
Oct 11 – Jackson, TN – TN Metal Devastation Fest (Visitant only)
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Track Listing:
1. Unworldly – 4:48
2. Briars – 5:20
3. Starless – 5:07
4. Rubidium – 5:24
5. Fodder – 4:37
6. Envies Lament – 4:56
7. Moon Bathe – 2:38
Album Length: 32:50
Album Band Line Up:
Chelsea Marrow Vocals
Kilian Duarte Bass
Taylor Tidwell Guitars
Anthony Lusk-Simone Drums / Orchestration
Live Band Line Up:
Chelsea Marrow Vocals
Taylor Tidwell Guitar & Backing Vocals
Kilian Duarte or Anthony Wheeler – Bass
Sean Carpenter or Charles Webber Drums
Thomas Weidick Guitar
For more info:
Exsrmusic.com | Facebook.com/ExSRecords | Instagram.com/exsrmusic | X.com/exsrmusic
Facebook.com/visitantband | Instagram.com/Visitantband | Tiktok.com/@_visitant_
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“Visitant is here to utterly wreck your morning thanks to their brand new single “Fodder”, the first offering from their upcoming album Rubidium due out on August 23 via Exitus Stratagem Records. Visitant is vocalist Chelsea Marrow (Voraath, The Monster Factory, Doom Eternal, Hellblade 2, etc.), guitarist Taylor Tidwell, drummer Anthony Lusk-Simone (Abiotic, Lattermath & ex-Pathogenic), and bassist Kilian Duarte (Abiotic, Lattermath, Felix Martin & Scale The Summit). So a real powerhouse of a band that brings some savage energy to the metal world.” – Metal Injection
“Visitant introduce the song (Starless) with subdued classical strings and rippling piano keys which together create a sorrowful but entrancing mood. The gentle nature of that overture makes the sudden crash that follows it even more startling — a sudden attack of slashing and sizzling fretwork, gargantuan bass-moans, neck-cracking beats, savage roars, and scorching screams. The song continues to bring in classically influenced piano melodies coupled with vividly dancing guitars, creating an almost diabolical kind of elegance, but the song also ignites a blackened firestorm of blasting drums, delirious fretwork, and sweeping symphonics. The notes vibrantly dart and blaze as the rhythm section thunder, and the music both elevates to heights of daunting, haughty grandeur and sweeps like wildfire. The torrid and tormented vocals seem to hold nothing back, howling and screaming out on the bleeding edge of intensity, and as if the song couldn’t get any more extravagant, the band make room for a head-spinning guitar solo at the end, in the midst of lots of other equally head-spinning fretwork and rhythm-section spectacles.” – No Clean Singing
““Fodder“, presents different warps and wefts in its weave. Also presented through a video (this time we get to see the band perform), it was inspired by a very dark dream in which Chelsea attempted to bring a murdered friend back to life and lost her own life in the process, leaving the friend trapped in a hellish limbo, bound to a body over which their control had been lost to dark spirits. To be sure, this song is also musically extravagant. It features a lot of borderline deranged and technically demanding high-speed maneuvers (a tour de force that would make lots of tech-death bands jealous) but it’s also hallucinatory, and unhinged in many other respects. It further demonstrates that Chelsea Marrow can really sing, as well as howl like a wolf and scream like a goblin. It’s a highly theatrical experience, but also instrumentally kaleidoscopic and viscerally frightening, and the singing makes the song stand out as much as every other demented and dazzling aspect of it.” – No Clean Singing
“Emerging from the shadowy fringes of the metal scene, blackened death metal outfit Visitant has unleashed their riveting debut single, “Fodder.” Released as a precursor to their eagerly anticipated first full-length album, “Rubidium,” the track invites listeners into a deeply atmospheric yet punishing sonic landscape.” – See Rock Live Magazine
“Uniting seasoned musicians from the Extreme Metal underground scene with members known for their previous works in Abiotic, Scale the Summit, Unaligned and Voraath, Blackened Death Metal quartet Visitant have spent the better part of three years crafting a debut album. The promise is of something dark, beautiful, visceral and compelling with single “Fodder” an almost ritualistic journey that weaves ethereal elements into an unrelentingly aggressive soundscape. Turning personal experiences into ghost stories for the half an hour of power that is “Rubidium” caught the attention of Exitus Stratagem Records who will distribute the affair on 29th August.” – Metal Noise
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – July 11, 2025
VISITANT Continues Their Haunting Journey New Video “Starless”
Debut Album “Rubidium” Out Aug 2025 via Exitus Stratagem Records
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Blackened death metal collective Visitant returns with their second single “Starless”, from their upcoming debut album “Rubidium” out on August 22nd, via Exitus Stratagem Records. A technical odyssey that further explores the band’s signature blend of aggressive brutality and ethereal beauty, “Starless” follows the successful release of the debut single “Fodder”. Deepening the immersive experience that has already captivated fans of extreme metal. The band comments on “Starless”:
“Probably the heaviest and darkest track on the album. We chose this as a single for that reason. The intro feels beautiful yet morose, and then it’s just gritty and powerful the whole way through. Definitely a favorite among my bandmates. There is so much restless spirit in this song.”
Lyrically, the single is about self-preservation and protection, in a way. It embraces dark femininity and evokes the embodiment of wrath and vengeance. It speaks of grief in the angry stage. This one has a very bleak and somber atmosphere as Visitant channels pain through it.
The track showcases the collaborative strength of Visitant‘s seasoned lineup, with Taylor Tidwell’s (Unaligned) haunting guitar work serving as the foundation for Anthony Lusk-Simone’s (Abiotic, Lattermath) orchestral passages and thunderous drumming, while Kilian Duarte’s (Abiotic, Scale the Summit) monstrous bass lines drive the composition forward with unrelenting intensity. Chelsea Marrow’s (Voraath) commanding vocals tie the elements together, channeling the essence of vengeful spirits through her powerful delivery.
The single continues to build anticipation for Visitant‘s debut album “Rubidium”, which the band describes as ‘shadow work’, embodying the bleakest parts of being human, including grief, loss, betrayal, vengeance, time lost, and regret. Recommended for fans of Gojira, Opeth, and Naglfar, Visitant is preparing to bring their haunting live experience to audiences, with upcoming performances including Michigan Metal Fest in August.
Watch and listen to the video premiere for “Starless” via its premiere on NoCleanSinging HERE.
Digital Single (Spotify) – https://hypeddit.com/visitant/starless
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Album pre-order (out Aug 22nd) – https://hypeddit.com/visitant/rubidium
Previous Single: “Fodder”
Music Video – https://youtu.be/UCfxSpoPf60
Digital Single (Spotify) – https://hypeddit.com/visitant/fodder
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Track Listing:
1. Unworldly – 4:48
2. Briars – 5:20
3. Starless – 5:07
4. Rubidium – 5:24
5. Fodder – 4:37
6. Envies Lament – 4:56
7. Moon Bathe – 2:38
Album Length: 32:50
Album Band Line Up:
Chelsea Marrow Vocals
Kilian Duarte Bass
Taylor Tidwell Guitars
Anthony Lusk-Simone Drums / Orchestration
Live Band Line Up:
Chelsea Marrow Vocals
Taylor Tidwell Guitar & Backing Vocals
Kilian Duarte or Anthony Wheeler – Bass
Sean Carpenter or Charles Webber Drums
Thomas Weidick Guitar
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“Visitant is here to utterly wreck your morning thanks to their brand new single “Fodder”, the first offering from their upcoming album Rubidium due out on August 23 via Exitus Stratagem Records. Visitant is vocalist Chelsea Marrow (Voraath, The Monster Factory, Doom Eternal, Hellblade 2, etc.), guitarist Taylor Tidwell, drummer Anthony Lusk-Simone (Abiotic, Lattermath & ex-Pathogenic), and bassist Kilian Duarte (Abiotic, Lattermath, Felix Martin & Scale The Summit). So a real powerhouse of a band that brings some savage energy to the metal world.” – Metal Injection
“Emerging from the shadowy fringes of the metal scene, blackened death metal outfit Visitant has unleashed their riveting debut single, “Fodder.” Released as a precursor to their eagerly anticipated first full-length album, “Rubidium,” the track invites listeners into a deeply atmospheric yet punishing sonic landscape.” – See Rock Live Magazine
“Uniting seasoned musicians from the Extreme Metal underground scene with members known for their previous works in Abiotic, Scale the Summit, Unaligned and Voraath, Blackened Death Metal quartet Visitant have spent the better part of three years crafting a debut album. The promise is of something dark, beautiful, visceral and compelling with single “Fodder” an almost ritualistic journey that weaves ethereal elements into an unrelentingly aggressive soundscape. Turning personal experiences into ghost stories for the half an hour of power that is “Rubidium” caught the attention of Exitus Stratagem Records who will distribute the affair on 29th August.” – Metal Noise
“Visitant weaves ethereal elements into a soundscape that is as haunting as it is aggressive. Lyrically and musically, the band crafts immersive dreamscapes – ritualistic and unrelenting” – DNA Entertainment
“Visitant by all accounts has an amazing lineup composing music for the project ” – Metal Purgatory
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EPK – Visitant – Rubidium (2025) (Exitus Stratagem Records)
Publicist – Jon Asher – exsr[@]ashermediarelations[.]com
Band: Visitant
Album Title: Rubidium
Label: Exitus Stratagem Records
Release Date: August 22, 2025
“We are hoping it is received positively. There are so many dynamic moments that grab you. We hope it resonates with people for years to come. We ultimately want this to take you on a journey. A story through sounds. If we can take people away from their woes through our music, we will consider it a success.” – Visitant
Tony: Imagine Dimmu and UADA being smashed together like action figures during recess.
Kilian: “This record, I think, threads the needle, blending a lot of different genres. But yes, imagine a bunch of metal bands as action figures in the best super smash bros type of way.”
Taylor: While the genre bending is ever present, the release as a whole works cohesively, every part making up a piece to the puzzle.
Chelsea: I really do think it’s genre-bending as well. I really didn’t actively approach it with that in mind, but I went for what I felt each part needed or made me feel. It was a freeing experience. I was hoping we could create something that was impactful. I think we did that. After you listen to the album from beginning to end, you feel like you were just on the biggest journey. It evokes all sorts of feels. Like damn.. I feel like I was audibly hit by a big ol bus. In a good way… if there was a good way!
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Spotify | Apple Music | Album pre-order – https://hypeddit.com/visitant/rubidium
Digital Single (Spotify) – https://hypeddit.com/visitant/fodder
“Visitant is here to utterly wreck your morning thanks to their brand new single “Fodder”, the first offering from their upcoming album Rubidium due out on August 23 via Exitus Stratagem Records. Visitant is vocalist Chelsea Marrow (Voraath, The Monster Factory, Doom Eternal, Hellblade 2, etc.), guitarist Taylor Tidwell, drummer Anthony Lusk-Simone (Abiotic, Lattermath & ex-Pathogenic), and bassist Kilian Duarte (Abiotic, Lattermath, Felix Martin & Scale The Summit). So a real powerhouse of a band that brings some savage energy to the metal world.” – Metal Injection
“Visitant introduce the song (Starless) with subdued classical strings and rippling piano keys which together create a sorrowful but entrancing mood. The gentle nature of that overture makes the sudden crash that follows it even more startling — a sudden attack of slashing and sizzling fretwork, gargantuan bass-moans, neck-cracking beats, savage roars, and scorching screams. The song continues to bring in classically influenced piano melodies coupled with vividly dancing guitars, creating an almost diabolical kind of elegance, but the song also ignites a blackened firestorm of blasting drums, delirious fretwork, and sweeping symphonics. The notes vibrantly dart and blaze as the rhythm section thunder, and the music both elevates to heights of daunting, haughty grandeur and sweeps like wildfire. The torrid and tormented vocals seem to hold nothing back, howling and screaming out on the bleeding edge of intensity, and as if the song couldn’t get any more extravagant, the band make room for a head-spinning guitar solo at the end, in the midst of lots of other equally head-spinning fretwork and rhythm-section spectacles.” – No Clean Singing
““Fodder“, presents different warps and wefts in its weave. Also presented through a video (this time we get to see the band perform), it was inspired by a very dark dream in which Chelsea attempted to bring a murdered friend back to life and lost her own life in the process, leaving the friend trapped in a hellish limbo, bound to a body over which their control had been lost to dark spirits. To be sure, this song is also musically extravagant. It features a lot of borderline deranged and technically demanding high-speed maneuvers (a tour de force that would make lots of tech-death bands jealous) but it’s also hallucinatory, and unhinged in many other respects. It further demonstrates that Chelsea Marrow can really sing, as well as howl like a wolf and scream like a goblin. It’s a highly theatrical experience, but also instrumentally kaleidoscopic and viscerally frightening, and the singing makes the song stand out as much as every other demented and dazzling aspect of it.” – No Clean Singing
“Emerging from the shadowy fringes of the metal scene, blackened death metal outfit Visitant has unleashed their riveting debut single, “Fodder.” Released as a precursor to their eagerly anticipated first full-length album, “Rubidium,” the track invites listeners into a deeply atmospheric yet punishing sonic landscape.” – See Rock Live Magazine
“Uniting seasoned musicians from the Extreme Metal underground scene with members known for their previous works in Abiotic, Scale the Summit, Unaligned and Voraath, Blackened Death Metal quartet Visitant have spent the better part of three years crafting a debut album. The promise is of something dark, beautiful, visceral and compelling with single “Fodder” an almost ritualistic journey that weaves ethereal elements into an unrelentingly aggressive soundscape. Turning personal experiences into ghost stories for the half an hour of power that is “Rubidium” caught the attention of Exitus Stratagem Records who will distribute the affair on 29th August.” – Metal Noise
“Visitant weaves ethereal elements into a soundscape that is as haunting as it is aggressive. Lyrically and musically, the band crafts immersive dreamscapes – ritualistic and unrelenting” DNA Entertainment
“Visitant by all accounts has an amazing lineup composing music for the project ” – Metal Purgatory
Band: Visitant
Album Title: Rubidium
Label: Exitus Stratagem Records
Release Date: August 22, 2025
Track Listing:
1. Unworldly – 4:48
2. Briars – 5:20
3. Starless – 5:07
4. Rubidium – 5:24
5. Fodder – 4:37
6. Envies Lament – 4:56
7. Moon Bathe – 2:38
Album Length: 32:50
Album Recording and Credits:
Taylor Tidwell, Anthony Lusk-Simone
All songs written by: Visitant
All songs performed by: Visitant
Producer: Anthony Lusk-Simone
Mixed By: Anthony Lusk-Simone
Mastered By: Jason Fisher
Album Art: Image by Chelsea Marrow with Maxwell Aston for layout and logo
Album Band Line Up:
Chelsea Marrow – Vocals
Kilian Duarte – Bass
Taylor Tidwell – Guitars
Anthony Lusk-Simone – Drums / Orchestration
Live Band Line Up:
Chelsea Marrow – Vocals
Taylor Tidwell – Guitar & Backing Vocals
Kilian Duarte or Anthony Wheeler – Bass
Sean Carpenter or Charles Webber – Drums
Thomas Weidick – Guitar
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About The Album Artwork:
The model was my friend, Aria. To me it resembles facing immortality. Something that haunts you throughout your time on this earth. As vivid as the red.
About the album as a whole (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY):
Rubidium was sort of like shadow work for us. I feel like all of our albums will be like that. Embodying the bleakest parts of being human. Grief, loss, betrayal, vengeance, time lost, regret.
Track by Track (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY):
1) Unworldly – Lyrically, this song expresses the overall theme of the album. We are haunted by the loss of time and the inescapable fact that everything is temporary. The visual I had while writing this song was that of a time-traveling man. Escaping the shell of what his old self used to be. He was trying to get to his younger self. His Time Machine had broken down. He was trapped in a limbo where he could see his old body in post-stroke form. And he could also see the young version. Almost like looking through aquarium glass. Stuck in a purgatory, watching a dream state for eternity. ** Musically it sounds like.. If Danny Elfman had a tea party with the Jackal from 13th Ghost. It was the first song we wrote for the album. We wanted to bring the bleakness with this track. Chelsea and Taylor had just split with their prior project and wanted this to come more into focus. We took what we thought were the best attributes of our first single and amped up as much as we could, adding a more progressive sound and speeding things up. Then Tony made the beautiful orchestrations that are throughout the track, and Killian laid down the base, which added all the beef
2) Briars – This one is a story of a man who doesn’t realize he’s died immediately. As he figures it out, he pleads that it wasn’t his time yet.. and as his pleads are not heard..he realizes that there is no god in the afterlife..no matter how big of a name you were.. or how much work you put into something, you’ll be forgotten in the end. I envisioned him being confined to a house.. his own home.. And the people.. even strangers coming and going in a time lapse as the house disintegrates around him. He just wants to be home. He’ll never have that again. Musically, this song was born very organically. The beginning of the composition came from a writing session between Taylor and Chelsea, from which the main riffs came. We wanted to make a very crushing and somber song with a bit of technicality, but overall, with an emphasis on the atmosphere. We wanted the song to have a lot of twists and turns and be as exciting as possible. We really wanted this one to grab you.
3) Starless: Starless lyrically is about self-preservation and protection, in a way. It embraces dark femininity. It’s about burying the darkest parts of you, letting them fester and unleashing it unto all who have hurt you while building walls shutting out the world. It evokes the embodiment of wrath and vengeance. It speaks from grief in the angry stage. It’s probably the darkest song on this album, I feel. Spiritually and musically. Starless was another song that was musically born in a very organic way. It was made during a writing session, and we pretty much wrote the bulk of the song at one time. This one we wanted it to be in your face and heavy, and compelling. The song was born naturally, and we think you can hear that in the song. This one, too, has a very bleak and somber atmosphere to it. We wanted to convey the pain.
4) Rubidium: Rubidium lyrically is about this deity or titan that lures humans to feed into the earth’s soil to keep forests alive. It must survive on human souls and tissue. In my mind, even the trees have human-like faces in their trunks. Almost organic enough to not notice, but so frequent in each tree that it’s hard not to. The people’s minds are washed of any humanistic qualities. All bow and lower to their knees to be absorbed by the sour soil. Musically speaking, the start of this song came from Taylor, who often times imagines animals or colors when writing music, decided he wanted to write a song that reminded him of a serpent. We wanted this song to slither into your ear and stay with you. This is one of the heavier tracks on the album and one of the more progressive songs.
5) Fodder: This song, lyrically, was written from a really dark dream. In the dream, I was wandering through the dark, I found a stone cottage with an altar in the center. It had a fireplace or hearth that was also stone and falling apart. Centuries old. I noticed a smell. Rot and decay. I look towards the hearth and I notice dripping. It was blood. I gather courage and peer into it. My friend, in the dream, had been murdered and his body had been shoved into the fireplace. A book appeared on the altar. Even though my ancestors warned me a thousand times over not to attempt to bring the dead back to life, I attempted anyway. Needless to say, the outcome was atrocious, and I lost my own life in the process. And my friend was stuck in this hellish limbo, existing in this body that no longer served him. The spirits from the darkest realms have taken over physicalities, as my friend was trapped to watch from the inside of the vessel with no control of his physical form.
In real time, this friend of mine killed himself years ago. I often wonder if it was just my mind processing it in a different way. How could he take his own life. It must have been someone else…
Musically, this song is so powerful. I feel like this captures our abilities so well, which is why we chose this as our first single. It’s just hard-hitting from the get-go, but still so melodic and feral. Musically, Fodder is a song that comes out swinging from the gate, heavy, punchy, dissonant, and groove-driven driven all the while retaining melody and a hook.
6) Envies Lament: Lyrically, this song touches base on sleep paralysis dreams, loss, and wanting life to end. When I first moved back to Pensacola, I was staying in my grandparents’ house. My grandfather passed away in this house. I began having those sorts of dreams a lot. I couldn’t see the figure, but in the dream, of course, I couldn’t move, but I felt the presence of a hand in mine. Another night of these dreams, the hand was that of a child’s. It just got weirder and weirder. I absolutely believe there was something attempting to get my attention there. The song delves into more personal experiences I’d like to keep to myself. I just didn’t want to be on this planet. It was a form of goodbye. I don’t feel that way so much these days.. I really hold on to life so intently. I know it is short. And I am so grateful to be here and with my bandmates. Musically, this track musically feels like you’re overcoming sorrow. It starts out big and sorrowful, and quickly picks up the pace with more thrash, driven parts, and hence back-and-forth at the sadness throughout, but ultimately it feels triumphant.
7) Moonbathe: This one doesn’t have lyrics. Just ambient, powerful vocals, and crushing yet epic guitar/bass parts and orchestrations. It takes you on a journey that is quite different than the rest of the album. It feels like it’s a resolution. The feeling that’s there after experiencing stages of grief. The journey continues even still. *Rides off into the sunset.” Our drummer/engineer, Anthony Lusk-Simone, said it sounds like.. “If Opeth got lost in the desert,” musically, this song was intended to be an intro or an interlude, but we liked it so much we turned it into a full song. We wanted the end to have this big, beautiful, sprawling soundscape to it.
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Fun Facts – Story Angles:
1) Half of us live in Massachusetts, and the other half live in Pensacola. It’s been a revisited question of how we are able to make it work. I fly to MA as often as I can to record and hang out with Tony and Kilian. In the future, Taylor and I both plan to fly to MA to write. As far as live performances, we have stand-ins if any of us is unable to make it.
2) Overall concept of the band, we “create a haunting dreamscape, wrought for the embodiment of restless and vengeful spirits”
“Deep is the heart.. Forged in the mire”
3) We recorded layers of vocals throughout the album on a Disney Princess mic. It created really cool lo-fi tones. Gritty as hell with harsh vocals
4) Our drummer, Tony, engineers and creates orchestrations for our music. He and I have also tag-teamed the videography so far. We brainstorm video concepts and visuals together.
5) Kilian our bass player when he first heard the music and concepts “ oh thank god . we have fucking choruses” or something to that extent. Emphasising the lack of hooks, melodies, and return to ideas in a lot of metal music. We like the idea of creating something that not just musicians can appreciate.. Something that is relatable to all. Something that can bring you to a different world, mentally, while retaining interest throughout. It’s a story. Told from beyond. At least we envision it that way.
Visitant is a Blackened Death Metal band that weaves ethereal elements into a soundscape that is as haunting as it is aggressive. Lyrically and musically, the band crafts immersive dreamscapes—ritualistic and unrelenting—that channel the essence of restless, vengeful spirits.
For fans of Gojira, Opeth, Naglfar, and Between the Buried and Me, Visitant offers a visceral experience that transcends genre boundaries.
The band features a lineup of seasoned musicians:
Anthony Lusk-Simone (drums) – Abiotic, Lattermath, formerly Pathogenic
Kilian Duarte (bass) – Abiotic, Lattermath, Felix Martin, Scale the Summit
Taylor Tidwell (guitar) – Unaligned, Withered Throne
Chelsea Marrow (vocals) – Voraath, The Monster Factory
Formed in February 2022 by founding members Taylor Tidwell and Chelsea Marrow, the band builds on a strong collaborative history. Chelsea’s vocal work can also be heard in acclaimed video games such as DOOM ETERNAL and Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II.
Visitant is signed to Exitus Stratagem Records and will release their debut album, Rubidium, on August 22, 2025.
Album Band Line Up:
Chelsea Marrow – Vocals
Kilian Duarte – Bass
Taylor Tidwell – Guitars
Anthony Lusk-Simone – Drums / Orchestration
Live Band Line Up:
Chelsea Marrow – Vocals
Taylor Tidwell – Guitar & Backing Vocals
Kilian Duarte or Anthony Wheeler – Bass
Sean Carpenter or Charles Webber – Drums
Thomas Weidick – Guitar
Discography:
2025 (August) – Rubidum – Album
2022 – Dematerialization – Single
Artists Endorsements: CAD AUDIO, KIESEL, DARKGLASS ELECTRONICS, VOLTA INNOVATION, GHS, ARACHNID CABINETS
NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – June 25, 2025
Blackened Death Metal Collective VISITANT Unleashes Haunting Single “Fodder” From Debut Album “Rubidium” Out Aug 2025
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Blackened death metal newcomers Visitant emerge from the shadows with their single “Fodder”, a 4:37 ritualistic journey that showcases the band’s ability to weave ethereal elements into an unrelentingly aggressive soundscape. The track arrives with an accompanying music video, marking the first glimpse into the band’s immersive dreamscapes. The band comments on the track:
“This song, lyrically, was written from a really dark dream. Musically, this song is so powerful. We feel like this captures our abilities so well, which is why we chose this as our first single. It’s just hard-hitting from the get-go, but still so melodic and feral. Fodder is a song that comes out swinging from the gate heavy, punchy, dissonant, and groove-driven, all the while retaining melody and a hook.”
Formed in February 2022 by founding members Taylor Tidwell (guitar) and Chelsea Marrow (vocals), Visitant crafts music that channels the essence of restless, vengeful spirits. The band’s lineup features seasoned musicians from the extreme metal underground: Anthony Lusk-Simone (drums/orchestration) from Abiotic and Lattermath, Kilian Duarte (bass) from Abiotic and Scale the Summit, Taylor Tidwell from Unaligned, and Chelsea Marrow from Voraath, whose vocal work has also been featured in acclaimed video games including DOOM ETERNAL and Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II.
Formed out of necessity, Chelsea and Taylor were itching to create something new, visceral, and compelling. They wanted it to be dark, but beautiful, and “Fodder” embodies that vision perfectly. The single serves as the first taste from Visitant‘s highly anticipated debut album “Rubidium”, set for release on August 22, 2025, via Exitus Stratagem Records. The track exemplifies the band’s approach to turning personal experiences into ghost stories, creating what they describe as ‘epic, moving, bleak, beautiful, and uncompromising’ music.
For fans of Gojira, Opeth, and Naglfar, Visitant offers a visceral experience that transcends genre boundaries, building immersive worlds through their unique blend of brutality and beauty.
Watch and listen to the music video for “Fodder” at https://youtu.be/UCfxSpoPf60
Digital Single (Spotify) – https://hypeddit.com/visitant/fodder
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Album pre-order (out Aug 22nd) – https://hypeddit.com/visitant/rubidium
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Track Listing:
1. Unworldly – 4:48
2. Briars – 5:20
3. Starless – 5:07
4. Rubidium – 5:24
5. Fodder – 4:37
6. Envies Lament – 4:56
7. Moon Bathe – 2:38
Album Length: 32:50
Album Band Line Up:
Chelsea Marrow Vocals
Kilian Duarte Bass
Taylor Tidwell Guitars
Anthony Lusk-Simone Drums / Orchestration
Live Band Line Up:
Chelsea Marrow Vocals
Taylor Tidwell Guitar & Backing Vocals
Kilian Duarte or Anthony Wheeler – Bass
Sean Carpenter or Charles Webber Drums
Thomas Weidick Guitar
For more info:
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Facebook.com/visitantband | Instagram.com/Visitantband | Tiktok.com/@_visitant_
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“Visitant weaves ethereal elements into a soundscape that is as haunting as it is aggressive. Lyrically and musically, the band crafts immersive dreamscapes – ritualistic and unrelenting” – DNA Entertainment
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EPK – Visitant – Dematerialization (single) (2022)
Publicist – Jon Asher – jon[@]ashermediarelations[.]com
For fans of Naglfar, Gojira, Goatwhore, Enslaved, Opeth
“Dematerialization – Earthy black metal with a bit of groove. Lyrically ..one of my friends described it as “I feel like it’s an appropriate description of going through the pain and acceptance of death and the dichotomy of the onlookers’ feelings..one and the same but of different perspective” “Themes of “hauntology, and how we curse ourselves with burdens of our own creation until we suffocate under them”” – Visitant
Band: Visitant
Song Title: Dematerialization
Release Date: December 30, 2022
Label: Self-Release
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Digital (Spotify, Apple Music) – https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/visitant1/dematerialization
Band: Visitant
Song Title: Dematerialization
Release Date: December 30, 2022
Label: Self-Release
Track Listing – Dematerialization – 6:11
Single Credits:
• All songs performed by: Visitant
• All songs written by: Visitant
• Produced by: Visitant
• Mixed by: Mike Low
• Mastered by: Mike Low
• Album Artwork by: Chelsea Strickland
Logo by: Maxwell Aston
Single Recording and Live Band Lineup:
Taylor Tidwell – Guitar
Matthew Brown – Guitar
Anthony Lusk-Simone – Drums
Terran Fernandez – Bass
Chelsea Strickland – Vocals
Top L-R Matthew Brown (Guitar) | Taylor Tidwell (Guitar) | Chelsea Strickland (Vocals) | Anthony Lusk-Simone (Drums) | Terran Fernandez (Bass)
Seasoned vets in their respected local scenes across various American states, blackened death metallers Visitant converged in Nashville, TN earlier this year and are now prepared to make their debut to the metal world with the single “Dematerialization” accompanied by a music video.
Visitant was formed by Matthew Brown (Demon King, ex-Enfold Darkness), Taylor Tidwell, and Chelsea Strickland (voice actor at Monster Factory), with the later addition of Terran Fernandez (ex-Mindscar) and Anthony Lusk-Simone (Abiotic).
Vocalist Chelsea Strickland explains their introduction to the extreme metal community and music video:
“Right before the idea of Visitant, I was binging all of The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor and became infatuated. I really grew an attachment to them because the emotions were relatable. My grandfather became terminally ill around the same time. My mother also became dangerously ill around the same time. I associated the series with them… The feelings I had while watching that. Were comparable to real-life events. Anyway, I was in love with how beautifully those series were written and shot. The cinematography was so superb. I was hooked… and when I moved to Nashville from Pensacola, I started Visitant with Matt. The name is another word for an apparition. I wanted to embody the intense yet heart-wrenching vibes it carried. So I felt the name was fitting. I’ve always loved ghost stories since I was a kid. Discussing the ideas and concepts of Visitant with Matt and Taylor came easily. We wanted to create a project where we could feel free to write what we wanted without it being too complicated or forced. To make it as dark and spine-tingling as we wanted it to be.”
Vicious, feral, and meshing Victorian mourning vibes with black metal, this is the path Visitant will be exploring in their sound as they plan to deliver a forthcoming EP in 2023. Even though they write from a distance, with today’s easy access to communications, they have been able to create and write from state to state.
“I think our single Dematerialization and more to follow will be well received. I honestly feel our sound is unique. We have really rad guitar lines and melodies. We just want the audience to experience the music with all senses eventually. Audibly, we just hope it makes you feel something.”
“Dematerialization” was the culmination of several months of collaboration between all members of a newly formed band. During this time they were writing other songs for the project in an attempt to create an original sound, but it wasn’t until this track’s completion that they had a firm idea as to what they would become.
Visitant is recommended for fans of Naglfar, Gojira, Goatwhore, Enslaved, and Opeth.
Single Recording and Live Band Lineup:
Taylor Tidwell – Guitar
Matthew Brown – Guitar
Anthony Lusk-Simone – Drums
Terran Fernandez – Bass
Chelsea Strickland – Vocals
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