Since their inception, REZN have mined the stark monochromatic depths
of underground metal and fused them with the kaleidoscopic delights of
psychedelia, prog rock, and shoegaze. With their latest album Burden,
they plumb the deepest, bleakest trenches of their sound while
retaining a lifeline into the cosmos. Staking a claim at the
crossroads of the hazy dimensions of modern psych acts like Black
Angels, the cavernous gloom and reverb-drenched guitar of bands like
Spectral Voice, and the lurching low-end meditations of artists like
OM, REZN have created Burden—an album of immense amp-worshipping
weight and intoxicating instrumentation. Burden was recorded
simultaneously with their previous album Solace back in July 2021 at
Earth Analog Studios in Tolono, IL by Matt Russell. Rather than
release a double album, REZN divided the material into two separate
records, each with its own distinct emotional timbre. Whereas Solace
was meant to uplift and create a sense of narcotic dreaminess, Burden
skews towards the themes of delirium, claustrophobia, and misery.
Musically, Burden favors riffs over atmosphere, percussion over ether,
dissonance over beauty, but there is still an undeniable cohesion
between it and its predecessor. Presented by Not Dead Yet. This is an
19+ event
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