{"id":28021,"date":"2024-01-25T09:51:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T09:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/?p=28021"},"modified":"2024-01-25T09:51:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T09:51:49","slug":"vipassi-streams-lightless-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/vipassi-streams-lightless-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Vipassi streams their album \u00abLightless\u00bb before its official release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Buddhist tradition, <strong>Vipassi <\/strong>is the twenty-second of the twenty-eight Buddhas. Etymologically, the name has its roots in clear vision \u2013 a being of extreme contemplation. The band of the same name is a world-spnning instrumental extreme metal band from the lands of Australia, France and the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With members of acts such as <strong>Ne Obliviscaris<\/strong>, <strong>Black Lava<\/strong>, <strong>Hadal Maw<\/strong> and <strong>Virvum<\/strong>, their work on the 2017 debut album <strong><em>Sunyata<\/em><\/strong>, which has a loose signification of <strong><em>Emptiness Or Void<\/em><\/strong>, set the grounds for a technically impressive and fully instrumental exploration of sonic textures in what can best be described as \u2013 a divine experience reaching the depths of the human soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His new album <strong><em>Lightless <\/em><\/strong>is set to be released this Friday, January 26 through <strong>Season Of Mist<\/strong>, but the band decided to stream it on <strong>Season Of Mist<\/strong>&#8216; youtube account and can be listened below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Vipassi - &#039;Lightless&#039; (Official Album Stream) 2024\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VSLy_M0JW58?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Australian quartet&#8217;s new album, <strong><em>Lightless<\/em><\/strong>, explores all sorts of twisted phenomena, from the hooded ritual of <strong><em>Phainesthai<\/em><\/strong>, the distorted maze of <strong><em>Labyrinthine Hex<\/em><\/strong> to the star-gazing mastery on <strong><em>Morningstar<\/em><\/strong>. It&#8217;s no wonder that <strong>Vipassi <\/strong>can spin epic stories without uttering a word. As a purely instrumental band, they&#8217;re blessed with a telepathic chemistry. Watch as they weave as one through this playthrough of recent single <strong><em>Labyrinthine Hex<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Vipassi - &quot;Labyrinthine Hex&quot; (Official Studio Playthrough) 2023\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/57YmrVajeGU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As well as being instrumental masters, Vipassi have also crafted intricate narratives on their first single Phainesthai with a video shot, directed and edited by Jack Fontes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Vipassi - &quot;Phainesthai&quot; (Official Music Video) 2023\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7rTFEyLMcds?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally made as a project between <strong>Daniel Presland<\/strong> (Drums) and <strong>Ben Boyle<\/strong> (Guitars) as far back as 2007 to explore new concepts and sounds not currently engaged by their projects at the time, the band has since then grown and expanded to an international connection of like-minded musicians and virtuosos with <strong>Arran McSporran<\/strong> (Fretless Bass) and <strong>Benjamin Baret<\/strong> (Guitars).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further exploring their labyrinthine textures and layers of sounds, the band <strong>Vipassi <\/strong>is back with their sophomore album <strong><em>Lightless<\/em><\/strong>. The album shifts from the realm of the void towards a clash of light and dark \u2013 and sees the band expanding into even more technical and experimental realms, pushing the limits of their own ideas and abilities to heights unimagined when the band began all those years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lightless was recorded at <strong>Bushido Studios<\/strong>, Melbourne (Australia) with additional recording in Gandia (Spain) and Bordeaux (France). <strong>Troy Mccosker<\/strong> is the sound engineer behing <strong><em>Lightless <\/em><\/strong>which has also been mastered and mixedy <strong>Mark Lewis<\/strong>. The album artwork has been created by artist <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xenoyr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Xenoyr<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Vipassi-Lightless-2024-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Vipassi-Lightless-2024-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Vipassi-Lightless-2024-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Vipassi-Lightless-2024-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Vipassi-Lightless-2024-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Vipassi-Lightless-2024-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Vipassi-Lightless-2024-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tracklist:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lightless (5:07)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Labyrinthine Hex (7:11)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Morningstar (6:57)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shapshu (4:23)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Phainesthai (5:49)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ruination Glow (6:05)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neon Rain (3:59)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promethea (10:42)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Apple Music<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/vipassi\/1082297817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/vipassi\/1082297817<\/a><br><strong>Bandcamp<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/vipassi.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/vipassi.bandcamp.com\/<\/a><br><strong>Facebook<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vipassiband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vipassiband<br><\/a><strong>Instagram<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vipassiband\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vipassiband\/<br><\/a><strong>Spotify<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7GWniL0LcVnR9Ptiaa5J1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7GWniL0LcVnR9Ptiaa5J1<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vipassi&#8217;s new album \u00abLightless\u00bb is set to be released this Friday, January 26 through Season Of Mist.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1159],"tags":[1160],"class_list":["post-28021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-vipassi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}