DREAMWEAPON – “Ars Moriendi” LP (PRE-ORDER)

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DREAMWEAPON – “Ars Moriendi” LP (PRE-ORDER)
on Transparent Red Vinyl

ARS MORIENDI is the 4th dreamweapon vinyl release. Regarded as the end of an anachronic circle, initiated in 2016 with Rites of Lunacy, 2018 with SOL and now concluded. Recorded between the end of the pandemic lockdown and the beginning of the Ukranian invasion, Ars Moriendi may be the darkest dreamweapon production to this time. Ars Moriendi, as referred in the late Middle Ages Latin texts, offers protocol and procedures to a good death. It is a messenger of hope, as you take control of the past, by acknowledging it and accept it, you take control of the future. Compromising of four long pieces delivered on the dreamweapon method: minimalism, repetition, improvise; each one of them featuring a collaboration with the “dreamweapon aeternal khoros” *; each one of them referring to a different stadium in preparation: innocense – suggestion; dance macabre – awareness; the kiss – acceptance; profundis – embodiment. The hint is well present in the music, by combining the influences of the forefathers who inspired their name (Angus Maclise, Tony conrad, Spacemen 3) with the ones of the industrial masters such as Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, Einsturzende Neubauten and The Young Gods, dreamweapon’s music is a minimalist, droney, head swirling psychedelia, with a dark, industrial scent.

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TRACK LIST:
I INNOCENSE DANSE MACABRE
II THE KISS PROFUNDIS

CREDITS:
*DREAMWEAPON PERFORMED ALL TRACKS
ANDRÉ COUTO – SYNTHS, BASS, GUITARS, DRUMS AND VOCALS IN ALL TRACKS
EGDAR MOREIRA – GUITARS IN INNOCENSE
LUIS BARROS – DRUMS IN THE KISS
JOAO CAMPOS COSTA – GUITARS IN PROFUNDIS
RECORDED AND MIXED BY HH IN PARADISE
MASTERED BY JAMES SCOTT AT POPULIST RECORDING & MASTERING
ARS MORIENDI COVER PAINTING BY MARCO BALDASSARI