Learning To Dissolve Orthodox

• 1 Feel It Linger 04:39
• 2 Head on a Spike 03:26
• 3 Cave In 03:47
• 4 Become Divine 03:43
• 5 Digging Through Glass 03:18
• 6 Nothing to See 03:37
• 7 1 1 7 6 2 01:43
• 8 Dissolve 03:06
• 9 Fast Asleep 04:37
• 10 All That I Am 04:06
• 11 Voice in the Choir 05:37
• Total Runtime 41:39

Info for Learning To Dissolve

Learning To Dissolve’ is the punctuation on a journey that began with 2017’s ‘Sounds of Loss’. From the inception, ORTHODOX were nothing short of a standout, blending together riffs that wouldn’t be out of place on a Slipknot record coupled with Easterling’s blunt, Jonathan Davis-esque howls. But, like their sonic brethren in Knocked Loose or Vein. FM, while the influence of the 90’s/00’s is there, ORTHODOX doesn’t merely pay homage to their influences, it exceeds them. ‘From the beginning, we went in our own direction regardless of what anybody thought,’ states Adam. ‘We didn’t grow up listening to hardcore. We grew up on bands like Linkin Park and System of a Down.’ With ‘Learning to Dissolve’, those influences have refined themselves into a sound that is urgent and unforgettable from the album’s opening track, ‘Feel It Linger’ to the personal and aural meltdown of closer, ‘Voice in The Choir’. 

"Learning to Dissolve is Orthodox at their all-time best. Period. Expertly balancing primal aggression, auditory violence and raw dissonance with haunting atmosphere and startling introspection, the band manage to take everything that made them them and turn it up to eleven, if not higher. Home to more YouTube-Compilation-Worthy breakdowns than I can count and enough lyrics that stay stuck in the listener’s head for days to write a small memoir, Learning to Dissolve is a frontrunner for the finest metalcore—if not overall—release the year has seen thus far." (Connor Welsh, new-transcendence.com)

ORTHODOX

ORTHODOX
has blazed a trail of anger, unease and brokenness that hasn’t just defined the Nashville, Tennessee-born band but brought hardcore itself to a new, disturbing place. Revolver Magazine stated about the band’s 2020 sophomore LP, Let It Take Its Course, “A straight-up bone-chilling metal album that sounds like the music [ORTHODOX vocalist] Adam Easterling has always wanted to make, but is presented with the authenticity that his music has always had.” Having torn up the road in the US playing alongside the likes of Kublai Khan, Spite and Knocked Loose, ORTHODOX takes its next step by announcing their new label home CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS.

With a sound that encompasses the technicality and adroitness of hardcore with the rawness and emotion of influences including Iowa era Slipknot, Korn and System of a Down, ORTHODOX distinguished themselves from the outset with the release of 2017’s Sounds of Loss, released mere months after the band’s formation via Unbeaten Records.

Commenting on the signing, Orthodox, who is busily working on their third full length record with producer Randy LaBoeuf (Chamber, The Acacia Strain), states, “Hilariously enough, we signed with CM back in early 2020, waiting to unveil the news until the time is right. Now that that time is here, we're beyond ecstatic to share what we've been working on and can't wait to see what kind of impressions we can make with this team behind us.”

Century Media Vice President of A&R Mike Gitter adds, “ORTHODOX’s second album, Let It Take Its Course, was a complete coming of age for not just the band but a record that took hardcore and metal somewhere fresh and uncomfortably emotional. It’s the sort of record that bleeds with real vulnerability and honesty. And it bashes your skull in the process! ORTHODOX is going to be a band that will not only set the standard but will also make records that people will connect with for years to come.”

ORTHODOX is the sound of your world caving in on itself. They prove that once again with their new song "Body & Soul", which was released today on all digital platforms. The video for “Body & Soul”, directed by Erick Easterday is every bit a bloody blast to the ears, eyes and heart featuring the band tearing things up alongside their friend and visual artist Ryan Rado, who provided the extraordinary artwork for the single itself. The same was painted on the set of the video shoot with Rado artistically reacting to the music in real time.

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