Theophonos – Ashes In The Huron River LP

Theophonos (ex-Serpent Column) and Profound Lore Records present Ashes In The Huron River — named in honour of the local woods and riverlands that continue to inspire this studio project. Ashes In The Huron River is an account of a life spent in the rotten heartlands of neoliberal capitalism and a tribute to the vibrant underground music cultures that thrived before the second half of the last decade.
Expanding on the directness of Nightmare Visions, Ashes is grander in scope and internally regarded as a more focused analog to Serpent Column’s 2019’s Mirror In Darkness.
Hafsteinn Vidar Ársælsson’s dark and intricate illustrations once again accompany the music, with striking depictions of abandoned landscapes, arranged to invoke a sense of catastrophe and unwilling transformation.
Additional mixing by longtime collaborator Maya Chun (of screamo prodigies Heavenly Blue) in the frigid spaces of Detroit’s Telescope Vision Studio.
For fans of Serpent Column, Deathspell Omega, Converge.