Portland progressive sludge masters LORD DYING transform tragedy into triumph. A pair of albums powered by skull-crushing riffs and confrontational howls introduced the doom dogs to the world. In 2019, they delivered Mysterium Tremendum, a record Kerrang! declared a “prog-metal masterpiece.” The heady and adventurous existential meditation on death kicked off a trilogy. That story continues in 2023 with an increasingly ambitious follow-up, the aptly named Clandestine Transcendence. “Ultimately, the album is about self-discovery and becoming what you want to become in the face of adversity, no matter how the cards are stacked against you,” Olson says. “I’m not really a spiritual person. But a lyric on the album talks about the transformation of energy, how matter cannot be created or destroyed. It’s from a scientific standpoint.” He laughs. “But maybe the science is spiritual.”
Side A : The Universe Is Weeping / I AM NOTHING I AM EVERYTHING / Unto Becoming
Side B : Final Push Into The Sun / Dancing On The Emptiness / Facing The Incomprehensible
Side C : A Brief Return To Physical Form / A Bond Broken By Death / Break In The Clouds (In The Darkness of Our Minds)
Side D : Soul Metamorphosis / Swimming In The Absence / The Endless Road Home
