"Complex, inspired and exploratory this is the kind of boldly
cinematic death metal that demands to be relished. This is truly astonishing,
world-class music." Dom Lawson, Kerrang! Dec 2003 "another stratospheric masterstroke of extreme-metal transendence... an
incontrovertible enrichment to extreme music" Oliver Holm, 5.5/6 Zero Tolerance
2007 "a mind bending reach towards the inexplicable..." Jonathan Selzer,
8.5/10 Terrorizer 2007 "this is the work of an uncompromisingly original act... the sort of album
that requires a thesis rather than a titchy review to expound upon its many
virtues" Tommy Udo, 9/10 Metal Hammer 2007
Open your eyes... awaken your senses...
Gaze carefully upon a bleak dimension of blastbeats, savage
frequencies and shattering vocal expulsions. Enter the domain of Mithras, one
of the UK's most uncompromising and extreme bands to date.
Beginning their career in 1998, Leon Macey and Rayner Coss
originally took the name Imperator, casting their mould in a world of ancient
history and mythology. After releasing a demo titled 'Gods Among Men', Mithras
was born with a new demo entitled 'Dreaming In Splendour' which drew the interest
of Golden Lake Productions. Crushingly brutal, bombastic and obscure, their
punishing debut album 'Forever Advancing... Legions' made tremors in the underground
upon it's release in 2002.
But greater things were still to come...
In 2003 Mithras evolved. Gone was the ancient god-worship of
their previous incarnation. In its place stood a fusion of cosmic ambience and
pitiless extremity: Second album 'Worlds Beyond The Veil' shattered boundaries,
astounded critics, achieved a controversial 10/10 in Terrorizer Magazine, and
secured a major deal with Candlelight Records.
Macey and Coss returned to the studio in 2006 to begin work
on their third and most publicised effort, 'Behind The Shadows Lies Madness'.
Amused by vacant-minded critics, they fell deeper into a self-made universe
and continued the concept of their previous albums. 'Behind The Shadows...'
leapt from obscurity in April 2007, receiving rapturous praise and critical
acclaim.
Old faces emerged and disappeared as former live drummer Ben
White returned to the fold in 2008, then ten-year vocalist Rayner Coss departed,
marking the end of an era with an epic final performance in London. Wasting
no time, Mithras recruited Sam Bean (The Berzerker / The Senseless) and returned
to the live arena in 2009 shunning fear or hesitation. The present beckons and
rumours of a brand new album echo from the hidden places of the earth.
Through infallable screening, the logical and omni-present system of ALPHA 60 has deemed you fit to experience the precise and correct calculations of its audio kernel.
Your immediate submission to "the groove" begins below.
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