Code's masterpiece - 'MUT'

What about a travel through an inert timeline? I don’t often get the ephemeral sensation that life evokes, but when I do I hide in “music’s cozy womb”. There are a few “pearls” from time to stopping the clock, transforming your thoughts, releasing your mind from all the craps and giving life to a meaningful contemplation of the void. That’s a unique feeling right there – the permanence with your own being and the consciousness of music as a vehicle carrying us into the depths of total darkness. Those “pearls”, those sweet, addictive and endless “pearls” are the monumental tracks of Code’s latest album ‘MUT’.

There’s much to say about Code but above all their music “speaks” for itself. It’s extremely difficult to faithfully express a musical masterpiece in words, especially when a great variety of feelings assault you but it’s precisely therein that lies the rewarding experience of listening and reviewing such a bloodcurdling piece.

With a complex and an extensive sonority ranging from an epic ‘Tool’-like surreal voyage to a ‘Opeth’-like hallucinogenic progressiveness, ‘MUT’ represents the band’s dynamism in an unique way. However don’t expect to hear marked influences… Code made it with no reference points. You can only count with a free from conventions and limitations work that’s ambitious, intimate and emotional.

This blend of introspective soundscapes contemplating bitter melodies and chaotic deconstructed structures shows the group’s dexterity when it comes to the composition of beautiful yet frightening tunes.

If you expect something really strong with powerful riffs, fast drumming and deep harsh vocals you can stop right there and go back to your usual daily genre. There’s almost nothing about metal in Code’s ‘MUT’. It is, in exchange, all about atmosphere and the cosiness of gloomy noises… and no better way to deal with it except an avantgarde and experimental style like the prog post rock.

Demonstrating their hugeness with forces such as ‘undertone’, a calm but rich song, ‘affliction’, a much more tenebrous tune and ‘numb, an author’, a catchy and potent beat, the quintet exceeded their foundations and created a work that any good music lover should have.

'MUT' was recorded in the famed Brighton Electric Studios (The Cure, Foals, Nick Cave, Royal Blood) with the engineer and producer Paul 'Win' Winstanley. Artwork and layout by Austrian designer Thomas Neulinger. Street date - 27/02/2015

One melee with the words, ideas and its paradoxes... albuns that are news, the reviews at "HeavyHardMetalmania.net", always with its watermark,  Pedro Ribeiro, with love for beer... sorry, music from an early age, he studied piano and singing from 7 to 14 years,  then, devoted himself to the study of the guitar for 5 years. "The wisdom is found in the extremes, all extreme Metal here!"

01 - on blinding larks (3:22)
02 - undertone (3:38)
03 - dialogue (5:24)
04 - affliction (3:26)
05 - contours (4:17)
06 - inland sea (4:13)
07 - cocoon (3:24)
08 - numb, an author (3:26)
09 - the bloom in the beast (4:36)

Aort - Guitars
Andras - Guitars
LORDt - Drums
Syhr - Bass
Waian - Vocals

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CODE announce free entry release show. "Augur Nox" Full Streaming!

Avant-garde metal outfit CODE, announced that they will be playing a free album launch show in celebration of their recently released third opus, "Augur Nox". The show is brought by Terrorizer Magazine and Mythology Agency, and will take place on November 30th, at The Unicorn in London (UK). The entry will be free and start at 19:30 GMT. During the event, CODE will perform songs from their new album "Augur Nox" along with a selection of tracks from their first two full-length's.

"Augur Nox" comes four years after the critically acclaimed "Resplendent Grotesque", and is the first album with their brand new line-up, including the talented vocalist Wacian, guitarist and songwriter Aort, drummer Lordt, as well as Syhr on bass and second guitarist, Andras. Released on November 19th in Europe and 26th in North America via Agonia Records, "Augur Nox" is a radiant gem in the extreme metal world, with a unique sound that sits on the boundaries of black, avant-garde and progressive metal.

The full record is available for streaming via Bandcamp, at this location. "Augur Nox" comes as a Digipack CD, limited to 200 copies colour in colour vinyl in two different versions, and a black vinyl. Each of the vinyl copies ordered via Agonia Records webshop, additionally arrives with a free download code.

CODE release a music video for "Glimlight Tourist"

British progressive black metallers CODE release a brand new music video for the track "Glimlight Tourist" off their new "Augur Nox" album, which is expected to drop on November 19th in Europe and November 26th in North America via Agonia Records. Stream the video below.

"Augur Nox" is the first album featuring CODE's new line up of Aort, Wacian, Syhr, LORDt and Andras. The brand-new material demonstrates the band's fresh personnel in a vivid light, confirming CODE's position as a radiant gem in the extreme metal world. It displays a multifaceted approach: from stunning wide-ranging vocals, otherworldly clean passages and barbed metallic riffery, all filtered through a refined prism of avant-garde black metal. The album is CODE's most progressive effort to date, yet always captures the band's distinct eerie and arcane vibe.

Featuring ten tracks and 2 interludes over a 55 minute playing time, "Augur Nox" is a bold step forward where acute songwriting and expansive experimentation go hand in hand. CODE's sound has been both refined and exaggerated at the same time, to produce a melodically dense and ambitious piece of work. The band describes the forthcoming release as their "most dynamic and challenging material to date".

"Augur Nox" was mixed and mastered at Orgone Studios in London (Ghost, Cathedral, Ulver) after three years of development and pre-production.

Track-list:

1. Black Rumination

2. Becoming Host

3. Ecdysis

4. Glimlight Tourist

- Dx. (interlude)

5. Garden Chancery

6. The Lazarus Cord

7. The Shrike Screw

- Rx. (interlude)

8. Trace of God

9. Harmonies in Cloud

10. White Tryptych

The follow-up to 2009's "Resplendent Grotesque" (nominated for a Spellemann Award in the best metal album category) will be available in digipack, limited vinyl and digital formats. The vinyl formats include: black vinyl, colour in colour vinyl (bone white/ultra clean)limited to 100 copies and a further 100 copies on swamp green/ultra clean colour in colour vinyl.

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CODE premiere new song "White Triptych" in lyric video

UK based avant-garde metallers CODE premiere another new track entitled "White Triptych" that can be experienced in the form of a lyric video, which was hosted by Metal Hammer UK. Band's new album "Augur Nox" will be released on November 19th in Europe and November 26th in North America via Agonia Records. Listen to "White Triptych" BELOW.

"Augur Nox" is the first album featuring CODE's new line up of Aort, Wacian, Syhr, LORDt and Andras. The brand-new material demonstrates the band's fresh personnel in a vivid light, confirming CODE's position as a radiant gem in the extreme metal world. It displays a multifaceted approach: from stunning wide-ranging vocals, otherworldly clean passages and barbed metallic riffery, all filtered through a refined prism of avant-garde black metal. The album is CODE's most progressive effort to date, yet always captures the band's distinct eerie and arcane vibe.

Featuring ten tracks and 2 interludes over a 55 minute playing time, "Augur Nox" is a bold step forward where acute songwriting and expansive experimentation go hand in hand. CODE's sound has been both refined and exaggerated at the same time, to produce a melodically dense and ambitious piece of work. The band describes the forthcoming release as their "most dynamic and challenging material to date".

"Augur Nox" was mixed and mastered at Orgone Studios in London (Ghost, Cathedral, Ulver) after three years of development and pre-production.

Track-list:

1. Black Rumination

2. Becoming Host

3. Ecdysis

4. Glimlight Tourist

- Dx. (interlude)

5. Garden Chancery

6. The Lazarus Cord

7. The Shrike Screw

- Rx. (interlude)

8. Trace of God

9. Harmonies in Cloud

10. White Tryptych

The follow-up to 2009's "Resplendent Grotesque" (nominated for a Spellemann Award in the best metal album category) will be available in digipack, limited vinyl and digital formats. The vinyl formats include: black vinyl, colour in colour vinyl (bone white/ultra clean)limited to 100 copies and a further 100 copies on swamp green/ultra clean colour in colour vinyl.

Follow the band at: facebook.CODE

"Glimlight Tourist" CODE`s new song premiered

UK based avant-garde metal outfit, CODE, premiere a new song entitled "Glimlight Tourist". It is the first song to be revealed from CODE's upcoming 3rd album, "Augur Nox". Listen to "Glimlight Tourist".

The release will hit the shops on November 19th in Europe and November 26th in North America via Agonia Records.

"Augur Nox" is the first album featuring CODE's new line up of Aort, Wacian, Syhr, LORDt and Andras. The brand-new material demonstrates the band's fresh personnel in a vivid light, confirming CODE's position as a radiant gem in the extreme metal world. It displays a multifaceted approach: from stunning wide-ranging vocals, otherworldly clean passages and barbed metallic riffery, all filtered through a refined prism of avant-garde black metal. The album is CODE's most progressive effort to date, yet always captures the band's distinct eerie and arcane vibe.

Featuring ten tracks and 2 interludes over a 55 minute playing time, "Augur Nox" is a bold step forward where acute songwriting and expansive experimentation go hand in hand. CODE's sound has been both refined and exaggerated at the same time, to produce a melodically dense and ambitious piece of work. The band describes the forthcoming release as their "most dynamic and challenging material to date".

"Augur Nox" was mixed and mastered at Orgone Studios in London (Ghost, Cathedral, Ulver) after three years of development and pre-production.

Track-list:

1. Black Rumination

2. Becoming Host

3. Ecdysis

4. Glimlight Tourist

- Dx. (interlude)

5. Garden Chancery

6. The Lazarus Cord

7. The Shrike Screw

- Rx. (interlude)

8. Trace of God

9. Harmonies in Cloud

10. White Tryptych

New album trailer.

The follow-up to 2009's "Resplendent Grotesque" (nominated for a Spellemann Award in the best metal album category) will be available in digipack, limited vinyl and digital formats. The vinyl formats include: black vinyl, colour in colour vinyl (bone white/ultra clean)limited to 100 copies and a further 100 copies on swamp green/ultra clean colour in colour vinyl.

Follow the band at: facebook.codeblackmetal 

CODE reveal new album details; video trailer available!

UK based avant-garde metal outfit, CODE, will release their highly anticipated 3rd album entitled "Augur Nox" (cover artwork below) on November 19th in Europe and November 26th in North America via Agonia Records. A video trailer for the release is available below.

"Augur Nox" is the first album featuring CODE's new line up of Aort, Wacian, Syhr, LORDt and Andras. The brand-new material demonstrates the band's fresh personnel in a vivid light, confirming CODE's position as a radiant gem in the extreme metal world. It displays a multifaceted approach: from stunning wide-ranging vocals, otherworldly clean passages and barbed metallic riffery, all filtered through a refined prism of avant-garde black metal. The album is CODE's most progressive effort to date, yet always captures the band's distinct eerie and arcane vibe.

Featuring ten tracks and 2 interludes over a 55 minute playing time, "Augur Nox" is a bold step forward where acute songwriting and expansive experimentation go hand in hand. CODE's sound has been both refined and exaggerated at the same time, to produce a melodically dense and ambitious piece of work. The band describes the forthcoming release as their "most dynamic and challenging material to date".

"Augur Nox" was mixed and mastered at Orgone Studios in London (Ghost, Cathedral, Ulver) after three years of development and pre-production.

Track-list:

1. Black Rumination

2. Becoming Host

3. Ecdysis

4. Glimlight Tourist

- Dx. (interlude)

5. Garden Chancery

6. The Lazarus Cord

7. The Shrike Screw

- Rx. (interlude)

8. Trace of God

9. Harmonies in Cloud

10. White Tryptych

The follow-up to 2009's "Resplendent Grotesque" (nominated for a Spellemann Award in the best metal album category) will be available in digipack, limited vinyl and digital formats. The vinyl formats include: black vinyl, colour in colour vinyl (bone white/ultra clean) limited to 100 copies and a further 100 copies on swamp green/ultra clean colour in colour vinyl.

facebook.codeblackmetal

CODE signs with Agonia Records

UK based avant-garde black metal outfit, CODE, has inked a worldwide record deal with Agonia Records. Band's as-yet untitled third studio album, is set to be released later this year.

Gathering together a group of UK based musicians with widely varying musical backgrounds, CODE have nearly finished the recording of the new material, which is scheduled to be mixed at Orgone Studios (Ulver, Ghost, Cathedral, Hexvessel) in London, this July. CODE describes the forthcoming release as their "most dynamic and challenging material to date".

Band's last album, 2009's "Resplendent Grotesque", was nominated for a Spellemann award (Norwegian equivalent to the American Grammy Awards) in the best metal album category.

The band commented: "Code are pleased to announce that we have recently signed a deal with Agonia Records for our next two albums, the first of which will be released later this year. We would like to thank Agonia for their huge support and enthusiasm and very much look forward to working with them to bring you our latest offerings."

CODE are:

Aort - Guitars

Andras - Guitars

LORDt - Drums

Syhr - Bass

Wacian - Vocals

CODE begun life in London in 2002 and released two full-length albums to date. The aim was simple: to deliver their own take on black metal as they wanted to hear it. Originally featuring Aort and Kvohst, the CODE ranks swelled to include Vicotnik from Ved Buens Ende and Dodheimsgard on bass and AiwarikiaR from Ulver on drums, creating an Anglo/Norwegian entity.

Band’s debut album "Nouveau Gloaming" (Spikefarm Records), a twisted, eerie augmentation of black metal was released in 2005 and rose to wide critical acclaim. Their second album, above mentioned "Resplendent Grotesque", featured Adrian Erlandsson (At the Gates) on drums was once again extremely well received and nominated for a Spellemann award for best Metal album in 2009.

With band members scattered across Europe, CODE needed to become a consolidated entity in order to move forward. Kvohst left to pursue Hexvessel and Vicotnik to continue with Dodheimsgard, leaving Aort to regroup and redefine CODE in 2013. More news on band's third album will follow shortly.

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