Nucleus "Sentient" (weird death metal)

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"Sentient" is the appropriately sci-fi title of the debut album from Nucleus. Hailing from Chicago, Nucleus play a twisted and bizarre strain of death metal influenced by progressive death innovators such as Atheist, as well as under-appreciated bands that were too weird to gain mainstream traction in their own time - innovators such as Timeghoul and Demilich. The unique lyrics on "Sentient" also steer away from the usual death metal topics and instead seem to have space-traveled here from the headier dimensions of Isaac Asimov, Arthur Clarke and Frank Herbert.

Fittingly, given the unusual content and warped riffing, cover art for this album was painted by the master Dan Seagrave. The resulting piece is some of his wildest and most colorful artwork ever.

"Sentient" by Nucleus is coming out April 15th on CD from Unspeakable Axe Records. You can pre-order in mid-March from the web shop or on Bandcamp.

Listen to "Cube":

 

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CD is available for preorder now: http://www.unspeakableaxerecords.co...esult&search_in_description=1&keyword=nucleus

We've also got a bunch of these shirts. Color print on a forest green Gildan.

 

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Stereogum is streaming a new track from Nucleus today - this is "Dosasi." "Science fiction-themed extreme metal has been around at least since the progressive thrash band Voivod started making weird noise in the early ’80s; meanwhile, this sub-subgenre of extreme metal might be relatively uncommon, but it’s still going strong today."

http://www.stereogum.com/1863446/nucleus-dosadi-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/

 

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CDs are shipping now, and look like this:

And Decibel Magazine is also streaming the entire album. Check it out right here: http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/201...ack-to-the-dark-corners-of-sci-fi-by-nucleus#

 

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Lots of new Nucleus stuff! We had shirts made with a brand new design drawn for the band:

And also, LPs just came back from press. This is a Me Saco Un Ojo release, but there are 100 orange copies exclusively for UAR customers (I have a limited amount of clear green as well):

Nucleus stuff is here in the shop: http://www.unspeakableaxerecords.co...esult&search_in_description=1&keyword=nucleus

For Euro customers, MSUO's shop is here: http://www.mesacounojo.com/ The green and black LPs should be for sale there soon.