Coma Hole to release album “Hand Of Severance” on 1 November 2024
Psychedelic doom duo COMA HOLE have announced their thunderous new album, Hand Of Severance, arriving on November 1st, 2024. Lyrically and musically intense, the album dives deep into the impact of the outside world on an individual's state of mind. Hand Of Severance delves into the process of coming to terms with one's self-destructive behaviors. Haunting vocal layers and estranged, repetitive speaking voices function as pieces of the narrator's subconscious, and spaced-out, atmospheric bass sections convey feelings of dissociation. The music swings back and forth between a spacey, dissociative sound and intense distorted sections, conveying rage that follows numbness in an endless cycle. Hand Of Severance captures the emotional, psychological essence of doom from an up-close-and-personal perspective.
Vocalist and bassist Eryka Fir comments, "Sonically I wanted the intro of the record to be a continuation of the former, picking back up where we left off. I thought to start the album with the ending of 'Sinking' which is the last song on the first record, having it briefly build up and then exploding into the first song on the new album. I wanted it to completely contrast with the vibe of our first release because my feelings when writing it were entirely opposite. Most of the songs on the self-titled deal with depression, self loathing and striving for inner connection, while most of the songs on the second are about situations with other people revolving around love + lust, anger, denial, and betrayal."
About COMA HOLE:
From the stone-scattered shores of Rhode Island comes COMA HOLE, a unique doom duo smoking out the underground scene with thick, fuzzed-out grooves destined for bigger stages. Formed in 2018, COMA HOLE pairs the heavily overdriven basslines and powerful vocals of bass druidess Eryka Fir with the thunderously tight drumming of doom devil Steve Anderson. With a debut EP and killer single under their belt, the duo has risen in rank from basement headbangers to sharing the stage with notable psychedelic acts such as HORSEBURNER, HEAVY TEMPLE, TEMPTRESS, MONTE LUNA, and more.
Since it’s release in September 2021, the band has been busy clawing up the coast with “Old Climb”, a ceiling-smashing track that had listeners craving their self-titled EP, released April 2022. With impeccable production value and lyrics that ring clear over a wall of fuzz, "Old Climb" quickly found homes across the globe in places like Ghost Cult Magazine’s Crushing Underground Compilation Vol 2, internet radio station Transmissions From the Underground (Australia), Left of the Dial KTEQ91.3 (South Dakota), and the More Fuzz podcast (Nantes, France). The towering twosome continued to attack 2022 at the New England Stoner Doom Fest (Connecticut, May 2022) and are scheduled to play Maryland Doom Fest 2022, in addition to regular touring. An audible blend of filthy riffs and energetic percussion, the two create their own uniquely grungy brew of stoner doom.
COMA HOLE is:
Eryka Fir: Vocalist/Bassist
Steven Anderson: Drummer
