Supreme, by Orthodox

Supreme

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tr_🇺🇦 My mind gives up trying to comprehend what I hear after a couple of minutes; deep, distorted rumbling bass, uncaring free jazz sax from another dimension and slow methodic, crystal clear drums. Great production.

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released February 6, 2017

Orthodox - "Supreme"
(released by Utech Records)

The relationship between spiritual jazz and doom metal may seem to be one of irreconcilable differences – the galvanizing, ever-ascendent language of freedom set against a moribund march to the tomb, but these divergent musical idioms exist in a similar liminal space on Supreme, each one reaching out from the corporeal now into the opaque otherworld beyond. The two impulses converge in a musical dramatization of Alexander of Macedonia’s allegorical ascension to godhead on griffin wings – and his subsequent return to the earthly realm to assume his proper role as a ruler of historical proportions.
– Jenks Miller, Horseback

Spain’s long-time purveyors of the leftist side of metal, Orthodox return with their sixth full-length. Augmenting the core unit of Marco Serrato (bass) and Borja Díaz (drums) is Achilleas Polychronidis (sax) of Skullfuck. Supreme is a slow beating that drags the listener in and out of a haze of improv, psychedelia and dysfunctional doom.

Art by Denis Forkas Kostromitin.
Calligraphy by Jamie Lawson.
Design by Keith Utech

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released January 13, 2017

Achilleas Polychronidis - sax
Marco Serrato - bass
Borja Díaz - drums

all music by Orthodox

recorded at Kraken Sound studio (Málaga, Spain) by Gonzalo Presa and Daniel Torres.

mixed and mastered by Marlon Wolterink at White Noise studio.

REVIEWS:

"Like Naked City’s doom-indebted Long Tch’e, it’s a death march, grinding endlessly on. Serrato’s bass and Diaz’s drums are punishingly heavy; it’s possible to picture them locking eyes before each low end explosion, as Polychronidis harmonises with himself via pedals... perhaps Orthodox's heaviest and most imposing release to date".- Phil Freeman (WIRE)

"Supreme is a glorious burden to carry hinting at both Orthodox’s doom metal roots under the guise of Coltrane’s “Ascension”." -
Jon Rosenthal (Invisible Oranges)

"Supreme may well be the band’s slowest, most ponderous album yet, and as such is perhaps the perfect combination of free jazz and doom".- Joseph Burnett (Dusted Magazine)

"Hard to appreciate, more than a bit challenging to listen to, Supreme is nevertheless, imaginative expression that deserves a place in the continuum of creativity". - Karl Ackermann (All about jazz)

"you can only admire the single-minded vision of the three musicians to go that far and to really shy away from any concept of compromise."
.- Stef (Free Jazz Blog)

"This is probably what Cthulhu listens to on his days off." - Dave Foxall (a Jazz noise)

" In all seriousness, darkness and gloom Orthodox, or to make a wonderful contrarian and overwhelming doom-free plate that once gripped by it, not let go." Gert Derkx (Opduvel)

"The monk companies of the early period are back, had probably no one expected that it was end in this hypnotic exercise in stubbornness of the most recalcitrant." Guy Peters (Enola.be)

"War sounds like this." - Coronel Mortimer (La Muerte Tenía un Blog)

"One track thirty-six minutes, not easy to handle at all but very satisfying once you're in tune." Fabrizio Garau (The New Noise)

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Orthodox Sevilla, Spain

Orthodox is a trio from Seville, Spain playing experimental doom metal inspired by religious folklore and jazz. A music based on hypnotic repetitions of quasi-mystical
intensity and slow, torpid rhythms befitting people from a city of crushing summer heat. Musical influences from Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd or Melvins mixed with their peculiar perception of Southern Spain folklore and avantgarde. ... more

discography

Proceed

Jun 2022
Countess Bathory

Feb 2020
Κréas

Nov 2018
Orthodox/Grajo 7"

Apr 2017
Supreme

Feb 2017
Axis

Dec 2015
Crown for a Mole 7"

Jun 2015
Conoce los Caminos

Jan 2014
Baal

May 2011
Sentencia

Oct 2009
Amanecer en Puerta Oscura

Mar 2007
Gran Poder

Sep 2005

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