Photo credit: Nadine Geuter

Leeds, UK progressive death metallers, Cognizance, have released their new album, In Light, No Shape, via Willowtip records. Their fourth full-length, it marks their first lineup shift in a decade, with guitarist, Alex Baillie, adding vocal duties, following the 2023 departure of Henry “Big Mac” Pryce. Read more below.

Buy In Light, No Shape here: https://cognizance.bandcamp.com/album/in-light-no-shape

“This record is a defining milestone for us. Taking on vocals has pushed us to re-engineer how we experiment with the blend of elements in our sound, unlocking new creative pathways to compliment the core identity of the band. What you will hear are four dudes all adding their flavours to the melting pot to create a body of work that felt completely natural to us.” – Alex Baillie (Vocals/Guitar)

Four LPs deep and a slew of EPs behind them, Cognizance show no signs of restraining the pace of their unrelenting inventive riffs and razor-sharp grooves. In Light, No Shape is a masterful progressive death metal opus, rich in texture and atmospheric detail, delivering everything long-time listeners crave while channeling the mid-90s technical extremity of Death, Extol, and Meshuggah. This time, the band deliberately fractures the conventions of modern extreme production, opting instead for a more organic and visceral mix that sharpens the defining traits of their work.

In Light, No Shape tracklisting:
01 Transient Fixations
02 Inflection Chants
03 A Game of Proliferation [Video]
04 Chasm
05 Vertical Illusion
06 A Reconfiguration
07 Witness Marks [Video]
08 Subterranean Incantation
09 Induced Contortions
10 The Zone

Line-up:
Alex Baillie – Guitar/vocals
Apostolis Karydis – Guitar
Chris Binns – Bass
David Diepold – Drums

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