UK doom giants CONAN unleash devastating “Desolation Hexx” video;
new album Violence Dimension out April 25th, 2025 on Heavy Psych Sounds. Celebrate their mighty sonic power as they present their skull-crushing new track “Desolation Hexx!” Enjoy the doom-laden carnage of new single and visualizer here and pre-order the album now!

In 2024, Conan signed to Heavy Psych Sounds as a recognized name and one of the foremost acts of their generation, wildly influential in their home country of the UK and well beyond; headliners in practice and theory alike. Their fifth LP, 2022’s Evidence of Immortality, brought a dark ambience to coincide with its outright attack. With experiments in darkwave and synth adding breadth to the stated root purpose of aural force, it’s never been harder to guess where the next few years might take their sound, but whatever’s coming, Conan will make it kill.

Two decades into their career, the three-headed colossus returns with their heaviest sonic statement to date, “Violence Dimension” — the first album with new bassist David Ryley (formerly of legendary ’90s sludge band Fudge Tunnel). From the initial shockwave of “Foeman’s Flesh” to the feedback-laden nightmare of “Vortexxion” through the fierce and merciless sludge of “Frozen Edges of the Wound”, the band feeds from the growing violence and negativity of our society, turning it into an empowering formula for us to fight our way through. Skulls will be crushed, ears will be punished upon this massive, dimension-opening call to arms from the mighty trio. “We all live in the violence dimension, and there is no escape…” Don’t miss Conan’s latest single Frozen Edges of the Wound!

About “Desolation Hexx”, Conan says: “You know that feeling when you are FULLY immersed in your favorite video game? You hack and slash and kick and for a split second or more, you ARE that character. This song goes out to all gamers, young and old, your new anthem for slaying that end of level boss.”

New album “Violence Dimension”
Out April 25th on Heavy Psych Sounds – pre-order here:

https://www.heavypsychsounds.com/bands/conan.htm

Conan’s doom is singular. Carved of granite. Yes, of course there’ve been changes since guitarist/vocalist Jon Davis founded the group in 2006, but the intention at the time toward superlative heavy – tonal extremity wrought with impressionist lyrics stripping ideas to the core where sometimes the whole line is just one word; they’ve always called it “Caveman Battle Doom” – remains at the root of everything they’ve done since. And across five studio records in the decade from 2012-2022, Conan have set the standard by which much of “heavy” anything is judged. And in comparison, most is found wanting.

But for every time you’ve heard about Conan’s music being like galloping steeds or frost-covered sharp-peaked mountains, etc., imagery of largesse and violence, the truth is Conan are an exercise in frequency. It’s the low resonance that shakes your chest, the depth of the bass – now handled by David Ryley (ex-Fudge Tunnel) – the push of air from Johnny King’s kick drum, or the way the dark-fuzz distortion of Davis’ guitar is offset by shouting vocals cutting through that sometimes punishing onslaught, rarely to offer comfort so much as add viciousness to the crash, plod and pillage.

About their upcoming new album “Violence Dimension”, the band comments: “Violence Dimension is our 7th full-length release. We have come quite a distance in time and space since we released Horseback in 2010. One thing that binds us all is violence, be that within a video game, or in a movie or on the daily news. Violence affects our daily life, perhaps more than love or kindness ever will. We are all bound by death, whether we like it or not. This release explores the hinterland between being scared to live and bring scared to die, and punches holes in the idea that we must live our life by one set of rules. We all live in the violence dimension, and there is no escape.”

CONAN is
Jon Davis – Vocals/Guitars
Johnny King – Drums
David Ryley – Bass

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