Length 45:08 Artist The Contortionist Label Entertainment One Music | Intrinsic
(2012) Language
(2014) Release date 17 July 2012 | |
Released July 17, 2012 (2012-07-17) Recorded February – May 26, 2012, @ Audiohammer Studios, Sanford, Florida Producers Eyal Levi, Jason Suecof, Eric Guenther Genres Progressive metal, Avant-garde metal Similar Exoplanet, Language, Coma Ecliptic |
The contortionist holomovement
Intrinsic is the second studio album by progressive metal band The Contortionist, released through E1/Good Fight Music on July 17, 2012.
Contents
The contortionist intrinsic 85 speed full album
Release and promotion
On May 30, 2012, the band revealed the album title, track-listing, and artwork; they also announced various pre-order bundles. The first single, "Holomovement", was released on June 11, 2012. The band also released an animated video to go with the premiere. On July 17, 2012, the band released their very first music video for the song "Causality". The second video was released for "Dreaming Schematics" on December 3, 2012. The videos share a similar concept - they act as a part 1 and part 2; both were produced by KOTK Productions.
Concept
Jonathan Carpenter commented:
Intrinsic‘s lyrics were aimed to be a science-fiction inspired conceptual storyline. It’s like a handful of puzzle pieces. Instrumentals that have different feels and styles. The Contortionist has always been about contrast, the heaviest and then the most beautiful. This provides a very wide range of emotions to write over. We want the listener to feel the ups and downs and to get engaged in the content. When piecing it all together lyrically… I wanted the concepts to be present without being overbearing. The fans who go looking for the details will find them and the casual listener can listen to any song and enjoy a small piece of the puzzle. Never leaving the boundaries of the mind, the first five songs range from mind/brain phenomena and reality theories to religion and mind trips. The last five are from the perspective of future patients coping with a shared reality scenario; a narrative on the potential of using technology to achieve a perfect dream you could feel and control with ease. There’s an eerie uncertainty to how a person’s psyche will react to that degree of extended consciousness.
Track listing
All lyrics written by Jonathan Carpenter; all music composed by The Contortionist.
Personnel
Songs
1Holomovement6:30
2Feedback Loop5:09
3Causality4:28