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Their first proper full-length after a series of EPs and singles, Rites of Despair is the resulting vision of two years' worth of tumult, including relocations, lineup changes, life and death. Divided between two Acts, Act I: Depersonalization & Act II: Derealization, Rites of Despair explores themes of isolation, depression, decay, tumultuous self discovery, and abandonment.
On this album Fórn galvanize themselves as one of North America's leading purveyors of absolutely miserable, sludging funeral doom.
Tracking and engineering was completed by both Alec Rodriguez at New Alliance in Cambridge, MA, as well as Andrew Oswald at Secret Bathroom in Oakland, CA. Mastering completed by Magnus Lindberg of Cult of Luna.
As has become tradition, Rites of Despair contains artwork from the vision of Bryan Proteau, who has worked with Fórn on imagery for all of their solo releases to date.
Fórn is:
Brian Barbaruolo - bass, guitars
Christian Donaldson - drums
Joey Gonzalez - guitars, electronics
Chris Pinto - vocals
All tracks written and performed by Fórn.
Additional instrumentation:
Lane Oshi - vocals/synth/co-writer on track 1
Brandon Terzakis - guitars/co-writer on tracks 2, 3, 5, 6
Madalynn Collura - vocals on track 4
Jessica Way - vocals/lyrics on track 10, vocals on track 11
Alec Rodriguez - auxiliary percussion on tracks 9, 11
All music recorded, engineered and mixed by Alec Rodriguez at New Alliance Studios in Cambridge, MA.
Vocals recorded by Andrew Oswald at Secret Bathroom in Oakland, CA.
Vocals on track 4 recorded by Nick Lambert
All tracks mastered by Magnus Lindberg
Artwork by Bryan Proteau
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