Retrocausal, by Cleric

Retrocausal

by Cleric

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sinistralsounds Had this in my wishlist for quite some time “collecting dust”. Finally made the purchase and couldn’t be happier. Favorite track: Ifrit.

jscotts It's Cleric. Unscrew your mind; screw it back again. Have you ever been experienced?

Sean McGuire A lot of things are going to happen and you are not going to be able to process all of them at the same time. Favorite track: Ifrit.

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1.	The treme 09:39	buy track
2.	Ifrit 09:58
3.	Lowell 04:42	buy track
4.	Lunger 06:55	buy track
5.	Soroboruo 04:20	buy track
6.	Resumption 13:16	buy track
7.	The Spiraling Abyss 10:33	buy track
8.	Triskaidekaphobe 11:44	buy track
9.	Grey Lodge 07:33	buy track

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"Retrocausal" is Cleric's stunning and long LONG-awaited follow-up to their groundbreaking 2010 album "Regressions". Now with well-earned respect from both the extreme metal underground and Zorn-associated avant garde jazz scene, Cleric more than makes good on their promise. Listen to them rewrite the book on what the combination of the terms "metal" and "avant garde" can (and should) mean. With "Retrocausal" this tireless Philadeliphia-based unit has burst forth with a true masterpiece in the field of extreme experimental music.

credits

released December 8, 2017

All songs written & performed by Cleric:

Matt Hollenberg - guitars
Daniel Ephraim Kennedy - bass, guitar (7)
Larry Kwartowitz - drums, percussion, war drums
Nick Shellenberger - voice, keyboards,
guitar 2 (6), bass 1 (7), bass 2 (8), war drums (8), samples

Additional Musicians:
Timba Harris - violins (1)
Mick Barr - guitar (5)
John Zorn - alto saxophone (9)

Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Colin Marston
at Menegroth the Thousand Caves, Woodhaven, NY
Photos & layout by Nick Shellenberger
w/ help from Jamie Lawson, Jackson Shellenberger, and Jess Conda

Special thanks to:
Trey, Timba, Mick, Zorn, Colin, friends and family, Lowell

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Cleric Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Founded in Philly in 2003, Cleric resides in the circle of bands like The Dillinger Escape Plan and Car Bomb – elite musicians playing avant-metal that wows on both a cerebral level and a gut level. Cleric's brand of metal is marked by dark, cinematic atmospheres and free jazz-informed forays, bursting through a base of highly technical, mathy shred. ... more

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