Ov Sulfur release boundary-pushing sophomore album ‘Endless’

Today (16th January), blackened deathcore quintet Ov Sulfur have released their sophomore album, “Endless”, via Century Media Records. Propelled by the vocalisations of frontman Ricky Hoover, Ov Sulfur push the boundaries of their deathcore origins on this record, simultaneously embracing black metal while exploring a surprising degree of melody that never dilutes their genre-decimating approach. For a preview of Endless, a new vocal playthrough video for the album track ‘Forlorn’ can be seen here or by clicking the thumbnail below

Chase Wilson (Guitarist/Vocalist) on ‘Forlorn’:
“My goal for ‘Forlorn’ was a melodeath version of a waltz. This song has an elegant kind of swing to it while also being crushingly heavy. It’s about someone suffering from loneliness and worrying they’ll never find someone to share their life with. Delivering that message in this vocal one-take performance, even with the key change toward the end, was a special challenge to show off how Ricky and I have grown as singers.”

Chase Wilson on “Endless” as a whole:
“The dreaded ‘sophomore slump’ is here, but we think we rose above that. Our debut LP The Burden Ov Faith was full of a lot of new elements and great ideas, but we really refined those and expanded further here. A huge benefit was having more time to really shape it and doing so in a dedicated studio session with Josh Schroeder, whereas LP1 was piecemealed together from many sessions across time and space.

“Endless is a journey through eternal struggles and trying to find what we need to come to terms with them. We have all been through a lot of these different emotions and wrestled with the possibility there could never be an end.”

Ricky Hoover (Vocals) on the album as a whole:
“This album pushed me to the edge! When it comes to vocal abilities, both in terms of screaming AND singing, accompanied by an increased presence by my co-captain Chase. Wait until you hear my falsetto in ‘Endless//Loveless’. There’s actually a cell phone video from the studio where you can see and hear how mindblown we all were because I didn’t tell anyone I was going to try that and that first take made the album!

“It also pushed me lyrically. This album examines how real-life emotions and struggles would feel if they went on eternally: became ‘Endless,’ if you will. This forced me to really grapple with the emotions taken to their furthest point, which was taxing to say the least. Hopefully it resonates with listeners, who can find the joy in the here and now, rather than looking toward the Endless.”

Purchase and stream “Endless” in its entirety here.

TRACKLISTING
1. Endless//Godless
2. Seed
3. Forlorn
4. Vast Eternal
5. Wither
6. Evermore
7. Dread (feat. Josh Davies of Ingested)
8. Bleak (feat. Johnny Ciardullo of Carcosa)
9. A World Away (feat. Alan Grjna of Distant)
10. Endless//Loveless

BAND MEMBERS
Ricky Hoover – vocals
Chase Wilson – guitars, vocals
Leviathvn – drums
Josh Bearden – bass
Christian Becker – guitars