Divide And Dissolve - Systemic

Released: 30/06/23

Comprised of saxophonist and guitarist Takiaya Reed, who is of Tsalagi and African-American heritage, and percussionist Sylvie Nehill, who is of Māori and White-Australian heritage, Divide and Dissolve don't just make top-tier instrumental avant-doom metal, but also harness its power for positive and altruistic purposes. Rejecting the obsession with the occult and/or the transcendental ego, the core inward-looking focus of many doom bands, Divide and Dissolve instead offer a resolutely humanitarian message, seeking to affect real change through their music by honouring their ancestors and indigenous land, and actively working towards a future of Black and Indigenous liberation. 

Like its predecessor,Gas Lit,Systemicwas produced by Ruban Neilson of Unknown Mortal Orchestra “ which may seem like an odd fit, but works incredibly well, as not only does Neilson enable the full might of Reed's guitar and Nehill's brutal drumming to be unleashed (Stephen O'Malley could not have done a better job, honestly), but he also adeptly captures the stunning modern classical passages that work beautifully in counterpoint.