Dystopia, now: OROCHEN blends music and art in their haunting debut concept album, Anthroposcenic

Well defined by the charming blend of dark overtures, tribal post-metal, and dense apocalyptic vistas displayed on their 2020 Thylacine EP, the eclectic art from our recent guests, Swedish post-metal outfit OROCHEN, is definitely something that falls into its own league. Taking their name from an ethnic minority group indigenous to Northern China, Orochen are more than just a band, they are a political collective harnessing the power of music as a means to achieve a just and right end. Chiefly preoccupied with the way societies and environments across the world are harvested as economic resources, the Gothenburg post-metal quartet have consistently set out to investigate the conflicts of living a modern life, trapped inside a fiercely capitalist system. Since the release of their criticall...

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