Okay, when we call the latest track, “Religious Agonies,” from Greek black metallers Thyrathen “epic,” we’re referring to both the scale and scope of the song, as well as the fact that it is literally inspired by Epicurean philosophy, based on the teachings of Epicurus. How epic is that? This ambitious quintet—Corax S. (drums/vocals), Noch (guitar/bass/choirs), Alexandros (vocals/choirs), Stefan Necroabyssious (vocals), Thanasis Kleopas (ancient lyre/voices)—have crafted a brooding, majestic track befitting the subject matter and the fine tradition of Grecian blackness, a bold mixture of brutal, trad and ancient sounds.
“Religious Agonies” comes from the outfit’s second album, Lakonic, a seven-tracker that was produced by Corax S. and Achilleas Kalantzis at Babis Charitos Studio, Giannouli-Larissa, and mixed and mastered by Achilleas Kalantzis at Suncord Audiolab Studio, Ioannina. It’s set for release on November 1 on CD, vinyl, cassette and digitally, via Floga Records. You can place your preorder here.
This is what Corax S. had to say about the latest track.
“Our final lyric video ‘Religious Agonies’ is the second track on Lakonic. It was inspired by the Epicurean, six-book didactic poem “De Rerum Natura,” from the Roman poet and philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus (95 to 55 bc). The track dives into the spirit of the first half of ‘De Rerum Natura’ and forms the first song of the album’s ‘Poetic Chapter,’ which is wholly dedicated to Epicurean poetry (tracks 2-4 and 6). The other half of Lakonic is named ‘Philosophical Chapter,’ referring to personal experiences of the author (tracks 1, 5 and 7).
