Polish blackened sludge purveyors FIASKO will self-release their second full-length album on 15 November 2024. Entitled “AMOK ꓘOMA” it comprises eight songs about death and love, love for death and the death of love.
The artwork to “AMOK ꓘOMA” revealed today was done by Robert A. von Ritter (HOODED MENACE, URFAUST, MALOKARPATAN, OUTRE, IN TWILIGHT´S EMBRACE) while the album’s booklet layout and design was done by Paweł Marzec of Kontamination Design (DIMMU BORGIR, MORBUS CHRON, BLAZE OF PERDITION, MANBRYNE).
The album will be available from 15 November in jewelcase CD format and via all major streaming platforms. It will also be available for purchase via Godz ov War Productions and Malignant Voices. Pre-order information coming soon.
FIASKO started working on the album immediately after their last release, the “Mizantropolia” EP which saw the light of day in February 2020. The band’s efforts were hindered by the lack of a drummer, however, that was rectified after Tomek Walczak (CHAINSWORD, TANKOGRAD, WEEDPECKER etc.) was invited in 2023 to collaborate and arrange the drum tracks as a guest/session drummer.
All instruments for “AMOK ꓘOMA” were recorded at Santa Studio under the watchful eye and ear of Mikołaj Kiciak. The vocals were recorded at Burning Tones by Adam Ziółkowski, who is also responsible for mixing the album. The recording was then mastered by Haldor Grunberg at Satanic Audio (BEHEMOTH, ME AND THAT MAN, GRUZJA, THAW).
FIASKO arose from the ashes of the Warsaw band So I Scream in 2014. In the beginning, the band’s music was akin to alternative metal with electronic elements. Following the release of its debut album “Głupcy umierają” in 2017, FIASKO underwent major line-up changes and, consequently – an even more significant change in musical style. As a result, reinforced with a new guitarist and bass player, the band recorded and released an EP entitled “Mizantropolia” in 2020. On this recording, black metal blast beats mix with slower, sludge/doom metal parts, and echoes of cold wave loom in the background. The whole piece is complemented with gloomy Polish lyrics. After a handful of gigs promoting the EP, the band parted ways with their drummer and slowed down their activities while the world went to a halt during the COVID pandemic.
However, work on new material was progressing and the band entered the studio in 2023 to start recording “AMOK ꓘOMA”, an extension of the concept and sound initiated on the previous EP. The result is an album consisting of eight songs, clocking at just over 45 minutes and rooted in black metal and sludge genres. The lyrics – again written in the band’s native Polish language – constitute an apocalyptic melting pot of despair, nihilism and violence.
FIASKO is:
Mielnik – lead vocals, lyrics
Kozina – guitar
Michułka – guitar
Nawrot – bass guitar, backing vocals
Walczak – drums (session)
FIASKO online:
https://www.facebook.com/fiaskopl/
https://www.instagram.com/fiaskopl/
https://fiaskopolo.bandcamp.com/