Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze – The Fractal Ouroboros

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Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze – The Fractal Ouroboros

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Today marks the official release of our album The Fractal Ouroboros. It was a massive undertaking. We began recording nearly four years ago, early in the awful year of 2020. The process was slow and painstaking, continually interrupted by the realities of our lives and the reality of living through the pandemic. The isolation and subtle terror of those times deeply informed the final piece, but so did hope. Hope for a better immediate future, as well as hope for a longer term reality where humans are kinder to one another, and where our culture overcomes feeble tendencies like racism, sexism, and homophobia. I am proud of this creation and have been quite pleased to see the reception to it so far. It means a lot to me that it has been finding its way to people with whom it resonates.

I played the drums and mixed and mastered the album. It is being released digitally, on cassette, and on double LP vinyl via Fiadh Productions in the US and Vita Detestabilis in Europe.

Double LP / Cassette (US) – Fiadh Productions Bandcamp

Double LP / Cassette (Europe) – Vita Detestabilis Bandcamp

Digital / 3 Shirt Designs / BOABOB Tea (Worldwide) – Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze Bandcamp

Rocking – The Fractal Ouroboros Review

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Bull Of Apis Bull Of Bronze – The Fractal Ouroboros

"The Fractal Ouroboros", with an unparalleled cover, again by Alex CF , lasts 75 minutes and is a colossal achievement. No, its duration is not a deterrent. The compositional concept of Bull Of Apis Bull Of Bronze allows them to transcend themselves and create an album that unfolds its virtues holistically. In addition, they musically transform the spirit of the enigmatic title of the record into an effective musical concept. A basic dark but clear melody, slow, returns at regular intervals throughout the seven compositions of the record. It emerges from the dust of suffocating riffing, from stormy outbursts, ambient parts, almost funeral doom shots, and it haunts.

"The Fractal Ouroboros" through the nuggets and glimpses of another world it reveals between its parts, is an album that seems detached from the demands of its time. It won't excite you all at once, but if you get together with it, as with the projects mentioned on bandcamp, you will see that this is a record that starts from the individual subconscious and leads you to social and collective claims for a better tomorrow. The cycle must be broken. Imagination is the key.

- Translated from Greek by Google Translate

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The Headbanging Moose – The Fractal Ouroboros Review

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Album Review – Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze / The Fractal Ouroboros (2023)

A rising force in the American Black Metal scene returns with their stunning, antifascist sophomore album, a brief on occult liberation in seven parts... the band is unleashing upon our rotten society their sophomore opus, titled The Fractal Ouroboros, the follow-up to their 2019 effort Offerings of Flesh and Gold. Mixed and mastered by Jon Lervold at Big Name Recording Studio, and displaying a stunning artwork by Alex CF, The Fractal Ouroboros is as grim and dark as it’s delicate and touching, being a must-listen for admirers of classic Black Metal with a strong atmospheric and epic vein.

Full article here.

Wonderbox Metal – The Fractal Ouroboros Review

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Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze – The Fractal Ouroboros (Review)

Brought to us by an ex-member of A God or an Other, The Fractal Ouroboros is an ambitious and bold work that’s utterly absorbing. Across an imposing 75 minutes Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze unleash music that is affecting like few others.

Holy crap, this is some seriously good stuff. It only takes a couple of minutes to get the feeling you’re listening to something special, and that feeling only grows over time. Upon each relisten this album grows in stature and impact, until it becomes a towering entity of brazen intensity that cannot be denied. Yep, Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze have produced a record that is shockingly good.

Full article here.

No Clean Singing Coverage of The Fractal Ouroboros

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No Clean Singing – 2023 – A YEAR IN REVIEW(S): THE PERSONAL TOP TEN

But Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze have, so far, proven themselves to be absolute masters of their craft, marrying caustic fury and cathartic intensity with lengthy passages of meditative melancholy... allowing for a series of captivating contrasts which keep you constantly on the edge of your seat, waiting for the next explosion of energy or devastating collapse.
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It also helps that the band are a dab hand at putting together some of the most seething, yet utterly spellbinding, tremolo riffs and bleakly melodic hooks you’re likely to have heard all year, and that their excursions into more atmospheric and reflective territories are as mesmerising as they are mournful... it’s my sincere hope that, once you all finally get to hear it in all its glory, you’ll understand just why it’s so high on my list.

Full article here.

NCS also mentions our album in their 2023 – A YEAR IN REVIEW(S): THE GREAT article.

Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze – The Fractal Ouroboros Preorders and Pre-Release Full Album Stream (Invisible Oranges)

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Explore “The Fractal Ouroboros” With Infinitely Consuming Black Metal (Early Album Stream)

Drums and bass factor heavily into the record's sound, giving it a muscular punch whether delivering blast beats or minimalist ostinatos in the more shoegaze-y sections. Though the formalized ass-beating that tracks like "Trophy" offer is exhilarating, their violence comes with extra weight when compared against slower, drone-heavy tracks like "Liberation," which definitely slants toward the ritual sacrifice side. The excellent pacing and structure is a major part of The Fractal Ouroboros' impact: the peaks here are exhausting, and the torturous ascents and uncontrolled descents multiply their effect.

Full article here. The article is the premiere of the entirety of the album.

Preorders:

Double LP / Cassette (US) – Fiadh Productions Bandcamp

Double LP / Cassette (Europe) – Vita Detestabilis Bandcamp

Digital / 3 Shirt Designs / BOABOB Tea (Worldwide) – Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze Bandcamp

Meat Mead Metal – The Fractal Ouroboros Review

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Meat Mead Metal – PICK OF THE WEEK: INJUSTICES PUSH BULL OF APIS BULL OF BRONZE’S IRE, BURST INTO ‘FRACTAL OUROBOROS’

A storming tempo ignites as the howls scathe, turning madness into a freezing front, spitting electricity as the playing swirls around your head, robbing you of breath. The shrieks do ample damage before the pressure begins to pull back, gently flowing over the land, only to be absorbed by the earth.... The playing is sudden and forceful, wrecking with soaring chaos, the speaking making your flesh crawl. Darkness falls as the anger bursts, leading to a volcanic pace that wrecks everything in its path, managing to make you feel feverish while withstanding the attack. There are gasps of calm as the drums patter, noise hovers, and the spirit makes a strange exit into hypnosis. Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze create experiences more than mere records, which they do again on “The Fractal Ouroboros,” a stunning display that will leave you fulfilled and exhausted.

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MoshPitNation Premiere: Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze – Annihilation (Plus Comprehensive Review and Band Interview)

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EXCLUSIVE TRACK STREAM: Bull of Apis Bull of Bronze – Annihilation

Annihilation is the second track to be presented to the world from “The Fractal Ouroboros.” Suffocate O Earthen Lungs; They Now Lungs of Ash was released as a stand alone single on the summer solstice, and is a driving monster of a track. Annihilation patiently builds, spending over six minutes in the process of constructing the mood necessary for the moment of annihilation which comes when the composition explodes into furious oblivion. The build is a wondrous, ambient deconstruction of conscious thought, leading to a deep seated sense of nothingness, a preparation for what is to come. Approach this track with reverence. Let the ambience warm you. Float in it. Let the plucked notes pluck at your subconscious. Allow the whispered rasps to float alongside you. Allow the rhythms to pick you up and carry you towards finality. Allow the annihilation. And then…

Full article here.

Hayduke X of MoshPitNation was kind enough to take the time to interview us and put together a full track-by-track review of our upcoming album The Fractal Ouroboros. The article also serves as the premiere of the album’s second single “Annihilation,” as well as the reveal of the cover art, full track listing, and release date (December 21, 2023 – Double LP Vinyl, Cassette, and Digital on Fiadh Productions in the US & Vita Detestabilis in Europe).