We’re no experts on Greek, but Google tells us that Salos can mean either “upheaval/commotion” or the “roaring and surging of the sea.” This Greek post-metal instrumental duo definitely play music that suits its name. The individuals involved have cloaked their identies by wearing masks and using symbols for their names, but we do know that one plays guitar and the other plays drums, and their dynamic, well-constructed instrumentals are lyrical and moving enough that they don’t really need vocals. The track we’re premiering, “Sagittarius,” is taken from Salos’s upcoming seven-track full-length debut, A Slaughter For the Empire and its journey begins quietly and builds to a, yes, surging crescendo—a fine combination of cerebral, progressive psych and brute-force crunch.
“Sagittarius” was recorded by Chris Vlachos at Eightyard Studios, and mixed and mastered by Steve Lado. You can presave it, and the full-length, A Slaughter For the Empire, here.
The Greek duo had this to say about its latest single:
“Following premiere of our first single from A Slaughter For the Empire, ‘Leviathan,’ which was a descent into sea and stone, ‘Sagittarius’ turns skyward. Where the first single traced the ritual of metamorphosis beneath the waves, this second offering charts a celestial hunt: six minutes of patient ascent, expanding riffs, and atmospheric grandeur aimed at the infinite.
With no lyrics to steer the flight, ‘Sagittarius’ moves through constellations of melody and tension, progressive architecture expanding into open sky, each passage a new coordinate in the album’s mythic cartography. ‘Sagittarius’ is not merely heard, it is aimed.”
