mouth of the architect

June 15th sees the vinyl re-issue of Mouth of the Architect’s The Ties that Blind. Today, we pay our respects in comprehensive, Decibel style with drummer Dave Mann and former guitarist/vocalist Gregory Lahm.

Dust off that space suit, friend: Dayton, Ohio’s intergalactic metal transcendentalists Mouth of the Architect are reissuing a stunning limited remastered edition of the band’s lush beauty-and-the-beast crusher of a debut Time & Withering on Translation Loss Records, which Decibel is pleased to exclusively stream below along with some reminiscences from drummer David Mann. 

Lord! It may have taken long-rising future progressive doom kings Kenoma eleven years to follow up that leveling 2006 split alongside Mouth of the Architect, but with Tides Will Prevail the Dayton, Ohio quintet delivers an empyreal debut full-length intricate, beguiling, and memorable enough to justify the gestation.

No words are used (and none are needed) to tell a story on “…The Idyllic Realm.” 

Writing Path of Eight was a different experience for Mouth of the Architect than previous albums, the band says. Listen to a new song and read an interview with the band about writing and recording the new album. 

If memory serves me right, I have Kevin Stewart-Panko to thank for my introduction to Mouth of the Architect via his review of the band’s debut, Time and Withering, way back in one of our first issues. Since I’ve been keeping up with the Ohioans ever since, it was a no brainer to ask keyboardist/vocalist…