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Premiere: Ainu ‘Khrono’ – Self-Titled Debut Drops 28th June via Subsound Records

10th May 202414th May 2024 Lee Edwards Ainu, Doom, Post-Metal, Psych, Subsound Records

Are you ready to immerse yourself with electrifying sonics that will transport you to realms unknown and rhythms untamed? Then you’ve come to the right place as The Shaman is thrilled to bring you the first single from Italian post-doom trio Ainu, who will unleash their self-titled debut on the 28th June through Subsound Records.

Ainu
Ainu

The track is Khronoand throughout its epic eight and half minute runtime, you’ll be taken on a scintillating journey that traverses a post-metal, doom and psych landscape that’s aided and abetted by Francesco Buccifrom Ottone Pesanteon brass trombone and Giorgio Nattero from Carcharodon on lap steel.

As the band say, ‘There are no random events, everything is pre-established, everything is calculable’, so what else is there to add except click play below to experience the mind-melting explorations of Khrono…

More On Ainu And Their Self-Titled Debut

Ainu are a Genoese cinematic sludge/post-doom trio established in 2021. The project stems from the trio’s passion for cinema and their close relationship with the sea, its stories and the creatures that inhabit it.

Their self-titled debut album is a concept record that moves between powerful and stirring soundscapes, building up at a slow but steady pace between psychedelia and post-metal. An intense, dense and emotional experience that uses the descriptive foundations of seamen and the calls of huge animals to recall the connection between sound and the environment that composes it.

Ainu'Ainu' Artwork
Ainu ‘Ainu’ Artwork

Ainu Tracklist:
01. Il Faro
02. Aiutami A Ricordare
03. D.E.V.S.
04. Khrono featuring Francesco Bucci (trombone) & Giorgio Nattero (lap steel)
05. Call Of The Sea featuring Lili Refrain

Ainu are:
Dani – Guitar, Synths, Samples
Jacco – Bass
Gelso – Drums

Ainu’s debut self-titled album releases 28th June through Subsound Records on gatefold vinyl and digipack compact disc that’s available to pre-order over on the labels webstore.

Label: Subsound Records
Band Links: Facebook | Instagram

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