Maestus Releasing Debut Album "Voir Dire"

Pacific Northwestern blackened doom unit Maestus will unleash debut full-length, "Voir Dire," next week via a joint venture between Domestic Genocide Records and Glossolalia Records.

Comprised of Stephen Parker (Arkhum) and Jarrod Hyam (Sophos), with Kenneth Parker (Grst) and Cordell Cline (Dimensionless) recently enlisted to fulfill rhythm duties, "Voir Dire" was engineered and mixed during the Summer months of 2014 at Parker's own The Wilderness studio and delivers seventy-four minutes of heart-blistering grimness.

The album concludes with a four-part epic, "Opaque Shadows In Framed Stillness," the duration of which makes up nearly half the record's length. Mastered by Agalloch's Jason Walton at Earth In Sound in October 2014, "Voir Dire" integrates black metal, doom and ambient music.

Today you can also hear the song "Weeping Granite" online in the player below, courtesy of CVLT Nation. The "Voir Dire" track listing is as follows:

1. Shrouded by Peaks, Valleys Speak
2. Weeping Granite
3. Tears of Sky
4. Algid Lungs
Opaque Shadows In Framed Stillness:
5. I: Overcast Fields Ridden With Dew
6. II: Specie Æternitas
7. III: Water Sifting Through Iceladen Veins
7 V: Per Æternitas