New Single "Lathe Of Heaven" Streaming From Usnea, New Album Details Posted

Portland doom quartet Usnea has announced the full details of the third full-length album, "Portals Into Futility." The new single "Lathe In Heaven" can be heard in the player at the bottom. "Portals Into Futility" hits the stores on September 8th as a CD, 2LP and digital download via Relapse Records.

Inspired by dystopian science-fiction and the painful intersection of today's crushing reality, "Portals Into Futility" offers five songs and fifty-six minutes of expertly crafted and elegantly depressive doom/sludge. With an evolved sound of strength and dynamism, Usnea delves more into the worlds of dissonant death metal, varied vocal structures, and cinematic composition, all while maintaining the monumental heaviness, brutality, discord, anger, and mournful melodicism of the previous work. Across dark and brooding peaks and valleys, Usnea reminds us that no matter how many doors are opened to the human species, our self-aggrandizement and hubris all lead to futility.

On the new single, the band commented: "'Lathe Of Heaven' was inspired by the eponymous book by Ursula K. Le Guin. It is a meditation on the blurred line between cognitive reality and delusion wherein the protagonist can change reality through dreaming. A well-intentioned psychologist attempts to corral that power but ends up creating more chaos and suffering. In the end, human arrogance and greed are shown to be the leading contributors to our own doom."

The track listing is:

1. Eidolons And The Increate
2. Lathe Of Heaven
3. Demon Haunted World
4. Pyrrhic Victory
5. A Crown Of Desolation

Check out "Lathe Of Heaven" here:

Usnea will tour throughout Europe dates this fall as direct support for Ufomammut. The tour commences on September 30th in Paris, France and concludes October 22nd in Munich, Germany. The tour includes appearances at multiple festivals including Up In Smoke, Soulcrusher Festival, and Keep It Doom. The band will also perform an exclusive U.S. set at Psycho Las Vegas on August 18th. A complete listing of dates is available below:

8/18/2017 Hard Rock Hotel @ Psycho Las Vegas - Las Vegas, NV

w/Ufomammut:

9/30/2017 La Boule Noire - Paris, FR
10/01/2017 Le Ferrailleur - Nantes, FR
10/03/2017 Borderline - London, UK
10/04/2017 Magasin 4 - Brussels, BE
10/05/2017 Schlachthof - Wiesbaden, DE
10/06/2017 Up In Smoke Festival - Pratteln, CH
10/07/2017 Doornroosje @ Soulcrusher Festival - Nijmegen, NL
10/08/2017 Forum - Bielefeld, DE
10/10/2017 Blitz - Oslo, NO
10/11/2017 Klub Undergangen - Stockholm, SE
10/13/2017 Korjaamo @ Blowup Vol. 3 Festival - Helsinki, FI
10/14/2017 Olympia-Kortelli - Tampere, FI
10/16/2017 KB 18 - Copenhagen, DK
10/17/2017 Lido - Berlin, DE
10/18/2017 Markthalle - Hamburg, DE
10/19/2017 Werk 2 - Leipzig, DE
10/20/2017 Firley - Wroclaw, PL
10/21/2017 007 - Prague, CZ
10/22/2017 Keep It Doom Festival - Munich, DE