Instrumental progressive metal - Belarus
One does not always need words to convey a story. If there’s anything that instrumental progressive metal duo ESSENCE OF DATUM prove, it’s that the power of music can do just that. ‘Spellcrying Machine’, the band’s third full-length, is set for an August release on Season of Mist and is bound to open up their creation to a wider audience.
ESSENCE OF DATUM was formed by guitarist Dmitry Ramanouski in 2011 in Minsk, Belarus. After recording the first demos, the musician was joined by drummer Pavel Vilchytski who quickly became an irreplaceable part of the band as the man behind the machine-gun rhythm section.
From the very beginning, the project was meant to be purely instrumental, thus not giving the listener verbal or lexical means to comprehend or interpret the conceptual universe of the music. Providing fans with mere hints hidden in the artwork and track titles, the musicians challenge the listener to use their own imagination to explore the universe that ESSENCE OF DATUM created. Each album is part of a larger, fictional universe and ultimately, everything is bound together in one single story.
In 2013, the journey began with the release of debut album ‘Event Horizon.’ ESSENCE OF DATUM paint there a picture of a surrealistic world by means of soaring guitar melodies and groovy rhythms with an unbelievable technical precision. The second full-length ‘Nevermore’ (2017) opened a new chapter in which the ESSENCE OF DATUM universe was tainted by war, struggle, and fear, transformed by the band into powerful songs with melodic grace.
Set against the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic world, the band’s third record, ‘Spellcrying Machine’, synthesizes the best of extreme, modern metal into an elegant and articulate whole. ESSENCE OF DATUM invites you to explore their universe.
This band is no longer active on Season of Mist.
Instrumental progressive metal band ESSENCE OF DATUM are now releasing a brand new guitar playthrough video for the song “Synthethic Soul Extractor”. The track is taken from the band’s latest album ‘Spellcrying Machine’, which was released in August 2019.
Instrumental progressive metal band ESSENCE OF DATUM are streaming their entire new album ‘Spellcrying Machine’. The record was released on August 30th. Listen to album via the official media partners listed below.
Instrumental progressive metal band ESSENCE OF DATUM have teamed up with Metal Insider for the premiere of the brand new track “Spellcryer”. The song has been taken from the band’s upcoming full length ‘Spellcrying Machine’, which will be released via Season of Mist on August 30th.
Instrumental progressive metal band ESSENCE OF DATUM have teamed up with No Clean Singing to premiere the music video for the song “Pendulum”. The track has been taken from the band’s upcoming record ‘Spellcrying Machine’, to be released via Season of Mist on August 30th.
Season of Mist are proud to announce the signing of the instrumental progressive metalband ESSENCE OF DATUM. The two piece from Belarus are currently working on the release of their third full length record.
