Drown by DRUNE

The DROWN EP is a few years in the making. The initial sounds and riffs came about in the Summer of 2020, sitting in practice spaces, trying to fill space and time. Everyone in DRUNE has gone through significant changes in the past few years, but this project stayed as a constant and kept calling us back. DRUNE has always said that as long as the music is there, we'll be there to capture it.

Lyrically, the songs tell a story of a great wave rising from the horizon, blocking the sun. The wave crashes over land and pulls you down to the ocean floor. You're pulled further, through the crust, down to a cavernous lake in a world below. In this lake, the dead wade in a large wooden boat, unraveling the secrets of existence, as they travel along their journey through death.

Writing these songs was a way to express grief and anger - for everything lost in the past few years; people, communities, hopes and goals. In that expression, there's a recognition of that sorrow, allowing it to take its course and wipe the slate clean.


"[DRUNE] have a clear knack for making slow, ponderous music compelling and evocative, which is a great skill to have."
-Metal Storm (https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=18753)

"Drune is not a name that is to be underestimated. Their sense of scale and heaviness is a key part of what made them a real sight to behold with the pair of tracks here having more than enough weight and power to keep the listener rooted in place and entranced by the world that is woven before their very eyes."
-Head-Banger Reviews (https://headbangerreviews.wordpress.com/2023/08/03/drune-drown/)

"I have been a huge fan of Drune's shit ever since their stunning 2019 album, Seer, and have the great pleasure of hosting of their tracks on the MILIM KASHOT VOL. 3 compilation. So, naturally, seeing that new stuff was coming from these Denver wizards was a very happy moment for me... and very wonderful to hear the slightly sludgy, evil tone their music has taken."
-Machine Music (https://machinemusic.net/2023/07/30/nine-songs-i-liked-this-weeks-in-list-form-july-17-july-29/)

"With its members disparate in locale but united in grievous riffage, Drune’s new EP summons a torrent of elemental doom into our realm."
-Invisible Oranges (https://www.invisibleoranges.com/umr-7302023-852023/)

"...the Drown EP [is] simultaneously their most epic in scope while being more restrained and grounded than previous releases."
-The Sleeping Shaman (https://www.thesleepingshaman.com/reviews/drune-drown/)

Suns of Sludge.
Friends of Fuzz.
Fueled by many Ales and Herbs.

Portland, OR
Denver, CO

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