French multi-instrumentalist and producer, Gautier Serre, has been operating under the name IGORRR for 20 years now, yet each new record still resounds with a startling freshness and radical vitality. Steadfastly unclassifiable fifth album, “Amen”, maintains this impact, blindsiding the listener with a new set of exploratory curveballs and continuing to surprise and unnerve even the most attuned enthusiast.
“Amen” arrives September 19th via Metal Blade. The record features guest appearances from by Scott Ian (ANTHRAX), Trey Spruance (Mr. BUNGLE), and Mike Leon (SOULFLY)
Today, the artist has shared the video for new single “Infestis”. The song is about “going deep into severe matters,” says IGORRR. “A need to explore these feelings. Nothing is a joke here: Black metal influences, traditional Tibetan instruments, and excessive distortion to make it even darker. It’s an exploration of an inner feeling that you are possessed and infested by a bad spirit. No fight is possible; you have already lost.”
Pre-order “Amen” here.
“This album is definitely darker than its predecessors, it has such a very weighty and solemn vibe that has never been reached before in IGORRR”, explains Gautier. “The fact that I recorded a real choir in a church helped this a lot, but above all there has been very long and meticulous work on the sound and the choice of instruments, and deep experimental research to create a unique sound design. Of course, because it’s an IGORRR album, there are some more colorful tracks, like ‘Blastbeat Falafel,’ ‘ADHD’ etc… They contrast very much with the ambient heaviness. I need tracks like these on an album, it helps to really get through it fully focused, like a shot of limoncello before the next meal.”
With an urge to continually take IGORRR’s multifaceted and challenging sound further forward with each release, Gautier has spent a lot of time cultivating multiple new modes and methods of working since 2020’s breathtaking, critically acclaimed opus “Spirituality And Distortion”, which even reached number twelve on the official German album chart. Gautier has always made clear that IGORRR is as much about the influence of Bach and Chopin as it is about CANNIBAL CORPSE, Aphex Twin, and MESHUGGAH, but the source of specific stimuli gets harder to ascertain as the process is refined.
“It’s always difficult for me to know from where the inspiration comes,” he muses. “Music is an expression of life, and everything, even what seems the most insignificant thing, can be a source of inspiration. I would say there hasn’t been one event or one experience that has led me on a creative process, it’s more like a cumulation of everything. I love making music. My brain processes music all the time. You cannot imagine the amount of albums and concertos I create during my sleep. The challenge is more how to sort these ideas to keep the ones with the best potential, the ones that I won’t get bored of, the ones that I really Love, with a big letter L.”
“Amen” will be available in the following formats:
– Box Set (2-LP sawblade shape picture vinyl, action figure, coloring book, slipmat, greeting card, ltd. 1000)
– Digipak (EU) / Jewelcase CD (US)
– Tan Smoke Marbled Vinyl (US)
– Teal Marbled Vinyl (US)
– Tan Marbled Vinyl (US)
– 180g Black Vinyl (EU)
– Gold Metallic Vinyl (EU)
– Transparent Beige Brown Marbled Vinyl (EU, ltd. 1000)
– Neon Splatter Vinyl (MB Store EU, ltd. 500)
– Clear/Gold Splatter Vinyl (Band excl, ltd. 300)
– Zoetrope Pic-LP Vinyl (EU, ltd. 500)
– Smoke Vinyl Vinyl (Sound Pollution excl, ltd. 300)
– Gold/Black Dust Splatter Vinyl (Season of Mist excl, ltd. 200)
– White/Brown Splatter Vinyl (Frozen Records excl, ltd. 200)
IGORRR lineup:
Gautier Serre – machines
Jb Le Bail – vocals
Marthe Alexandre – vocals
Remi Serafino – drums
Martyn Clément – guitars
“Amen” tracklist:
1. Daemoni
2. Headbutt
3. Limbo
4. Blastbeat Falafel
5. ADHD
6. 2020
7. Mustard Mucous
8. Infestis
9. Ancient Sun
10. Pure Disproportionate Black and White Nihilism
11. Étude n°120
12. Silence
