IATT is pleased to once again team up with Black Lion Records for the follow up to 2019’s Nomenclature; our new full length album entitled Magnum Opus.
We’ve meticulously crafted this album to leap from where Nomenclature left us thematically. The listener is catapulted from the 1700s (Arsenic Ways) further back in time to a much darker, older world and the esoteric sciences of Alchemy. It was in this time man aimed to harness the world around him, bending the natural elements in a quest to obtain power, knowledge, control, and even immortality itself. Alchemy was the key to unlocking the secrets of existence and elevating one’s self to the pinnacle of enlightenment through transmutation and manipulation of the earthly elements. It was only through the process of Magnum Opus (the great work) that alchemists could harness the elementals in their purest form to create the Philosopher’s Stone - the key to power, enlightenment, and immortality.
Just as in alchemy itself, creating this album has been a journey of transformation for us; a period of great growth as individuals and as a unit. It’s through adversity, struggles, and the forging of the elements - of literal blood, sweat, and tears - we strive to transcend and elevate to our highest selves, “the great work”, Magnum Opus.
Tracklist:
- Servitude, Subjugate 05:06
- Ouroboros 05:53
- Prima Materia 07:33
- Elixir of Immortality 06:09
- Exculpate, Exonerate 06:00
- Demiurgos (Architect of Disaster) 05:48
- Planes of our Existence 05:58
- Seven Wandering Stars 06:03
- Chrysopoeia 06:27
Released May 27, 2022
Jay Briscoe - Vocals/Bass
Alec Pezzano - Guitar/Orchestral
Joe Cantamessa - Lead Guitar
Paul Cole - Drums
Additional instrumentation & performances by:
Ben Karas (Thank You Scientist, Windfaerer) - Violin
(Servitude, Subjugate | Elixir of Immortality | Exculpate, Exonerate | Seven Wandering Stars)
Jake Superchi (UADA) - Vocals (Seven Wandering Stars)
Jørgen Munkeby (Emperor, Shining) - Saxophone (Ouroboros)
Zach Strouse (Burial In The Sky, Rivers of Nihil) - Saxophone ( Prima Materia | Planes of our Existence)
Daryl Baker - Guitar Solo (Prima Materia)
Produced by Joe Cantamessa
Mixing & Mastering by Marcos Cerutti
Cover Artwork by Adam Burke (Nightjar Illustrations)
Album Layout & Additional Artwork by Alec Pezzano (Vital Sign Media)
