Bradley Timm
So much I want to say, but this album delivers on every level for a fan of prog and death / doom. It does more than meet the standards, it exceeds, an elegant work of skill and impeccable taste. One of my favorite bands is Worm out of Florida, I love their early spooky death, but they recently veered into black metal, so thank the music gods there are bands like this still willing to bathe in the swamp. Picked up the LP, can't wait.
Favorite track: Phlegraean Fields.
Joe Farrell
This sounds pretty much the way the (awesome) cover art looks, so kudos to the artist for capturing it so memorably. I do think it's somewhat front-loaded, losing some steam as it goes on, but it's still a sold piece of work. I'm excited to see where Ordh goes from here.
Favorite track: Apis Bull.
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Debut full length from this New England progressive death metal formation, featuring members of Come To Grief and Barishi. Released on cassette via Contemn Light, run of 100. 5-panel j-card includes album lyrics. Cover artwork by Paolo Girardi. Shipping rates only apply for within the United States at this time. Please contact separately for wholesale and/or rest of world orders.
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Jonathan Hébert - Vocals
Graham Brooks - Guitars, Synths, Backing Vocals
Dylan Blake - Drums
Joshua Smith - Bass
Hannah Hoffman - Additional Keyboards/Synths
ORDH by Kevin Stewart-Panko
From the start, Ordh — the “corrupted spelling” of an old English word meaning “the tip of a spear” —
have bucked trends to do things differently. Unlike the majority of today’s new bands, where the desire to put
themselves, underdeveloped music and overdeveloped merch drops into the public eye as quickly as possible,
Ordh took the opposite path, choosing to ruminate, simmer, write and rewrite the material that comprises
Blind in Abyssal Realms over the course of five years. The result is as stunning and devastating as it is
massive and hulking. “Apis Bull” roars out of the gate like a spacious colossus of sonic desecration,
swimming with truncheon-swinging cavernous melodics and cacophonous harmonies. “Moon of Urd” is the
deftly organized result of competing sewer-dwelling neighbors blasting their collections of ‘70s prog and
spidery death metal at each other through uninsulated rice paper walls. The title track rides shotgun with the
beasts of cryptozoological burden as they mimic the sound of their tearing down new buildings and three-step
dancing on the remnants.
“We’re all pretty psyched about this as a snapshot of where we are now,” says Brooks. "The editing
process was pretty ruthless and nothing was sacred and unless a part could prove itself, it was fair game to be
cut.”
The recording process was just as labored over and extensive. Blake’s drums were originally captured
in the summer of 2023. At the time, the band figured, given their protracted writing process and meticulous
preparation, that the rest of the recording would quickly follow and be hastily completed. Artist Paolo Girardi
(Cryptopsy, Revocation, The Black Dahlia Murder) was approached about knocking out an image to coincide
with what was thought to be an impending release. A conversation with Girardi had the artist offering up an
illustrative depiction of his own personal fantasy world for the cover, to which the band wisely agreed. As the
recording process lumbered on, in a reversal of procedural fortune, the band began using Girardi’s cover
painting as inspiration.
“The album cover is sick!” enthuses Brooks. “Paolo is the man! In terms of us telling him what we
wanted, we said ‘something vaguely cave-ish,’ and that was it. He’s the master, leave the creative process to
the master. He knocked out the painting so quickly that we only had drums done. But a lot of parts changed
and we didn’t have all the lyrics done, so it was pretty cool to have this thing that was going to be the visual
representation as inspiration. There were a lot of times we’d look at the cover and try to emulate it sonically.”
Five years on from inception and with a deal worked out with Singapore’s Pulverised Records, Ordh
are finally emerging from their lengthy creative hibernation. Blind in Abyssal Realms is set to burrow its way
into the earholes and consciousness of the extreme music underground with the band finally ready to bring
itself to the live arena with a spate of local shows followed by concentric circle touring as their profile grows
and demand increases.
“The goal with this band is more about creating something that sits well with us in the long run,”
reasons Brooks. “A band that has caught up to our tastes and having something where we can do those epic
song structures as opposed to when we were in Barishi and the goals were like to play this or that venue, open
for this or that band or sign to this or that label — the goals you have when you’re 16 years old. I’d be lying if
I said I getting Ordh to a wider audience and having people enjoy it wasn’t part of the equation, but it’s mostly
about maturing artistically and being the band we’ve always wanted to be.”
Blind in Abyssal Realms was produced by Ordh and recorded at Guilford Sound in Guilford, VT by Mikey
Allred (Inter Arma, All Them Witches) and Matt Hall, as well as at Merle’s Tower in Dover, VT by Graham
Brooks. It has been mixed by Andrew Oswald (Mortiferum, Caustic Wound, Vanum) and mastered by Brad
Boatright (Come to Grief, Creeping Death) with cover art by Paolo Girardi (Cryptopsy, Revocation, The
Black Dahlia Murder). The album is set to be released in spring 2026 on Pulverised Records.
credits
released April 17, 2026
Recorded by Graham Brooks at Merle's Tower Studios in Dover, VT. Drums recorded by Mikey Allred at Guilford Sound in Guilford, VT engineered by Matt Hall.
Mixed by Andrew Oswald at Paradise Records in Los Angeles, CA
Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege in Portland, OR
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This is the first truly perfect 10/10 record I've heard in twelve years, and I'm only just now discovering it in May of 2026. I am blown away. hedies23
