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2025: A Year For Serpents [Weekly Mixtape 203]

Ophiolatry | Pandemia | Escarnium | Defigurement | Intercourse | Noisepicker | Evoken | Abhorrent Expanse | Wretched Blessing | Imperial Triumphant | Yellow Eyes

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Music On This Mixtape:

Ophiolatry: "Apophis" taken from the album "Serpent’s Verdict"

[Watch my interview with Ophiolatry here.]

Pandemia: "The Pallor Of Detest" taken from the album "Darkened Devotion"

[Watch my interview with Pandemia here.]

Escarnium: "Inexorable Entropy" taken from the album "Inexorable Entropy"

[Watch my interview with Escarnium here.]

Defigurement: "Godtopsy" taken from the album "Endbryo"

Intercourse: "Zoloft And Blow"/"Unsuccessfully Attempting To Parse Nightmare From Reality" taken from the album "How I Fell In Love With The Void"

[Watch my interview with Intercourse here.]

Noisepicker: "The Earth Will Swallow The Sun" taken from the album "The Earth Will Swallow The Sun"

[Watch my interview with Noisepicker here.]

Evoken: "Lauds" taken from the album "Mendacium"

[Listen to my interview with Evoken here.]

Abhorrent Expanse: "Praise for Chaos" taken from the album "Enter The Misanthropocene"

[Watch my interview with Abhorrent Expanse here.]

Wretched Blessing: "Ẓulm" taken from the single "Ẓulm"

Imperial Triumphant: "Industry of Misery" taken from the album "Goldstar"

[Watch my interview with Imperial Triumphant here.]

Yellow Eyes: "iii. The Entrance"/"Confusion Gate" taken from the album "Confusion Gate"

Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 396 features an interview with Jaime Veron and Fred Barros of Ophiolatry.

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Ophiolatry formed in the Nineties (alongside Krisiun, Rebaelliun and Mental Horror) as part of a new generation of Brazil death metal bands. Like their countrymen, their music is an unrelenting barrage of blastbeats and death/thrash riffs - everything that makes Brazilian death metal great. The band went on hiatus after their second album, but re-emerged in 2021 with a new line-up.

I spoke with guitarist Fred Barros and vocalist Jaime Veron about how they became a part of the revived Ophiolatry, and how an anaconda helped the band find their name. We also discussed the band's desire to evolve with every release, and working with Dan Swano on the mastering of their latest album Serpent's Verdict.

My thanks again to Jaime and Fred for speaking with me, and to you for listening.

Music In This Episode:

"Abyss of Alienation" taken from the album Transmutation

"Breaking the Bones of Jesus" taken from the album Anti-Evangelistic Process

"Serpent's Spit" "Revenge" taken from the album Serpent's Verdict Ophiolatry.com.br

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If you know me, then you know I have a soft spot for Brazilian death metal - fast, thrashy, unrelenting. São Paulo's Ophiolatry are all three, and have recently premiered a single from their upcoming fourth album, Serpent's Verdict. The album will be out on June 6th through Wormholedeath Records.

Stream/pre-order the album here.