MASSA NERA
"Avalon Cove"
exclusive song premiere
For fans of: Meth., Detach The Islands and Andthecanaryfell
exclusive song premiere
It's kinda nuts to have been around to see the majority of New Jersey's MASSA NERA journey, as I played a show with them back on August 9th of 2016 (linked here) and was blown away at the band's talent. Zegema Beach Records then helped release 'Los Pensamientos De una Cara Palida', their four-way split 12"s, two cover songs, and 'Derramar | Querer | Borrar'. The band also played a string of five straight ZBR Fest performances, with their most recent 2024 appearance being their most visceral and soul-cleansing set I've set from them yet. This is an extremely long-winded way of saying "I know them well," lol.
Okay so with that said, it's with extreme excitement that I get to share the band's final single from their upcoming October 31st, 2025 full length 'The Emtpiness of All Things' on Persistent Vision Records via 500 records, 250 White & Blue Galaxy + 250 Coke Bottle w/Black & White Smoke with additional help from Deathwish. You can also check their previous premiere with Get Alternative for the song "Lavender" here and their music video for "Mechanical Sunrise" here.
This song was inspired by AvalonBay Communities, White Desert Antarctica, whale deaths, the documentaries of Werner Herzog, the musical stylings of late-period Scott Walker, and Pg.99's "'Living in the Skeleton of a Happy Memory.
This song was inspired by AvalonBay Communities, White Desert Antarctica, whale deaths, the documentaries of Werner Herzog, the musical stylings of late-period Scott Walker, and Pg.99's "'Living in the Skeleton of a Happy Memory.
(2025) MASSA NERA "Avalon Cove" (from 'The Emptiness of All Things')
After seeing Meth in 2022 and 2023, it seemed that my friends in MASSA NERA were very taken witht he band's music, and even told me after their sets, "we need to sound more like that." And here we are. This album is definitely heavier than its predecessor, but the underlying unease of it all - the darkness, the anger, the unnatural silence as well as the explosive meltdowns. The song begins with an eerie and unsettling opening that hints at an oncoming nightmare. The monster is finally unleashed just before the two-minute mark in a brief but terrifying rampage before the song then dips back into a subdued and jagged midsection that keeps it quiet (but manages to sneak in at least one faux-build). At about 3:10 the song fully detonates, ripping shards from the members in a display that when witnessed live must be one helluva spectacle. Halloween is a fitting release day indeed. Fuckin' wowza.
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