As we barrel into May and the second half of 2024 looms larger on the horizon, it begins to feel less bold to declare albums as likely favorites for the year. After a week of listening to Sentiment Dissolve’s upcoming debut album, I can comfortably place The Orwellian Dream among my most anticipated releases of 2024.
Formed in 2021, Sentiment Dissolve unites members of Aepoch, Kavara, and Hell is Other People for a dystopian tour of the loud, the extreme, and the absurd. Smashing together brutal death metal, tech death, and progressive death metal, the Ontario-based quartet delivers a darkly surreal and explosive performance that channels sci-fi influences into a condemnation of anti-choice extremists.
The opening track, “Forced Birther” is a 7-minute epic that injects slam and brutal death metal influences into progressive death. Jagged guitars careen into urgent melodies, then spiral into physics-defying riffs in a cacophonous journey into the terrifying reality of reproductive healthcare. The Orwellian Dream is satisfyingly pummeling and electrifyingly groovy, delivering a punishing nightmare.
Sentiment Dissolve shared the gory inspiration behind the massive track:
"We're thrilled to finally be dropping 'Forced Birther' into all your holes. This was the last song we wrote during the 'Orwellian Dream' sessions, with more of the brutal/slam influences we plan on leaning more towards in our future material.
"Lyrically, the song is about implanting a uterus into a pro-lifer until the offspring violently consumes its host. We wanted to turn the tables on the misogyny that's rampant in brutal death metal, and give anti-abortionists (or 'forced birthers' as we prefer to call them) a taste of their own medicine.
We hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Remember: fuck forced birthers, kill them with their own seed."
Get an exclusive look at Sentiment Dissolve’s new single below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIErZ3BXbJc
The full album will be released on May 24th via CDN Records and can be pre-ordered here.