Text by Luis Fernando Ribeiro and Leandro Abrantes
After a long journey from production to release, spanning almost the entire last two years, Dislaze , Zero , is now available on all major streaming platforms. With a pandemic of global consequences in their path, Marcos Sel (vocals and guitar), Pedro Fabri (bass and backing vocals), and Raphael Miotto (drums) saw their album's release and promotion plans completely altered, having to adapt quickly to a new reality.
Since then, there have been five singles, “Under My Skin”, “Man Down”, “Sand Plans”, “Kadriya” and “Dog Collar”, and three music videos, “Man Down”, “Kadriya” and most recently “Under My Skin”. In addition to the five songs already mentioned, Zero features five other unreleased compositions, showcasing an unrelenting and primal energy and numerous musical elements never or rarely heard before in heavy metal.
Zero possesses a quite unique and modern sound, mixing elements from various strands of heavy metal, reaching opposite extremes such as extreme metal and hard rock, but without losing the fluidity of its music at any point. The album presents themes such as violence, sex, addictions, and social problems without mincing words to soften its message.
In Zero we can get an idea of the diversity and audacity of these young musicians who are not intimidated by the conservatism that has taken over the genre they practice, giving freedom to their artistic creativity and resulting in a very bold, heavy and far above average work.