Somnuri: new album 'Nefarious Wave' in its entirety!

to premiere their catchy and whiplash-inducing sophomore album 'Nefarious Wave', out this June 4th on Blues Funeral Recordings.

Says The Obelisk: "The songs certainly are not without an element of danger — there’s a feeling at times like they’re pushing themselves physically as well as creatively — and of course a certain amount of confrontationalism is a regional delicacy of NYC, but Somnuri find a niche for themselves amid that tempest, and they’re able to create both a purpose in the album’s structure and a flow within and between the songs to enact that purpose."

• “There’s a deceptive elegance to Somnuri’s brand of meaty metal, a mysterious adeptness at simultaneously sounding like gilded seraphs while peeling off thick slabs of syrupy slick sludge metal.” Metal Hammer Magazine
• “A winning blend of hard-hitting riffs, musical mastery and earworm-worthy hooks.” Metalsucks
• “With a New York attitude, the band is set to steamroll everything in their path.” Vinyl Brunch
• “It’s a no holds barred, thrill ride, that demands your maximum attention, and anything less than full volume would be an absolute travesty.” The Sleeping Shaman

Coming from the depths of Brooklyn, NYC, SOMNURI weave together breakneck energy, infectious melodies, bludgeoning riffs and pounding grooves that share DNA with High on Fire, Mastodon, Baroness and Torche. A sprawling record full of time shifts and burning ambition, Nefarious Wave is a snapshot of survival and resilience in the band's native Brooklyn, full of stark brutality and spacious hush. Embodying their refusal to concede or compromise, their sophomore album 'Nefarious Wave' is a reflection of their undeniable ethic, a devastating musical worldview ready for those willing to inhabit it with them. Watch their new videos "Beyond Your Last Breath", "Tooth & Nail" and "Desire Lines".

New album 'Nefarious Wave' Out June 4th on Blues Funeral Recordings

Nothing burnishes heaviness like being a DIY band in Brooklyn. The strength of will to survive in New York inevitably seeps into the music, and toughens the musical character of those who persevere. SOMNURI started when two multi-instrumentalists sharing adjacent practice spaces heard like-minded styles and energies coming from next door. Justin Sherrell had played drums in Brooklyn bands Blackout, Tower, and Bezoar, but yearned to take on guitar and vocals. He heard Phil SanGiacomo (Family, Grandfather, Last Hours) pounding out polyrhythms through the wall and thought, 'this could be the foundation of something awesome. Hitting the pavement with an underground cannabis delivery service to fund the band’s beginnings immediately catalyzed their uncompromising ethos. SOMNURI self-released an ambitious and well-received debut LP in 2017, earning high marks from Decibel, Metal Injection, Invisible Oranges and Metalsucks, and powered ahead with a series of blistering shows. The arrival of bassist Philippe Arman in 2019 seemed to complete the band at last, with the addition of live vocal harmonies and slick yet thunderous low-end.

A sprawling record full of time and tempo shifts, their sophomore album 'Nefarious Wave' is a story of survival and resilience. As naysayers flee the city, claiming the scene is dead and will never be what it used to, SOMNURI is alive, breathing, adapting and mutating into something greater, and continues to push the possibilities of heavy music and the ideals of how a DIY band fights for their place. It was mixed by Phil SanGiacomo, and mastered by Justin Mantooth at Westend Recording Studios KC. The artwork was designed by Dani Otrajki.