Track By Tracks: Onchocerciasis Esophagogastroduodenoscop - Fugue Gnawed From The Scabbed God Cerebrum (2026)

The album as a whole (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY):

Jesse Agiomamitis: Start-to-finish, the album is dissonant, punishing, and disorienting.

Many of the lyrical subjects are larger than life, and the songs tell a story of a single entity, a “godslayer”, essentially, on a God of War-esque rampage through the universe, all veiled in obscurity.

This character and his actions mirror the overall feeling of the album: cold, calculated, and violent.

The Popu: Musically, the LP is definitely the most experimental OxEx to date. In between the utter carnage of the main instrumentals are layers of synths and organic instrumentation that have gone through various levels of sonic destruction to give the overall soundscape an alien feel. I was highly inspired by “Nithing - Agonal Hymns” of 2023 and the classic record “Dripping - Disintegration of Thought Patterns During A Synthetic Mind Traveling Bliss”.

Track by Track (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY):

1. Conquering Divinity:

Lyrically quite fantastical, evoking certain mythological imagery. The music itself is very chaotic; there’s something new around every corner on this track, and that’s absolutely by design, being the first track on the record. Throwing a curveball out of the gate.

2. The Fallen Lament, Paralytikus Ascends:

As heard on the teaser EP we released leading up to the album, this track is one that is pretty straightforward and sounds most like our older material, but with better performances all around.

3. Severing What Makes Me Human:

A quite dark track with a lot of weird things going on, and with a lot of the lyrics on this record, they’re not meant to be taken too seriously. We want it to evoke some type of image in the listener's mind as they read over and listen to the track.

4. Apotheotic Apotemnophilia:

Getting toward the middle of the record, we knew we had to throw in something a little varied. This song has more melody than most others, but it is still incredibly heavy once that introduction is over. As the title of the track ‘Apotheotic Apotemnophilia’ may suggest, the lyrics (although somewhat vaguely) deal with the idea of a deity who is dissatisfied with aspects of their being.

5. Entombed Within the Infinite Panopticon:

This one is a little more straightforward. Just pummeling every second of the runtime, especially towards the end when the slower section comes in. We don’t have as many “breakdown” type moments compared to our earlier EPs, but when they do come in, like on this track, they hit way harder.

6. Gutted & Corpsed:

Starts off strong with a lot of blasting and gurgling before making a dramatic shift toward the middle of the song, where it sounds more like a portal to the underworld has been opened. There are these unearthly shrieks and angular riffs that throw the listener for a loop and make you really pay attention to what’s going on, right before getting back into the blasting and gurgling.

7. Heaven's Empty Halls:

One of my absolute favourites on the record. So much is going on texturally with this almost Dungeon Synth-esque backing instrumental that really elevates the guitars, drums, and vocals, giving a somewhat creepy vibe to the song, and it perfectly kicks off the final portion of the record.

8. Hurt Beyond Healing:

Standard ass-beater of a track, bringing everything back to gravity after the last song. Lots of guitar wizardry and chaotic vocals are going on here.

9. Abyssikataplexika:

One of the most gnarly vocal performances on the record, with a few new sounds that really don’t sound human, accompanied by some of the deepest chugs on the record and even blistering drumming.

10. Vile Verses Flogged into the Wings of Angels

Dark and brooding atmosphere, like something from a horror soundtrack, perfectly builds tension before release with the final track.

11. Forged in the Blackest Reaches of Blasphemy:

Melodic, brutal, chaotic, and structured all at once. Bearing our influences on our sleeve and once again paying homage to the great Disentomb (among other bands). There’s no better way for us to cap off the record.

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