Artist: Hinayana 
Title: Death Of The Cosmic
Label: Napalm Records
Cat #: NPR978DP
Release Year: 2020
Duration: EP
Format: CD
Packaging Type: Digipak
Special Attributes: Limited Edition

Hinayana – the multifaceted tension between melodic and death. Hinayana take you for a ride through dark, brooding riffs and soaring melodic passages of guitars and keys full of atmosphere. The band from Austin, Texas, plays a hybrid between melodic death and doom metal that is unlike anything else.

Melodic death metal upstarts Hinayana bring the flaming Texas heat on their upcoming EP, Death of the Cosmic. Following their 2018 debut full-length, Order Divine, this EP showcases another facet of their Death/Doom symbiosis.    

Each of the five tracks presents another shade of the band’s sophisticated arrangements: from doom-propelled cascades to rapid riffing and melodic guitar lines, Death of the Cosmic draws its listener into Hinayana's sturdy strains of modern metal. The opening track, " Death of the Cosmic”, kicks off with an ambient-feeling blending into Hinayana’s universe, led by Casey Hurd’s murmuring vocals, rising to the full extent of his deep, menacing growls. " Cold Conception“, featuring late Tengger Cavalry frontman Nature Ganganbaigal, convinces with harsh growls and reveals another aspect of Hinayana’s instrumental intensity. " In Sacred Delusion”, which features a guest appearance from Toni Toivonen (Hanging Garden from Finland), showcases a heightened force of musical refinement.  

Death of the Cosmic closes with the epilogue " Pitch Black Noise" and not only proves Hinayana's identifiable auditory trademark of melding accumulating tranquillity and thunderous intensity but also underlines the existential depth of their lyrics.

Recommended if you are like: Arch Enemy, Omnium Gatherum, Be'lakor, Insomnium, Norther, Mors Princpium Est, Wintersun, Amon Amarth, Nailed To Obscurity

Track Listing:
01. Death of the Cosmic
02. Cold Conception (ft. Nature Ganganbaigal) 
03. Yet Here I Wait Forever
04. In Sacred Delusion (ft. Toni Toivonen) 
05. Pitch Black Noise