when this was on pre-order at nuclear blast, i was toying with the idea of getting it. the description said something like mastodon and gojira and as i love both bands, i thought it would prove worthwhile to check irist out. didn't come around to it for the longest time but when i finally listened to "severed", i knew i had to get this.
i think the comparisons made are quite accurate and sometimes they are even lacking a bit of a sound that is their own but the record is just so good. somewhere between death metal, proggy parts and a feeling for melody, "order of the mind" is a cracker all throughout its duration. lovely black/orange merge vinyl out of 1.500 copies. nuclear blast. 2020.
