Infinite Dissolution

Infinite Dissolution is an album from the drone rock band Locrian. It was released on July 24, 2015, through Relapse Records.^[14]

Infinite Dissolution
Studio album by Locrian
Released	July 24, 2015 (2015-07-24)
Genre	Doom metal, drone metal, drone, noise[1]
Length	47:25
Label	Relapse Records
Producer	Locrian
Locrian chronology
Return to Annihilation (2013) Infinite Dissolution (2015)
Singles from Infinite Dissolution
"An Index of Air" Released: June 1, 2015 "Heavy Water" Released: June 18, 2015[2] "Arc of Extinction" Released: July 9, 2015[3] "Dark Shales" Released: July 16, 2015[4]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	83/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Pitchfork	8.2/10[7]
Echoes and Dust	favorable [8]
Consequence of Sound	B[9]
Exclaim!	8/10[10]
PopMatters	7/10 [11]
The Quietus	favorable [12]
Dusted	favorable [13]

The first single off the album, "An Index of Air" was released digitally on June 1, 2015.^[15] Locrian released a music video directed by Raymond Salvatore Harmon for the track "Arc of Extinction" on July 29, 2015, through NPR.^[16]

Background

Infinite Dissolution was announced on May 21, 2015, and the press release of the album describes it as a concept record "dealing with the struggle of human extinction."^[17]

The group took inspiration for the album from Elizabeth Kolbert's study of mass extinction and climate change, The Sixth Extinction.^[18]

Reception

The album generally received favorable responses from critics and fans alike. Pitchfork Media gave the album a positive review, rating the album at 8.2 out of 10 and praising the album as being the group's "most adventurous and accessible" album yes from the "once-prohibitively esoteric" group.^[19] Consequence of Sound gave the album a B and compared looking into the photo of sculptor David Altmejd's The Eye on the album's cover was like "peering into the world of the album: as mesmerizing as it is disorienting."^[20] NPR's Lars Gotrich stated that the trio "is at the height of its holistic metallic powers on Infinite Dissolution."^[21] PopMatters gave the album 7 out of 10 stars and called the release thoughtful and dynamic and generally praised the release.^[22] Exclaim gave the album an 8 out of 10 review ending their review by stating that "Infinite Dissolution is full of haunted love songs between a fallen city and the ghosts that inhabit it; it fills a void that I never knew existed until this unsettling, aching sound poured in."^[23]

The album currently has a score of 83 on Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim".^[24]

Jason Heller of the A.V. Club ranked Infinite Dissolution as his top album of 2015.^[25]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Arc of Extinction"	7:16
2.	"Dark Shales"	6:28
3.	"KXL I"	6:56
4.	"The Future of Death"	3:38
5.	"An Index of Air"	7:51
6.	"KXL II"	3:46
7.	"The Great Dying"	5:48
8.	"Heavy Water"	4:11
9.	"KXL III"	1:34
Total length:		47:25

Personnel

Credits adapted from Allmusic.^[26]

Drone

• André Foisy – guitar, electronics
• Terence Hannum – synthesizer (Moog Little Phatty, Moog Minitaur, Moog Source, MicroKorg, ARP Avatar, EDP Wasp, Mellotron M400), sampler
• Steven Hess – drums, percussion, electronics
• Erica Burgner - vocals
• Dana Schecter - lap steel guitar

Production

• Greg Norman – recording and mixing at Electrical Audio
• David Altmejd – artwork
• Jacob Speis – layout