Malevich was formed in 2016 in Atlanta Georgia by Sasha Schilbrack-Cole, Josh McIntyre, Daniel
DeSimone and original vocalist Will Turner. From their inception the band has upheld an impressive
DIY work ethic. Keen to make things happen for themselves, Malvich recorded and self-released their
debut album ‘Only The Flies’ in the same year they formed. This would be the only album to feature
Will Turner on vocals.
After extensively touring the first LP, Will decided to leave the band in 2018. Enter Connor Ray, who
would help take the band into their next chapter. Initially Connor joined as a standalone vocalist,
releasing a split 7” with Iron Gag as his first outing with the band. Not long after this release, Connor
also picked up guitar duties, resulting in the current and longest standing lineup of the project.
Since the current line up was cemented, the band have wasted no time in further making a name for
themselves. 2019 saw the band release their sophomore album ‘Our Hollow’, followed by a 4-way
split (2022) and the EP ‘Trembling and Dowsed’ (2024).
Throughout these recorded offerings the band has been relentlessly touring, covering almost the
entirety of the USA, as well as performing shows in Canada and the UK.
Malevich has toured and played alongside notable bands like Immortal Bird, Great Falls, Planning
for Burial, Primitive Man, Bell Witch, Thou, The Body, Lingua Ignota and Liturgy. They have also
made appearances at festivals such as ZBR fest (2019, 2022), Red River Music Fest (2019), Wake
Brewing’s anniversary festival (2022) and Subterranean Dissonance Fest (2025).
Malevich also performed on Adult Swim’s experimental live performance program ‘Bloodfeast
Presents’ in 2019, a collaborative audiovisual effort featuring set dec elements created by both band
members and Adult Swim staff.
With their upcoming LP ‘Under a Gilded Sun’, Malevich wanted it to be known that they weren’t
making extreme music that was void of purpose. They have a strong message behind the intense
music that they create. We live in a world where beauty has been defanged. The lack of teeth found
on the thoughtful side of extreme music is concerning; hordes of reverb-soaked faux-black metal
bands tremolo picking for the sake of selfish art and not anger. Malevich is angry. The band looks at
the material world as it exists and condemns its violent, oppressive tendencies. They seek to
contrast others that adopt trendy aesthetics but purposely avoid any kind of ethical stance
outside of themselves.
In the half-decade since they released ‘Our Hollow’, the Atlanta-based quartet has taken their
grind-tinged, Richmond-goes-Norway sound to a space as gorgeous as it is violent. ‘Under a Gilded
Sun remains’ a visceral, blackened roar while managing to expand on the more subtle elements
introduced in 2024’s ‘Trembling and Dowsed’ EP by embracing something unexpected in the world of
extreme music: space.
Malevich uses restraint to shape their fury, letting the powerful, dissonant blur suddenly simmer in
shallow waters of clean vocals and full-on slowcore passages. Even in these rare, quieter moments,
the album never seems derivative or passive, the spittle from mouths foaming with rage soaking
every note. They’ve excised the fascist core of Deathspell Omega and replaced it with a clean,
post-whatever, Flenser-esque tonality. It’s the hushed whisper of lovers giving way to the sound of a
collapsing government building. A balance of contradictions in corpse paint and an Orchid t-shirt.
Going into the writing and recording of Under a Gilded Sun, Malevich made an intentional turn toward
melody, clarity, and sonic experimentation. While the band has always written from the intersection
of disparate influences, this release showcases them actualizing a sound that is singular, complex ,
and confidently their own.
Malevich will announce ‘Under a Gilded Sun’ on June 25th and release the lead single ‘Blossom In
Full Force’.
“We want to feature ‘Blossom In Full Force’ as the first outing as it does a lot of different things
musically that really showcases our direction with this album. The different sections twist into
themselves, it shows more dynamics, it features more synths and layers, and has an almost
uplifting, cathartic ending to it that features all three of our vocalists. Lyrically it is in direct
opposition to individualism as a culture. Whether we call it neoliberalism, Thatcherism,
Reaganism, etc. there’s an enormous pressure on people to see themselves and others as
atomized individuals, detached from each other. You succeed in this system through cut throat
competition and if other people struggle it is their own fault somehow. In reality we are so
dependent on each other that our very cognitive ability to recognize our own existence is reliant
on the recognition of the existence of others and their affirmation that we also exist to them. We
are biologically social creatures that raise our children, we care for each other, and we get
lonely in isolation. The very fact that we have language is a phenomenon of collective effort. At
the same time individuals do still exist and the most authentic way to be as an individual is to
recognize our social dependence while also affirming everyone’s right to their own creative
existence. “
Band Members:
Connor Ray – Guitar/Vocals/Electronics
Sasha Schilbrack-Cole – Drums/Vocals
Daniel DeSimone – Bass/Vocals/Electronics
Josh McIntyre – Guitar
Tracklist:
1. Blossom in Full Force
2.Impasse
3.Cross of Gold
4.Delirium and Confidence
5.Illusion Never Changed
6.Into Bliss (featuring Lex Santiago of Sunrot)
7.A Sun That Only Sets
8.If We Sing Towards the Heavens Maybe They’ll Let Us In
9.Supine, Under the Gilded Sun
Credits:
Under a Gilded Sun was recorded and mixed by Seth Manchester at Machines With Magnets (The
Body, Big Brave, Liturgy) in August of 2024 and mastered by Erol Ulug (Teeth, Dangers). Additional
vocals and sounds were recorded at the band’s home space in Atlanta, Sobek Sound, with
engineering by Connor Ray. Art by Sasha Schilbrack-Cole.
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