Symmetri by Metavari

Clear and Indigo vinyllimited to 300 worldwide.

Symmetri’ is Metavari’s sophomore studio release, led by electronic musician and composer, Nathaniel David Utesch, and their debut studio LP on One Way Static Records. The work is a stand-alone edit of Metavari’s ‘Metropolis’ re-score from 2017. This album introduces new and reconfigured material in addition to selections from the original soundtrack.

Metavari is the stage name of Indiana-based electronic musician Nathaniel David Utesch, and their sound is best described as the intersection of nostalgic electronics, ambient soundscapes and off-kilter synth pop music. Since 2008, Metavari has toured extensively in the US; sharing the stage with notable acts such as This Will Destroy You, Maserati, Tortoise, Titus Andronicus, Anamanaguchi, The Appleseed Cast & Small Black.

Written and produced over the course of 20 months, the lengthy writing time stretched across a whirlwind season surrounding the miscarriage of Nathaniel and his wife’s first pregnancy and coincidentally ended just after the success of their second. Nathaniel said of the writing, “The record was drenched in an incredibly dark season of our life and yet concluded at nearly the opposite. I quite literally finished the record with my newborn son in my arms.” While much of ‘Symmetri’ was written as a re-scoring of Fritz Lang’s ‘Metropolis,’ it’s stilleasy to hear the disparate tug and pull influenced byNathaniel’s personal experiences during the time of the recordings.

The LP comes packaged in a deluxe jacket with a custom die cut center hole & includes a digital download containing a bonus track from Metavari and remixes from Sarah Davachi, Diamondstein, Antoni Maiovvi, Makeup and Vanity Set, Taragana Pyjarama, and Umberto. The record also features guest vocals from Daniel Weyandt, singer of the seminal hardcore metal band, Zao. Available as an exclusive color vinyl variant (milky clear and indigo blue vinyl limited to 300 copies).

TRACK LISTING

Side A

1. Assembl en Miroir I
2. Messages
3. Futura
4. Unterirdisch
5. Byrani Rom Ascii
6. Indigo
7. Moloch!
8. Assembl en Miroir II

Side B

1. Babel
2. Hymns
3. Trouble
4. Tetraheathen
5. Eternal Return, pt. 1
6. Witchhunt (feat. Daniel Weyandt)
7. Assembl en Miroir III

Digital Download

1. Tetraheathen (Sarah Davachi Remix) [Bonus Track]
2. Messages (Umberto Remix) [Bonus Track]
3. Babel (Taragana Pyjaramas Scales Remix) [Bonus Track]
4. Byrani Rom Ascii (Antoni Maiovvis Dream Within a Dream of the Winged Pig Mix) [Bonus Track]
5. Tetraheathen (Diamondstein Remix) [Bonus Track]
6. Witchhunt (Makeup and Vanity Set Remix) [Bonus Track]
7. Assembl en Miroir IV [Bonus Track]