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Supercontinent

by Thecodontion

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    - 140 gram black vinyl
    - 2 sided insert / lyric sheet
    - A3 poster
    - 300gsm sleeve with 3mm spine
    - Matte finish
    - Poly lined inner sleeve & thick outer sleeve
    - Artwork & layouts by Stefan Thanneur (Chaos Echoes)

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    edition of 250  2 remaining

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Digipak CD edition, released by I, Voidhanger Records (Italy). Includes digital download code.

    • Limited to 300 copies worldwide
    • Deluxe 4-Panel Digipak CD
    • 12-page booklet with lyrics

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Get both Thecodontion's "Jurassic" EP and "Supercontinent" on vinyl for a discounted price and save on shipping. You will get a digital copy of "Jurassic" via download code.

    SHIPPING INFO:
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    Buyer pays shipping. Paypal only. The items will be shipped within 7 days.
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  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £4 GBP  or more

     

  • SUPERCONTINENT Black T-Shirt
    T-Shirt/Apparel

    Black t-shirt featuring the front artwork of our "Supercontinent" LP.
    Artwork by Stefan Thanneur (Chaos Echoes, Ocre).
    Includes a download code for "Supercontinent".

    SHIPPING INFO:
    Priority shipping.
    Buyer pays shipping. Paypal only. The items will be shipped within 7 days.
    If you want tracked/priority shipping, just ask! However, sometimes it will be way more expensive, international especially.
    You can contact us to calculate the exact shipping costs if you wish to purchase more than two products at once.

    RETURN POLICY:
    If an item gets damaged, we can refund it, or send a new one if available.
    No refund/replacement if an untracked item gets lost. If you prefer having full tracking you can contact us and we will send you the item with registered shipping - it is more expensive though.
    Refund/replacement will be provided if an item sent with tracked shipping gets lost.
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  • TRILOBITE Longsleeve
    T-Shirt/Apparel

    Black longsleeve featuring red logo/writings and a trilobite, originally used for Supercontinent's booklet and layout.
    Artwork by Stefan Thanneur (Chaos Echoes, Ocre).
    Thecodontion logo by Andrew Cunningham (Malthusian, Wreck of the Hesperus).
    Includes a download code for "Supercontinent".

    SHIPPING INFO:
    Priority shipping.
    Buyer pays shipping. Paypal only. The items will be shipped within 7 days.
    If you want tracked/priority shipping, just ask! However, sometimes it will be way more expensive, international especially.
    You can contact us to calculate the exact shipping costs if you wish to purchase more than two products at once.

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    If an item gets damaged, we can refund it, or send a new one if available.
    No refund/replacement if an untracked item gets lost. If you prefer having full tracking you can contact us and we will send you the item with registered shipping - it is more expensive though.
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  • Trilobite Longsleeve + CD Bundle
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Geth both "Supercontinent" CD and the "Trilobite" longsleeve shirt for a discounted price and save on shipping. You will get a download code for "Supercontinent".

    SHIPPING INFO:
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    Buyer pays shipping. Paypal only. The items will be shipped within 7 days.
    If you want tracked/priority shipping, just ask! However, sometimes it will be way more expensive, international especially.
    You can contact us to calculate the exact shipping costs if you wish to purchase more than two products at once.

    RETURN POLICY:
    If an item gets damaged, we can refund it, or send a new one if available.
    No refund/replacement if an untracked item gets lost. If you prefer having full tracking you can contact us and we will send you the item with registered shipping - it is more expensive though.
    Refund/replacement will be provided if an item sent with tracked shipping gets lost.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Supercontinent via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Supercontinent T-Shirt + CD Bundle
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Get both "Supercontinent" t-shirt and CD for a discounted price and save on shipping.You will get a download code for "Supercontinent".

    SHIPPING INFO:
    Priority shipping.
    Buyer pays shipping. Paypal only. The items will be shipped within 7 days.
    If you want tracked/priority shipping, just ask! However, sometimes it will be way more expensive, international especially.
    You can contact us to calculate the exact shipping costs if you wish to purchase more than two products at once.

    RETURN POLICY:
    If an item gets damaged, we can refund it, or send a new one if available.
    No refund/replacement if an untracked item gets lost. If you prefer having full tracking you can contact us and we will send you the item with registered shipping - it is more expensive though.
    Refund/replacement will be provided if an item sent with tracked shipping gets lost.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Supercontinent via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Limited Edition Cassette
    Cassette + Digital Album

    Limited edition of 100 copies, released by Dybbuk Productions (Israel). Artwork by Stefan Thanneur (Chaos Echoes, Ocre).

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    IRON BONEHEAD PRODUCTIONS (Germany):
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    XENOGLOSSY PRODUCTIONS (Italy):
    xenoglossyproductions.bandcamp.com/merch

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    If you want tracked shipping, just ask! However, sometimes it will be way more expensive, international especially.
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    No refund/replacement if an untracked item gets lost. If you prefer having full tracking you can contact us and we will send you the item with registered shipping - it is more expensive though.
    Refund/replacement will be provided if an item sent with tracked shipping gets lost.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Supercontinent via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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1.
Gyrosia 02:08
Instant abiogenesis when Gyrosia formed microbes near hydrotermal vents geochemically active environment rounded tubular cells on a fossilized beach
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Vaalbara 04:12
Lithostigraphic structural arrays reveal the supercontinent's existence often disputed a three fold stratigraphic similarity leads to reconstructions of ancient latitudes extensional faults during felsic volcanism both coeval with impact layers paleomagnetic data showing igneous complexes of what could have once been part of the same a pattern found in Precambrian cover sequences granite greenstone belts show evidence of meteorite impacts into spherules of glass akin to lunar soil carbon chondrules traced in the membrane organelles of eukaryotes coded in the blue algae of Cyanophyta molecular clocks and fossil photosynthesis biomarkers have found their way through rocks to discover the missing Archaean link between twin transcontinental basins two cratons drifting apart from each other across four billion years wide oceans
3.
Ur 06:32
Protolithic shields once close together Near each other until the Mesozoic break-up Younger continental assemblage Three of a kind now far apart Up to the Siderian era range When Ur joins Nena and Atlantica On early Earth's archaic tectonics Three worlds collide The Zimgarn hypothesis surfaces Extensive carbonate platforms develop Differing magmatic signatures Primordial magnetism affected Expanding continuing stabilisation Intracontinental within the southern margin Ur, the longest-lived landmass Yet it remains hopelessly obscure
4.
Kenorland 04:23
Kenorland located at lower latitudes until tectonic magma plume rifting The Baltic Shield over the equator joined to the Canadian forming an unity its nexus near the Fennoscandian shield transition point to two-layer core findings of earlier continents indicate contradicting adjustment theories during the Siderian and Rhyacian periods protracted fissures manifested by mafic dikes and sedimentary basins bimodal deep convection splitting common no longer a supercontinent, a divide at two-point-fortyfive Gya, a breakup speculation based on the margin spatial arrangements of Laurentia drifting assemblies flow together toward the subsequent amalgamation southwest and northwest portions of the Canadian Shield at opposite ends temperatures plummeting abyssal banded iron formations indicating anoxia nevertheless, photosynthesis still unbound stabilizing climates new levels
5.
Lerova 02:23
Surface water moving east to west warming up from the sunlight vespertine edge warmer than austral countless seasons of monsoons
6.
Nuna 06:01
Proto-cratons containing the Earth's continental blocks welded, amalgamated sutured with orogens twelve-nine-hundred kilometers along the north-south axis four-eight-hundred kilometers along the east-west axis mountain range formations South America was rotated edges extending into the brinks of Scandinavia outgrowth via accretion key continental margins forming a magmatic belt along southern limits anorogenic activity forming anorthosite suits marked by the emplacement of igneous northern hemisphere continental configuration based on radiating dike swarms also known as Columbia Nuna, completed by global collisions
7.
Rodinia 03:52
Her womb was barren Uncolonized dry land No inhabitants on her interior rings Ultraviolet light hindering life Rainfalls increase volcanic rocks weather Low threshold triggers extreme glaciation Tectonic activity nourishing marine environment Neoproterozoic orogeny unknown longitude Rifts spread to warmer litosphere Ocean floors come up Eustatic water levels rise Parallel shallower seas
8.
Tethys 01:58
Continuous belt circling around the Earth slightly above the Equator currents running differently ocean floor buckling under
9.
Zero parallel location during the Cambrian drifts assemble and break her up Silurian volcanism reforming Laurasia they are coiled close together Iapetus rafts terranes to be added back Neo-Tethys pushes them across the Equator microcontinents and blocks amalgamate unknown if they originated on her shores lycopods invade and dominate the tropics terrestrial pteridophytes colonize rapidly Baragwanathia flora occurs in two strata replaced by Archaeopteris and giant moss Rheic closure, ocean currents reroute Gondwana rotates clockwise, Australia shifts south to more temperate coordinates coal-forming forests form from ice melting now petrified voltziaelan conifers evolve extinct glossopterids reach peak diversity plant-vertebrate-insect ecosystem results hexapods codevelop, therapsids arrive
10.
Pangaea 07:36
Plate tectonics paramount in the formation of later landmasses and habitats lifeforms adapt to chasms and earthquakes shaping the various stages of Pangaea Traversodonts thrived where others struggled spore plants replaced by gymnosperms few marine animals known to exist ammonites, brachiopods, massive reefs Lystrosaurus, Cynognathus and ferns fossils Mesosaurus found in coastal regions distribution ranging from polar to equator glacial deposits of the same age and structure drastic climate change after reconfiguration warm tropical air and water transfer halted atmospheric circumpolar currents Antarctica cools down to a frigid state deterioration of the northern section contributed to the Permian Extinction beetles and cicadas wiped away acid oceans dissolving benthic species
11.
Panthalassa 02:41
Hemisphere-sized ocean gigantic single-celled organisms trade winds create westward flows four currents of subtropical gyre

about

[Text by I, Voidhanger Records]

After releasing a demo ("Thecodontia", 2018) and an EP ("Jurassic", 2019), Italy's bass-driven black/death metal prehistoric beast THECODONTION is back with its first full length album, "Supercontinent". Thus far, the band's material has been uncompromisingly fast-paced and length-wise short, featuring their signature distorted double bass attacks and blistering bass solos. With "Supercontinent" THECODONTION move towards a more atmospheric and intricate direction, with tribalistic drumming, slower and lengthier riffing, and wailing reverb-drenched leads, all played on bass except for a baritone guitar guest solo on "Laurasia-Gondwana". Their blast-beating fury is nevertheless always present, this time around with a lot more variety in the riffing department. There are also four mostly non-metal instrumental segments in the forms of intro, interludes and outro, in which THECODONTION further expand their sonic palette, with bass ambience explorations and atmospheric rock leanings.
As the album title suggests, "Supercontinent" is a conceptual voyage through various stages of ancient Earth's continental drift phase, from the earliest known supercontinent ("Vaalbara") to the most recent one ("Pangaea"). Extensive researches with an almost scientific approach have been made for the lyrical department; and yet there is a strong pursuit for a certain vivid imagery, with poetic descriptions of ancient lifeforms populating the planet during the various geological eras, and cataclysmic events leading to the break up and collision of landmasses. The four instrumental non-metal songs feature short poems about superoceans: enormous bodies of water which surrounded these continental assemblies.

On the visual front, the concept is perfectly embodied by the phenomenal artwork of Stefan Thanneur (CHAOS ECHOES), with a colourful representation of the final supercontinental stage and climax of the record: Pangaea surrounded by the Panthalassa Ocean.
THECODONTION's "Supercontinent" is an atmospheric death metal sonic journey and another step for the ever-developing and evolving sound of this archaic entity.

12" LP edition out via Repose Records (UK)
Digipak CD edition out via I, Voidhanger Records (IT)

credits

released June 26, 2020

G.E.F. - vocals, songwriting
G.D. - bass, lyrics, arrangements

Session/guest musicians:

V.P. - drums
J.G.P. - guitar (baritone) on "Laurasia-Gondwana"
R.C. - vocals (additional) on "Pangaea"
Skaðvaldur - vocals on "Ur"

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Cover art, design & layout by Stefan Thanneur

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Recorded at Snakes Studio in Rome, Italy by Guglielmo Nodari.
Mixed and mastered at Necromorbus Studio in Stockholm, Sweden by Marco Salluzzo.

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Thecodontion Rome, Italy

Thecodontion (pron. Te-co-don-tee-on) is a Prehistoric Metal of Death band from Italy formed in 2016 and about prehistory, fossils, and geologic periods. NO GUITARS - ONLY DEATH!

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