On episode 51 of The Distorted Dialogue Podcast , Swedish Progressive death metal band, An Abstract Illusion’s guitarist, and bassist Karl Westerlund stop by to discuss their new album coming out October 17, titled, The Sleeping City, released on Willowtip Records. We talk about the writing process, lineages of Swedish Metal and what’s the future for An Abstract Illusion. The Sleeping City is their third full length album picking up with their previous effort, Woe, left off. leaning more into the atmospheric side of melodic death metal, gives this band another weapon at their disposal, and they took full advantage of it. Playing is almost a cinematic experience, The Sleeping City is an album that all fans of Metal need to hear.An Abstract Illusion is a Progressive metal band with influences of melodic death metal this album should appeal to a wide range of heavy metal fans. So check out the latest episode here, now, and let me know what you think! Who should I interview next? What more do you want me to ask?

Distorted Dialogue | A Podcast from The Metal Institute of Thrashology 🤘Welcome to Distorted Dialogue, the official podcast of The Metal Institute of Thrashology — where riffs meet ridiculousness and academia bows before the almighty arpeggio.Each episode dives deep, headfirst into the chaotic realms of metal, punk, hardcore, and beyond with band members, scene lifers, and other unholy scholars of sound. Expect unfiltered, uncensored conversations, deep dives into underground music, and enough sarcasm and sonic blasphemy to earn us a few detention sessions in hell.Whether it is Thrash or Metalcore, Doom to Death and everything in between, if it’s heavy chances are you can find it here. Interviews with artists, tech’s, and other members of the music industry, nothing is off limits, and same goes for the chats! Rather than a boring rapid fire of the same old questions everyone asks, I’d rather have a cool conversation that feels more like a hangout, rather than a pretentious business meeting. It’s METAL, let’s have some FUN! 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes where chaos becomes curriculum.Don’t Forget to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE!