ORTHODOX's fusion of chaotic rhythms, pushed-to-the-breaking-point riffing and explosively emotive vocals has refined itself to a bleeding edge proposition on their monolithic, expansive fourth studio album, A Door Left Open.
Picture this: You get home—the same home you’ve come home to for as long as you remember, taking the same road with the same shadows cast from those familiar tree—and though the temperature feels appropriately crisp in the evening air, you notice there’s a bit more bite to it right before realizing the light on your porch also cuts through more sharply. The inside’s shine pierces the outside’s darkness: A Door Left Open.
On A Door Left Open, Orthodox capture the sense of unease and full-on dread one would feel having their comfort and routine violated. What got in—or what got out?
The album’s vibrant single “Searching For A Pulse” mutates metal’s most groovy elements into a molten alloy as scalding as it is dense. “This is about a reoccurring dream I would get every time we left for tour that my house was burning down and I couldn’t make it home in time to save it," explains vocalist Adam Easterling, revealing it would crumble to ash as he finally made it back. "I tried to write something that encapsulates an overall fear and eventual submission to being powerless."
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