DISSOCIA: “TO LIFT THE VEIL”

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Sep 242025
 

(We present DGR‘s review of the debut album by the Spanish band Dissocia, released last spring by Willowtip Records.)

Dissocia’s To Lift The Veil is a release that has been hanging around the NCS collective office for a while. To Lift The Veil was released in March of this year and we’re only just now getting around to a full-album deep dive.

Yes, this is one of those that we refuse to let go of for a few reasons. The compulsion to have something to say even though it’s been out for a while often wins over our feeble minds in that case, and as you can see here, we are once again battered and bruised by our own brain chemicals.

Not that we haven’t had anything to say in regard to this project before though; we were lucky enough to run a premiere of the song “Samsara” back in February when 2025’s overall musical arc was still a nebulous ball of chaos that had yet to take shape. But in order to understand all of this we need to run backward even further than just this introductory bit because it is likely that some of you may not be aware of what Dissocia and their debut album are just yet. Continue reading »

AN NCS VIDEO PREMIERE: DISSOCIA — “SAMSARA”

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Feb 192025
 

(written by Islander)

“A new progressive death metal band featuring members of Persefone and Wormed.” Say no more! Whatever they’re doing, with those pedigrees it must be worth checking out, right?

Digging a bit deeper into the back-story of Dissocia reveals that it unites the talents of multi-instrumentalist Daniel R. Flys from Persefone (and Eternal Storm) and drummer Gabriel Valcázar from Wormed (and Cancer), with additional contributions on their debut album To Lift The Veil from violinist Paul R. Flys.

At first blush, this would seem to be a head-scratching union. On the one hand, the other bands in which Dani Flys and Gabriel Valcázar are involved are exceptionally good, but on the other hand the music of those bands tends to be dramatically different from each other, and so guessing what Dissocia is all about might not be something you’d want to bet money on.

The other reason why it would be foolish to guess is that Dissocia‘s music really doesn’t sound like any of those other bands — but it too is exceptionally good, as you’ll discover for yourselves through our premiere of a visualizer for “Samsara,” a song from the debut album in advance of its release by Willowtip Records on March 21st. Continue reading »