out June 5: SARPA

Texas-based SARPA already has two songs available from the upcoming June 5th, 2020 recording called Solivagus. As you will read in the official information below, this entity appears to be a one-person project by David Baxter, who, according to Metal Archives, drummed for Skrew (which for an older generation in Texas sort of became known as an offshoot from Angkor Wat, a cult band in the 1980s) from 2009 to 2013 and is involved in other musical endeavors. It appears that David Baxter does drumm programming, so it will be fun for fans to find out if this is drums, drum sampling/programming, and it also seems like Mr. Baxter is taking care of the other instruments on the recording.

While primarily embedded in the essence of black metal, Sarpa throws other ingredients such as progressive rock, acoustics, old school death/thrash, and some Afro/Latin rhythms into the pot. Solivagus was written and performed (all instruments, vocals) by David Baxter (drummer of Plutonian Shore, ex-Skrew, ex-Škan) in various studios throughout Central Texas in 2019. The album was mixed and mastered by Tony Petrocelly of Trepan Studios. Rooted in Central Texas, Sarpa was created in 2018 when Baxter decided to move ahead with a solo record, after which a process of furious writing commenced. The dawning of this solo venture came subsequent to the performance of numerous shows/festivals across North America and Europe over the years with the aforementioned bands.The journey will not end with the release of Solivagus though. Baxter plans on writing more Sarpa material for the next album, the purpose of which is to fracture the illusory mirrors of time and space!

Solivagus by Sarpa