Wretched Blessing (Psychic Barriers to Entry)
- Greg Aramini
- Aug 19
- 3 min read
Released: 2025
Genre: Death metal, Hardcore
Sounds Like: Yatra, Soilent Green
Homeland: Chicago
What makes Psychic Barriers to Entry elite and sit atop OHMs Peak?
Wretched Blessing delivers intense, pounding death metal with elements of sludge.
As a duo, they are cohesive and highly inventive. Their chemistry is evident and brings a fresh perspective to the death metal genre.
The album cover by Adam Yates has a cool Voivod vibe and perfectly complements their sound.
Track Listing:
Cerebral Scour 2:47
Delusional 1:47
Dilute It All 3:48
brainrot 1:28
Decalcified 3:11
I was happy... :47
The Big Rip 2:58
Dive deeper into Psychic Barriers to Entry with our Q&A with Kayhan and Rae from Wretched Blessing.
OHMs Peak: As a duo, do find it challenging to create such heavy, intense music? Would love for a brief glimpse into your process and time commitment in making the album.
Kayhan & Rae: Being a duo seems to speed up the process and streamline things creatively. It also "helps" that things feel like they're spiraling further into chaos on a universal scale. We have a lot to fuel our "intensity" before it takes us out, we guess. Other than that, the only time we feel a little "outnumbered" is when we're loading our stuff in and out of places, but it's really not that bad.
OHMs Peak: Psychic Barriers to Entry has a unique blend of Death metal and sludge. We hear moments of infectious rhythm like 90s sludge pioneers Fudge Tunnel and the Death prowess of Soilent Green. Who are your influences that lead to this magnificent sound?
Kayhan & Rae: We're both coming at this with a lifetime of influences and various experiences writing/playing in other bands (Immortal Bird, Yautja, Coliseum, Eight Bells, Thrawsunblat, Bursting, errant). Yautja & Immortal Bird definitely exist in a similar universe, but this is something where we're exploring different roles.
OHMs Peak: We love the exploration of 'The Big Rip' as it has a more subdued sound and borders on doom/sludge. Is this a direction you are heading for next album?
Kayhan & Rae: Absolutely not.
OHMs Peak: What was your band’s most memorable live performance? Where was it held and why was the night so special?
Kayhan & Rae: We played Mad Malts in Huntsville, Alabama last summer and it was truly insane. Our friends from Birmingham put the show together, Kaonashi headlined, and it was such a blast.
OHMs Peak: What band NOT in the death/sludge genre would you love to tour with that would most compliment your sound?
Kayhan & Rae: We would love to tour with Chat Pile, Author & Punisher, or Mystic Stylez-era Three-6 Mafia.
OHMs Peak: We would love any insight as to your current and upcoming tour plans?
Kayhan & Rae: We have a couple of shows next week (with REZN in Milwaukee and Prostitute in Chicago) and then a short Northeast tour with Genital Shame & Stander. We have a few July dates that will be ready to announce soon. One is in Birmingham, AL with our friends Malevich, and Planning For Burial.
OHMs Peak: The album art is wild and is what drew us in. Who is the mastermind behind this piece of artwork?
Kayhan & Rae: Adam Yates!!! Cannot say enough good things about working with him on this release, and we're scheming a shirt design as we speak. Front and back print might have to be the move. He creates whole terrifying, beautiful, worlds and creatures.
OHMs Peak: Wretched Blessing is stranded on an island with only a solar powered turntable and majestic powered solar blue tooth speakers. The band collectively can only choose one album. Which album to you agree to?
Kayhan & Rae: Blue Screen Life by Pinback
Wretched Blessing are:
Vocals: Kayhan & Rae
Guitars: Kayhan
Drums: Rae
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