InTheosis is the brainchild of Norwegian Grammy-nominated Extol vocalist, Peter Espevoll, and Australian gold producer Jon Reichardt.

On paper it would seem like an unlikely fit, as the two have found success in very different musical genres, but in reality the collaboration makes perfect sense. Despite living on opposite sides of the globe, the two have more in common than most. Both are third culture kids having faced years of complex trauma respectively. Both experienced music as tormenter and healer. Both are learning how to live with the scars of the past, hoping to create meaning and solidarity from suffering.

InTheosis is the musical representation of this journey as the two find solace in the ancient and sacred, but also the dissonant and jaded. Everything will be made beautiful in its time. A whirlwind of abrasive, down-tuned riffage and metric modulation colliding with haunting, soaring vocals.

First song Mysteria dropped a couple of weeks ago. Check out the visualizer video below.

LYRICS: MYSTERIA

A storm within
Thoughts entwined
Dark clouds swirling
In the undertow feeling small
Fear unfolds

Please hear my silent plea
Melodies obscure of the endless night
Yearn for a dawn unseen
In the quiet place of first light

High pitched silence ringing in my ears

Under the violent waves
Into mysteria
Sinking to Hades´ depths
The brightness fades away
Am I here to stay?

Immersed and confined
Thunder in my chest
Reflecting the deepest fears
of the underworld

Please hear my silent plea
Melodies obscure of the endless night
Yearn for a dawn unseen
In the quiet place of first light

Under the violent waves
Into mysteria
Sinking to Hades´ depths
The brightness fades away
Am I here to stay?

I need to breathe
I can’t breathe
Help me
I´m panicking

Breathing through the savage storm
Memories my body transform
Emotions surface and reform
Elevate to a higher form

Under the violent waves
Into mysteria
Sinking to Hades´s depths
The darkness fades away
The light is here to stay

Video for Mysteria