UMBILICHAOS
City: São Paulo-Brazil
Style: Progressive, Sludge Metal, Doom Metal, Post-Hardcore, Noise, Psychedelic.
Line up:
Anna C. Chaos – vocals, guitars, drum-machines, effects, noises.
BIO:
Umbilichaos is a slow and crushing solo act from São Paulo-Brazil, started in 2007 by artist Anna C. Chaos. Composer, poetess, guitarist, singer, sound programmer. As Umbilichaos, she creates a sound experience abolishing conventional structures in favour of a cinematic take, evoking the most diverse thoughts and emotions. Inspiration is taken from Joy Division, Cocteau Twins, Celtic Frost, Amebix, Neurosis, Godflesh, Melvins, Earth, Starkweather, Swans, Slint, Big Black, Winter, Death, Sepultura, Entombed, Meshuggah, Behemoth, Helmet, Soundgarden, Tool, Botch, Converge, Unearthly Trance, Chavez, Tar, Universal Order of Armageddom, Crowbar, Eyehategod, Joni Mitchell, Pink Floyd, Sonic Youth, Black Flag, Portishead, Babes in Toyland, Integrity, Drive Llike Jehu, Elma and Hurtmold. With intense performances in South and Southeast of Brazil, Europe, and 12 records among other releases, she searches for the construction of an epic and apocalyptic sound language, in constant evolution.
Discography:
2009 – Entrails
2012 – Entrails II
2012 – Entrails III
2013 – Samsara
2013 – Hóspede do Tempo
2014 – Eros e a Presença da Morte na Vida
2015 – A Pedra no Poço Profundo
2016 – Snowblind (Black Sabbath cover)
2016 – Via Crucis
2018 – Kovtun & Umbilichaos: Belong to Nothing
2019 – Vast Horizon, Narrow Paths Pt 02 (single)
2019 – Umbilichaos & Mike Radice – Deserts of the Soul
2019 – Suspended in Departures (single)
2020 – Via Crucis Pt 02 (2020 version) (single)
2020 – Umbilichaos & Mike Radice – Vast Horizon, Narrow Paths Pt 01 (single)
2020 – Filled by Empty Spaces
2021 – Entrails Redux (*)
2023 – Entrails II Redux (*)
2023 – Mourning Carnivals From Now On
Others:
2015 – Kovtun – Andróginoforo (collaboration on Epitrix Phirdenus)
2020 – Noise Red – International Women’s Day (compilation w/Via Crucis Pt 02 -2020)