Macrocosm (album)

Macrocosm is a studio album by the progressive metal band Rings of Saturn, released in 2014 on Unique Leader Records. It is the band's second full-length album. The album continues the band's signature style of technically demanding and highly intricate deathcore, incorporating elements of sweep picking, tapping, and complex polyrhythms.

Macrocosm follows a conceptual theme, often described as cosmic horror or science fiction based. The lyrical content explores themes of interdimensional beings, extraterrestrial encounters, and the nature of reality and existence. While the specific narrative isn't explicitly laid out, the song titles and musical atmosphere contribute to an overarching sense of vastness, dread, and the insignificance of humanity in the face of cosmic entities.

Musically, the album features a blend of extreme technicality and guttural vocals, with the complex instrumental arrangements often shifting between aggressive, dissonant passages and melodic, atmospheric sections. Macrocosm is notable for its demanding performance requirements and has been praised for its instrumental complexity and originality within the technical deathcore genre. The album also saw the band further refine their production quality compared to their debut album.