Otus
Torch
Post metal/sludge band Otus' 'Torch' is a concept album focusing on 'The Fourth Way' introduced by philosopher/mystic Georges Gurdjieff. 'The Fourth Way' is a system of elevation and development of the man that differs from other three ways identified by the mystic as: Way of the Fakir, Way of the Monk and Way of the Yogi. These three paths based respectively on a material, emotional and intellectual approach are transcended, balanced and regenerated in a fourth path, where it will be the Will to illuminate the right personal orbit. The 'Torch' is therefore an allegory on illumination through a work on our darkest and deepest self, where its fire will constitute the alchemical catalyst capable of deconstructing, purifying and then coagulating our new synthesis.