"Ten years after Thirty, Downfall explores a different kind of collapse. You could call it 'Fourty'—but it's not. Where Thirty processed grief, Downfall explores psychological fragmentation: the weight of accumulated pressure, theurge to disappear far from the social veneer, the feeling of never belonging, a vital need to rebuild...

Conceived as a soundtrack to an imaginary film, the album follows someone who abandons everything overnight. But like all Irezumi works, the fiction is a vessel for something real... A need to reconnect with the abyss while keeping enough distance to stay alive. With a different approach than previous albums, these tracks reflect the fractures of a mind in crisis.

Each format (CD, vinyl, digital) offers a different fragment of the story, reflecting the confusion at its core. Different paths are taken, but the goal remains the same: to heal."

Written, constructed, performed and produced by Manuel Mesdag
Artwork + sleeve design by Manuel and Laure Mesdag
Published by Copyright Control
Distributed by [briquerouge]