Month: February 2020

GOLDEN LIGHT set release date for IRON BONEHEAD debut, reveal new video

Today, Iron Bonehead Productions sets April 24th as the international release date for Golden Light‘s striking debut album, Sacred Colour of the Source of Light, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

A mysterious duo hailing from parts unknown, Golden Light are as unique as their moniker suggests. In a black metalled context, their spectral sorrows shoot a brilliance that’s blinding and bellicose in equal measure: a mystical, sun-drenched swarm of sound that embodies and defies black metal simultaneously, orthodoxy UN-done and recast. This golden light radiates through E. Henderson, who handles all instruments and sounds, and vocalist Meghan Wood. But their sonic conjecture will still surprise you…

Or, allow Golden Light to describe themselves thusly: “A procession of the damned. By the damned, I mean the excluded… Battalions of the accursed, captained by pallid data that we have exhumed, will march. You’ll read them—or they’ll march. Some of them livid and some of them fiery and some of them rotten. Some of them are corpses, skeletons, mummies, twitching, tottering, animated by companions that have been damned alive. There are pale stenches and gaunt superstitions and mere shadows and lively malices: whims and amiabilities. The naïve and the pedantic and the bizarre and the grotesque and the sincere and the insincere, the profound and the puerile. The ultra-respectable, but the condemned, anyway…they will march. We have gone into the outer darkness of scientific and philosophical transactions and proceedings, ultra-respectable, but covered with the dust of disregard. We have descended into abyss and have come back with the quasi-souls of lost data… We will march.”

Nightside whispers, vapor trails of shattered melody, glacial pulse, strident minimalism vs. subverted maximalism: so much lurks within Sacred Colour of the Source of Light. In a time-evaporating/expanding 33 minutes, Golden Light conjure forth four tracks of nearly all-epic construction, each one its own canvas of madness and mysticism. New colors, new shapes…old colors, old shapes…the sensations are simultaneously familiar and foreign. Iron Bonehead is honored to march alongside Golden Light.

Begin marching with a tripped-out video for opening track “Sceptre of Solar Idolatry” here:

Cover and tracklisting as follows:

Tracklisting for Golden Light’s Sacred Colour of the Source of Light
1. Sceptre of Solar Idolatry [3:46]
2. The Westen Gate [9:19]
3. Dawn of History [7:28]
4. Sacred Colour of the Source of Life [11:59]
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THE TRUE WERWOLF sets release date for long-awaited WEREWOLF debut album, reveals first track

Today, Werewolf Records sets February 28th as the international release date for The True Werwolf‘s long-awaited debut album, Devil Crisis, on CD and vinyl LP formats.
  The True Werwolf is a study in true patience and perseverance. The band was begun in 2002 as a solo endeavor by extremely prolific black metal scene legend Graf Werwolf, largely known for Satanic Warmaster and as the original vocalist of Horna. Work on The True Werwolf was undertaken in secrecy, and scarce demos and EPs would trickle out in the underground, sometimes posthumously. Each step of the way, however, a commitment to raw ‘n’ rotten black metal was firm and unyielding, brewed in the ancient ways of the early ’90s. And although comparisons to Satanic Warmaster are understandable and locatable, The True Werwolf largely resides in a different headspace for mainman Werwolf, where medieval witchcraft, vampirism, and mysticism run riot, and the sound suitably existed on an axis of hideousness.
  That is, until now, with the sleek ‘n’ sumptuous Devil Crisis. In the works for over six years, Devil Crisis is the grand culmination of every residual aesthetic strain in The True Werwolf canon hereby taken their most professional and finessed ends. Informed by lyrical themes that are extremely emotional and erotic – and, in the case of “0373,” even cosmic – Devil Crisis boldly displays a pronounced sense of refinement that doesn’t sacrifice or stultify an ounce of Werwolf’s icy yet burning-hot passion; if anything, this refinement begins a new era for The True Werwolf.  Necromantical black metal art at its heart, this tour de force of madness & majesty explodes with an almost overwhelming sense of clarity, stargazing and screaming for vengeance, but within lurks heretofore-revealed elements – foremost among them, classic video game music – that only serve to make The True Werwolf a more unique and idiosyncratic entity. Likewise, the subtle-but-unabashed usage of keyboards here lends a most bewitching and magickal sound, wholly transporting the listener to forgotten realms and further underlining Werwolf’s roots in the glare of burning churches.
  Put another way, if Satanic Warmaster is like Black Sabbath, then The True Werwolf is like Ozzy solo. If you’re prepared to bark at the moon, prepare for the blizzard of Devil Crisis!

Begin barking at the moon with the brand-new track “Spellbound” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for The True Werwolf’s Devil Crisis
1. My Journeys Under the Battlemoon
2. Thy Deviant
3. Spellbound
4. Chi No Namid
5. 0373
6. The Witch of My Heart
7. Magick Fire
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VALDRIN finish new BLOOD HARVEST album, reveal cover and tracklisting

Black/death mavericks Valdrin have completed their highly anticipated third album, Effigy of Nightmares, which will be released later this spring via Blood Harvest Records. Additionally, the cover artwork & tracklisting to Effigy of Nightmares have been revealed, which follow further below.

A statement from founding vocalist/guitarist Carter Hicks is as follows: “Effigy of Nightmares, like our previous album Two Carrion Talismans, centers around the antagonist of our Mythos: Nex Animus. The story chronicles the tour of a nameless narrator through the halls of Hosptium Mortis, the nightmare hospital below the Orcus underworld itself, where Nex tortures and lobotomizes the dissident gods of his domain.”

Continuing, he says, “We as the vessels of the Ausadjur Mythos have chosen this short and concise musical observation of Nex’s supreme power to be the final tale in the Orcus realm. In the future, we will return to the story of Valdrin Ausadjur, and continue after the events of Beyond The Forest.”

One of the metal underground’s best-kept secrets, Valdrin self-released their debut album, Beyond the Forest, in 2013. A year later, the now-defunct Blast Head Records re-released the album, and between the two editions, the band gained a good amount of momentum. But it was 2018’s Two Carrion Talismans, released by new label home Blood Harvest, where Valdrin reaped widespread acclaim, and for good reason: their epic, shapeshifting blackened death was both timeless and exceptionally fresh, imparting masterful songwriting amidst impassioned playing. And, blackening their attack yet further, the band’s forthcoming Effigy of Nightmares looks set to eclipse that grand achievement…

Release date and preorder info for Valdrin‘s Effigy of Nightmares to be announced shortly.

In the meantime, cover art – courtesy of Lucas Ruggieri, with layout by Anton Escobar – and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Valdrin’s Effigy of Nightmares
1. Gates of Hospice [2:31]
2. Exsanguination Tunnels [5:49]
3. Red Burning Candles of Hatred [5:12]
4. Serpentine Bloodhalls [3:02]
5. Basilisk of Light [5:00]
6. Down The Oubliette Of Maelstrom [8:35]
MORE INFO:
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www.bloodharvest.se
www.bloodharvestrecords.bandcamp.com
www.twitter.com/BloodHarvestRec
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Chile’s SIGN OF EVIL set release date for CALIGARI debut EP, reveal first track – features INVOCATION SPELLS member

Today, Caligari Records sets March 12th as the international release date for the debut recording of Chile’s Sign of Evil, Psychodelic Horror, on cassette tape format.

Featuring a member of cult-metal institution Invocation Spells, Sign of Evil are a wild ‘n’ wasted beast all their own. Blitzed to the nines, the aptly titled Psychodelic Horror indeed bears some semblance of classic South American madness, but with the delirium-inducing, chorus-drenched leads flying fast and free across these six swift-as-fuck songs, Sign of Evil are truly reaching into rarefied territory. One could semi-accurately call it black speed metal, but with elements of early GISM, strange Eastern Bloc metal from the ’80s, and ancient Italian occult rock, the 12 teeth-gnashing minutes of this first recording can only be likened to true PSYCHODELIC HORROR!

Get blasted by the brand-new track “Horror!” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows
Tracklisting for Sign of Evil (Chile)’s Psychodelic Horror
1. Death Will Rise
2. Guilty
3. Horror
4. Spilling Black Signs
5. Force To Eternity
6. Death Crew
MORE INFO:
www.caligarirecords.com
www.facebook.com/caligarirecords
www.caligarirecords.bandcamp.com 

TURIA reveal new track & video from forthcoming EISENWALD album

TURIA reveal new track & video from forthcoming EISENWALD album

Today, Dutch black metal mavericks Turia reveal the new track “Storm.” The track is the next to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated third album, Degen van Licht, set for North American release on February 14th via Eisenwald. Hear Turia‘s “Storm” – as well as see a special video for it here:
Turia‘s upcoming Degen van Licht is an ode to the ageless lure of the unyielding mountains, and an exploration of the sweltering warmth which encompasses these heights every summer. Crackling green pastures full of life morph into scorching fields of withered grass and decaying alpine herbs. Shrieks of lammergeiers prowling for the bones of decomposing creatures reverberate throughout the high summits. The purgatory potential of the massif is revealed when death prevails.

Witnessing these changes and enduring the delirious heat formed the basis for Degen van Licht. The maniacal drumming, tormented screams, and spectral guitars coalesce into a sound that will be familiar for longtime followers of Turia while further developing their signature psychedelic aural structures.
Cavernous reverbs evoke great depths and heights, while analog delays reminisce the phantasmal rays of the sun. The years of playing live across Europe since Turia‘s last album, Dede Kondre, are revealed in an increased complexity of songwriting. Taking cues from mid-era Bathory to early Hawkwind, moving between ferocious sonic avalanches and churning dirges, Degen van Licht is sure to expand Turia‘s idiosyncratic style of black metal into new territories.

The album is once again produced, recorded, and mixed by Turia themselves with assistance of longtime collaborator M. Koops (Fluisteraars). A greater clarity in the production is enhanced by the tasteful mastering courtesy of Greg Chandler at Priory Recording Studios. The album will be granted a worldwide release by Eisenwald on LP and CD while a cassette version will be available under the banner of Haeresis Noviomagi.

Hear the previously revealed title track “Degen van Licht” HERE at Eisenwald‘s Bandcamp.
Ordering info for the CD and vinyl versions can be found at Eisenwald‘s North American webstore HERE.
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Turia’s Degen van Licht
1. I
2. Merode
3. Met Sterven Beboet
4. Degen Van Licht
5. Storm
6. II
7. Ossifrage
MORE INFO:
www.montturia.bandcamp.com
www.eisenton.de www.facebook.com/eisenwaldofficial www.youtube.com/eisenwaldofficial www.twitter.com/EisenwaldHammer www.soundcloud.com/eisenwald