BLACK CILICE

Today, monolithic black metal enigma Black Cilice premieres the new track “Triumph Over Eternity”. The track is the second to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated sixth album, Esoteric Atavism, set for international release on July 1st via Iron Bonehead Productions. Hear Black Cilice‘s “Triumph Over Eternity” in its entirety here:

By now, Black Cilice require no introduction. Arguably THE most pivotal raw black metal entity of the last decade, this Portuguese enigma has come to both define and defy that idiom. Unmindful of the present, not looking to the future, and undoubtedly rooted in the past, Black Cilice simply IS, and its vast body of work speaks for itself: challenging, for sure, but transportative and transcendental beyond compare.

And so it goes with the band’s sixth full-length, Esoteric Atavism. Ever aptly titled, Esoteric Atavism‘s contents embody that title in a most provocative manner. While Black Cilice is esoteric in the extreme, more so is the entity atavistic, and indeed are those energies the cornerstone of this record. Characteristically coated in miles of miasmic rawness that’s an instrument unto itself, the lyrics of Esoteric Atavism delve into the OLD – old energies, old spiritually – and the music follows suit by reconstituting elements from elder Black Cilice recordings. Always in the red but now deeper into the black, that’s not to say Esoteric Atavism is a deliberate throwback or crass “return to the roots”; rather, the band’s birth pangs are given a deeper wisdom and wider-screened hysteria for the listener to drown himself in…or avoid, revoltingly stratifying as Black Cilice‘s black metal may be. More pointedly, riffs are more forthright, with experimentation subtler, and songs in kind shorter: the proverbial ouroboros, then, forever feeding on the past.

Time is irrelevant to Black Cilice. Past, present, future…all are absorbed into the band’s singular blackout/whiteout swell of sound, and only the NOW exists. Truly, this is Esoteric Atavism.

Begin engaging with that atavism with the previously revealed “Channelling Old Power” HERE at Iron Bonehead‘s Soundcloud. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Black Cilice’s Esoteric Atavism

1. Beyond the Veil [7:27]
2. Channelling Old Power [5:41]
3. Spiritual Poisoning [5:03]
4. Atavistic Reconnection [4:44]
5. Triumph over Eternity [7:24]
6. Towards Transcendence [5:26]

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Today, Iron Bonehead Productions sets December 10th as the international release date for a brand-new 7″ EP from Black Cilice titled Tomb Emanations.

By now, Black Cilice should require no introduction. Arguably THE most pivotal raw black metal entity of the last decade, this Portuguese enigma has come to both define and defy that idiom. Unmindful of the present, not looking to the future, and undoubtedly rooted in the past, Black Cilice simply IS, and its vast body of work speaks for itself: challenging, for sure, but transportative and transcendental beyond compare.

Tomb Emanations comprises two brand-new (or brand-old?) tracks exclusive to this release. No more but definitely no less, this is Black Cilice at its hysteric, hackle-raising best. By turns triumphant and melancholic, absurdly blown-out but keenly nuanced, and mesmerizing – and melodic – every step of the way, Tomb Emanations truly lives up to its title. Long may Black Cilice reign, even when lording over the short-length realm.

Hear the latest sounds of that reign with the brand-new track “Returning From Dimensions Below” here:

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Blac Cilice’s Tomb Emanations

1. Side A – Returning From Dimensions Below [7:15]
2. Side B – Vigil of Ruins [6:20]

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Today, Iron Bonehead Productions sets September 6th as the international release date for Black Cilice‘s highly anticipated fifth album, Transfixion of Spirits, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats. By now, Black Cilice should need no introduction. For at least a decade (or perhaps longer), this ever-shadowy Portuguese enigma has built a monolithic body of work that has come to define and also defy the modern raw black metal idiom. And while he’s gained a surprising amount of traction with a wide variety of listeners thanks to his most recent two albums with Iron Bonehead, 2015’s Mysteries and 2017’s Banished From Time, Black Cilice‘s vision has remained forever resolute. In 2019, that vision – idiosyncratic, insatiable, intractable – is more resolute than ever. Witness the aptly titled Transfixion of Spirits. Once again, Black Cilice wields sound as its own weapon, but in a daresay elegant manner seemingly at odds with the stratifying frequencies that bombard and blanket the listener. Indeed, this is in-the-red rawness to a superlative degree, surging second-wave black metal to the bone, but underneath those layers of filth ‘n’ fatalism lies a melancholic majesty that’s truly a splendor to behold. And whereas the preceding Banished From Time(intentionally) broke from the mold and portrayed a thicker, more strident violence, here on Transfixion of Spirits does Black Cilice fittingly find a more spectral expression: no less hysteric or harrowing, its melodic misery springs forth like a geyser of grey, oppressive in its omnipresence and older than many generations of black metal itself. Above all, Black Cilice proves once again that “purism” need not be shorthand for a dearth of ideas: he twists the anachronisms of classic black metal into ageless, endlessly spellbinding forms, each undulating wave lapping back against the other to utterly hypnotizing effect. Entrance thyself to this Transifixion of Spirits. Begin entrancing thyself with the new track “Outerbody Incarnation” here:

Cover and tracklisting follows:

Tracklisting for Black Cilice’s Transfixion of Spirits 1. Darkness and Fog 2. Maze of Spirits 3. Outerbody Incarnation 4. Revelations

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