ephemer, the third album of German black metallers Nebelkrähe, will be released on October 27th via Crawling Chaos Records. The album contains seven songs with a total playing time of 50 minutes and will be released on digipack CD and vinyl LP formats as well as digitally.
Guitarist Morg comments on the album title as follows: “Most words lose their appeal over time. With ephemer, I feel the exact opposite – the more I hear, read, or think about this word, the more exciting it becomes. In its gentle sound, its meaning – ‘fleeting,’ ‘transient’ – already seems to resonate. In that sense, it was the perfect title both for the cover photo and for an album that deals with dreams and illusions, dashed hopes and other ‘existential trifles’ of being human.”
The sound was handled by Victor Bullok (Woodshed Studio; e.g. Anomalie, Dark Fortress, Farsot, Secrets Of The Moon), and the drums were recorded by Christoph Brandes (Iguana Studios; e.g. Imperium Dekadenz, The Spirit, Thron). Guests on the album include Noise (Kanonenfieber), sG (Secrets Of The Moon, Crone), and Markus Stock (Empyrium, The Vision Bleak).
Commenting on the process of making ephemer, Morg continues: “The progression of the album – over a period of ten years – was arduous. But while I’ve almost forgotten how the struggle for single words and notes made me despair, the collaborations with good friends and great musicians will always stay in my memory. The fact that protagonists of my own ‘black metal socialization’ – be it sG, V. Santura, or Schwadorf – have lent their talents to me still feels surreal.”
Commenting on the album cover by Josef Beyer, Morg concludes: “When I first saw the photo, I knew that this image belonged to our album. It makes the all-encompassing theme of transience – be it of very concrete things, of youth, or of feelings like happiness – that we deal with on ephemer comprehensible. Later, this photo inspired me to write the lyrics for the title track, so it’s much more than ‘just’ artwork. It’s part of this album; it’s the visual quintessence of this album.”
In the meantime, see & hear a special trailer for ephemer here:
Aforementioned cover artwork and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Nebelkrähe’s ephemer
1. Tumult auf Claim Abendland
2. Nielandsmann – feat. Noise
3. ephemer
4. Dornbusch (Im Norden kein Westen) – feat. sG
5. Über Menschen unter Tage
6. Kranichträume – feat. Markus Stock
7. Die Strandbar von Scheria
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