Today, Iron Bonehead Productions sets August 23rd as the
international release date for Hagzissa‘s striking debut
album, They Ride Along, on CD and vinyl LP
formats.
Hagzissa are an Austrian black metal band
founded in 2016 by B. Moser of the enigmatic Kringa. Having been a rough concept
for many years, even dating back to the days before Kringa, the process of
Hagzissa‘s awakening has not only been a heart- and
mind-consuming one, but also deeply personal. However, since the very beginning,
it has been clear that this journey would not start as a solo effort, and thus
did B. seek suitable comrades to flesh out his vision.
Eventually, a
working Hagzissa lineup coalesced and a first recording
undertaken. It manifested itself as Promo 2017, which was actually
recorded the year before but spread only to the band’s closest contacts. Duly
impressed by the band’s olde-worlde black metal, Iron Bonehead
released Promo 2017 on cassette tape, and momentum surged
toward a full-length recording.
Alas, after establishing themselves as a
formidable live entity, this now-solidified lineup of Hagzissa
– L. Pachinger on drums (also of Kringa), C. Rastelli on bass, M. Morast on
guitar, and B. Moser solely concentrating on vocals – delivers their debut
album, They Ride Along. Indeed, the album is aptly (and enigmatically)
titled, for here do Hagzissa walk a path of ancient wickedness.
Theirs is a black metal that’s both older than time itself yet exceedingly fresh
in its feral, wild ways; to call it “obscure” would be an understatement, but
one need only look at the band’s visual presentation to see that
Hagzissa are on their own, horrid wavelength. In fact, despite
Austria’s potent yet oft-overlooked contributions to the international language
of black metal, one could favorably liken They Ride Along to any
handful of ’90s iconoclasts hailing from the Czech Republic and Poland or the
gutted ‘n garish horrors released by the late, great Nazgul’s Eyrie
Productions.
Open the imagination and submit to animalistic abandon. Here
do Hagzissa command They Ride Along. Begin riding
along with the new track “Irrsinnsdimensionen (A Bath Amidst the Wells)”
Cover and tracklisting as follows:
Tracklisting for Hagzissa’s They Ride
Along 1. Die Pforte (A
Speech Above the Moor) 2. Irrsinnsdimensionen (A Bath Amidst the Wells) 3.
Moonshine Glance (An Iron Seed In Sour Soil) 4. Searing Effigy 5. They
Ride Along On the Howling Winds! 6. The Nightshade Wilderness 7. Atavist
Kama Aconite Trance 8. There, Draw a Circle!
HAGZISSA
lineup 2019 Herzog B. v. Moser-Wampula – vocals and concept M.M.,
Junker vom Morast – strings and additional throat Magister C.Rastelli – bass
and distortion The White Pawn – drums and
cymbals
Fenriz, speaking to Loudwire about the song cryptically said “I feel that the words and titles are everyone’s property and they can analyse or feel it as they want. I will lead no way here! But when you see the lyrics you will know that it is probably not about a specific person (certainly not Newman from Seinfeld) but perhaps more of a fate or entity even.
“DUKE OF GLOAT Written: Ted Skjellum, Gylve Fenris NagellPublished by: Vile Music
Too old to wring the secret from the master
The well you encountered as a child
Merely acknowledging the beacon now
And now you are not well any longer
So this is the pact of the gloat
Double hell for all All to repair and one to watch No freedom in these domains
Hail the satan Sinister duke of gloat
Wrap up the wretched fates
Intriguing eternal laughter Encyclopedias Of endless futile life toils Shrapnel wounds From shattered inner gargoyles
So this is the pact of the gloat Brave beating hearts,
But All must repair while one beholds No freedom in these domains
The legendary Norwegian longstanding partnership of Fenriz and Ted “Nocturno Culto” Skjellum, return with Old Star, their first studio album since 2016’s hugely popular Arctic Thunder. With a mastery and endless dedication to the art of the riff, they cut through 6 new epic tracks, taking in the best of the old school of heavy & extreme metal plus a large dose of doom-laden riffing, & channelling it through the grime of the underground. Fenriz enthuses «Old star – again we are here with THE RIFFS! A while after our previous ARCTIC THUNDER album it became apparent that we would continue in that same style, BLACK OLD HEAVY METAL with slow thrash, classic doom and slow death metal. As many have focussed on the 70s sound over the last 20 years, the mix on our new album has ended up being more 80s than ever. The songs are more metal than ever! Ted’s songs have alot of black metal in them, faster and slower but also doomier parts and reocurring parts. My songs are more linear written, it’s an ancient 80s underground trick, with breaks, all slow heavy or slow thrash, classic doom or slow death.»
He continues «All in all it is our most 80s album so far and our most metal one to date with drum sound typical for the 80s USA/German market and damned lyrics, which are all written by me. We feel that OLD STAR is the big brother of ARCTIC THUNDER. More solid and with even better riffs.»
Old Star was recorded at the band’s Necrohell 2 Studios, with engineering and production duties carried out by vocalist/guitarist Nocturno Culto, complemented with a perfectly organic mix courtesy of Sanford Parker (Voivod) at Hypercube Studios, & mastered once more by Jack Control at Enormous Door. The stellar cover artistry comes courtesy of Chadwick St John, titled “The Shepherd of the Deep”.
Over the course of 30 years, Norway’s Darkthrone has become a staple of the global black metal genre, forging a legacy as one of the most renowned and influential bands in its illustrious & often infamous history. In the formative years following their 1987 inception, Darkthrone initially started with a strong concoction of thrash & then death/doom metal experimentation, with broader musical influences spanning from the 60s to the 80s, before the debut album Soulside Journey was unleashed in 1991.
Never ones to follow convention or stand still even then, the band soon embraced a much darker, more primitive form of expression with the now iconic second album A Blaze in the Northern Sky, & the rest became history.
Available formats, each comes with handwritten lyrics in the booklet or insert:
CD Black 180g vinyl LP
Ltd Edition 180g purple vinyl
LP Ltd Edition 180g green vinyl LP (exclusively available at the Peaceville store)
Ltd Edition 180g orange vinyl LP
Ltd Edition 7” vinyl box set – Old Star is presented on 3 coloured 7” (black, white, clear vinyl) (exclusively available at the Peaceville store) Cassette (exclusively available at the Peaceville store) Digital album (pre-orders receives “The Hardship Of The Scots” as an instant download)
Darkthrone are:
Gylve ‘Fenriz’ Nagell – drums, song writing, lyrics
Ted ‘Nocturno Culto’ Skjellum – strings & vocals, song writing
Czech/Ukranian/Russian Post Black Metal band Chernaa have a new album out June 9th and this week I talked to them about their record deal, meaning of the band name and juggling band members from 3 different countries – check it out
How did the record deal with Noizr come about?
Noizr founder Dmytro and me (Nexus) met around six years ago and since then we’ve hung out a lot and worked together (I was helping him with Noizr occasionally). On February 2019 I was doing some work in Hertz studio in Poland (the temple of the Polish black metal, the place where were recordings of Behemoth, Vader, Decapitated and Hate born) and during my stay in Poland I made a few calls with Dmytro and we agreed on a good deal between Chernaa and Noizr. Generally, guys from Noizr are really responsive, disposed and competent in their field, so we’re really happy to work with them. – Nexus
You guys are listed as a Czech Republic/Ukraine/Russian band – how does that work?
With Hedonist (the vocalist), we were communicating via the internet and managed to record the whole album, despite the 6000 Km between us, which was, by the way, a rare and amazing experience. Nexus speaks both Russian and Czech, so it wasn’t a problem. Hedonist also speaks English, as the rest of the band does. – Solipsist
The only requirement we had for the vox was that it would be a high pitched shriek
How did you all meet?
When I first moved to Prague I was introduced to Solipsist. At the time, they were looking for a guitar player with his prog-metal band, which I joined. Then after nearly 3 years, we joined another post-rock band together and Nexus was the one who mixed and mastered our full-length album. The band, unfortunately, fell apart soon after, but we stayed in touch with Nexus and decided to create a new band. We started to hang out a lot and write music at Nexuses place. And at that time my friend told me that he knows a drummer who was skilled enough to play the drums for a post-black metal band, so we hit him up and he agreed to play with us. At that point, we just needed to find vocals. The only requirement we had for the vox was that it would be a high pitched shriek, rather than those lower pitched types of vocals. We were looking all over the Czech internet, without any response though. That is when my Russian friend came in (he lives in Prague as well) and he wanted to help with finding a vocalist since his birth town in Russia offered many talented people, that like black metal. And so he found us vocalist, Hedonist the Poisoned, from Krasnoyarsk. – Solipsist, Utsuro
Have any of the band visited the USA before – if so did they like it?
None of us has been to the US yet, but hopefully, we can change that in the future. We all like travelling and we would like to visit some exotic destinations as well. Utsuro just returned from his trip to Japan. Our journey as a band has just begun and we hope, that our music will allow us to visit many beautiful places. – Nihilist
if you put that together with metal friendly themes that we like (like nihilism, existentialism etc) it works the best for us
How did you guys get into Black Metal? What bands have been your biggest influences?
Everyone of us has a rich history with metal music. I would say that all of our members are open to different subgenres of metal. What I think everyone prefers about black metal, is the fact that it focuses more on the song structure as a story. It’s not really about bragging that you can play technically, it is not about showing your shred off. It is more about focusing on how it sounds together, rather than everyone shredding at the same time. It is about sacrificing your own playing for the sake of the bigger picture – the atmosphere of the song, or the story that it has to unveil. It is also like that in post-rock, which we like and if you put that together with metal friendly themes that we like (like nihilism, existentialism etc) it works the best for us. Metal music nowadays also seems very rhythmically based. Some of us grew tired of that, and that’s why we would prefer a wall-of-sound genre. With all this being said, post-black metal seemed like the right choice for us. Now let us get to some concrete influences. From the second wave of black, I’d say old Darkthrone for the raw/frostbitten riffs and high pitched vocals, Burzum for the sheer black metal energy and rpg feel to it. From the third wave of black metal, I’d say all the melodic stuff, like Lantlos, Alcest, Deafheaven, Russian and Ukrainian bands like Drudkh and Sivyj Yar, Ultar and so on. We often listen to a lot of heavy black metal
(Yellow Eyes, Krallice, Mgla, Deathspell Omega, Akhlys…) and we get inspired by the heaviness and possibly write our material more melody drenched. – Solipsist
What is pink powder about?
At the moment, when the text of this track was born, I was experiencing a strong emotional pain and longing. A man who has exhausted in himself all the vital and emotional forces, seeking peace and humility from within. This song is about the internal pain of a tired man. – Hedonist
this transient awareness of the nothingness that triggers emotional responses that are too mysterious and profound
What does the band name mean?
The name “Chernaa (tʃeərnɑː)” symbolises the feeling that life is meaningless and that we are utterly insignificant when compared to the size of universe. Like the beauty of gazing vacantly into the black void and being detached from all other worries in life. As soon as the melancholy becomes the basic disposition of man, it reflects a world that has lost its firm order and human life is at the very edge of incurable disease. And it is this transient awareness of the nothingness that triggers emotional responses that are too mysterious and profound and which we are trying to capture with our music. – Utsuro
What can we expect from Chernaa for the rest of 2019?
We’re currently extensively working on the new material, which is halfly done, hope to finish the next album within a year. There’s a lot of new ideas and we’re pushing our development, to make the next record more miscellaneous, complex and surely more professional. Fans could look forward to genre diversity, there will be shoegaze, prog and post-metal influences as well as heavier black metal and black-death songs. At the same time, we’re rehearsing a lot and hope to start actively performing and touring from the second half of 2019. We’re also open to any booking offers. – Nexus
The purpose behind what we do is to document and share an expressive interpretation of strong and dark emotions like depression, anger and melancholy
Any final words?
The purpose behind what we do is to document and share an expressive interpretation of strong and dark emotions like depression, anger and melancholy. While not all people can exhaust their negative emotions through a grim artform, there always might people who do, same as us. And if someone happens to be one of those people, then we would be glad if you discover our music. – Solipsist
Today, Finnish black metal elite Malum stream the entirety of their highly anticipated third album,Legion. Set for international release on May 31st via Purity ThroughFire, hear Malum‘s Legion in its entirety here:
An ever-growing force in the forever-fertile Finnish black metal underground, Malum have become a Satanic power in their own right since their formation in 2013. From there, the band have committed a prolific stream of atrocities, including two celebrated albums – 2015’s Crowned with the Serpent Sun and 2017’s Night of the Luciferian Light – three EPs, and three split recordings, alongside such comrades as Lathspell, Insane Vesper, Sacrificium Carmen, and Sarkrista. The latter two bands joined with Malum for the spiritually aligned split LP Trinity of Luciferian Illumination, which was released by Purity ThroughFire in late 2018.
Now joining the esteemed ranks of Purity ThroughFire following the preview Terror Rehearsal earlier this year, Malum are prepared to make their grandest statement yet with Legion. Titularly elegant in its simplicity, Legion storms forward from its very first seconds with that paradigmatic “freezing fire” so crucial to classic Finnish black metal. But whereas so many past but especially present have sought to dilute or “diversify” the intrinsic power of that idiom – and FAILED, obviously – Malum proudly hold high the torch of traditional black metal values, striding to the head of the flagging pack to lead Finnish black metal back to its former glory.
However, labor under no assumption that such is shorthand for rehashed ideas and general go-nowhere inertia. Naturally, Malum‘s Finnishness is immediately felt, but within those chosen boundaries do the band conjure new spells, new manners of communication, keeping the magick and language alive by imaginatively working within those proud parameters. What results is a deceptively anthemic 38 minutes that show Malum can move dynamically from spiraling speed to ominous march, always exhibiting a passion that’s blanching (and inspiring) to behold. Also witness the band move into more mystical realms with such tracks as “Luciferian Legion.”
Adorned with unforgettable artwork courtesy of R. Ärling, Malum have truly arrived with Legion! Aforementioned cover art and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Malum’s Legion 1. The Sun
Devouring Dragon / Manifest Malum 2. Sexual Demon 3. Days of Slaughter and
Destruction 4. Blessed by the Devil’s Blood 5. Luciferian Legion 6.
Ajattoman Viisauden Loisteessa
Today, Shadow Kingdom Records sets August 2nd as the international release date for the highly anticipated debut album of Finland’s Excuse, Prophets From the Occultic Cosmos, on CD and vinyl LP formats.
One of Finland’s hottest newcomers, Excuse began to make a name for themselves with their EP Goddess Injustice. Released to critical acclaim in 2016 by Shadow Kingdom, Goddess Injustice largely introduced the fierce foursome to the international metal underground – with a nuclear-powered bang! A finely honed missile of speed metal majesty, Excuse‘s sound on that EP in many ways recalled the classic Canadian gods Sacrifice and Razor, but there were hints of greater glories to come. And at last, they’ve arrived with the presciently titled Prophets From the Occultic Cosmos.
Whereas Goddess Injustice suggested some darkly melodic leanings, Excuse‘s first full-length expands that arsenal considerably. Here, the six songs comprising Prophets From the Occultic Cosmos stretch out to epic lengths – one even hitting double digits, the climactic 10-minute closer “Watchtower of the Trans-Dimensional Pathway” – and take the listener on a wild, winding ride. The evil ‘n’ sleazy surge on which Excuse made their name still exists, but has now been finessed into a wholly more dynamic beast, able to reflect haunting moodiness and spacey horror alike. Suitably, co-guitarist Oskar Lindström’s vocals have a conspicuous amount of echo placed upon them, suggesting the inter-dimensional struggles of a narrator literally lost in space. Likewise, fellow guitarist Anselmi Ahopalo’s leads take center stage here and weave an almost storytelling aspect, much in the way that classic heavy metal songwriting should, evoking both triumph and tragedy but remaining equally hummable throughout. Completing the totality is album’s production, which locates the perfect balance between grit and gleam.
So many young bands blow their proverbial wad during the demo/EP days and peter out by the time their debut album comes. Not so for Excuse, who have been able to transform their earlier youthful energy into enviably advanced maturity with Prophets From the Occultic Cosmos. Behold these Prophets‘ coming!
The first herald of that coming is “Sworn to the Crimson Oath”
Covert art and tracklisting below:
Tracklisting
for Excuse (Finland)’s Prophets From the Occultic
Cosmos 1. Black Crystal Visions 2. Blade of
Antichrist 3. Prophets From the Occultic Cosmos 4. Goddess Injustice 5.
Sworn to the Crimson Oath 6. Watchtower of the Trans-Dimensional
Pathway
KULL rose from the ashes of symphonic black metal prodigy Bal-Sagoth. The Sheffield based horde is comprised of four of five Bal-Sagoth members, except the vocalist Byron Roberts who was replaced by Dyscaphia’s guitarist and composer Tarkan. Epic symphonic black metallers KULL strongly follow the musical tradition already established by the Maudling brothers during their tenure in Bal-Sagoth.
Debut album, Exile, presents us a memorable journey through intrinsic melodies and obscure atmosphere, all orchestrated by Chris Maudling and Jonny Maudling with sharp production, mixed and mastered at Wayland’s Forge. Originally planned as the 7th Bal-Sagoth album, Exile’s music not only inherits all the greatness from the members’ former glories, but also injects new blood into the mix with the addition of new soldier, elevating the music to yet a higher level.
The band express:“‘Exile’ is a bombastic, dark and heavy march into war, with songs that will astound, lift and arouse a horde; both beautiful and vile in the same breath.”
The listeners of Bal-Sagoth can finally put an end to their over a decade longing with the KULL‘s debut, Exile, which is out today (May 24th) via Black Lion Records.
“… it’s a work that’s more than worth the agonizing wait.” (4.5/5) — Angry Metal Guy
“Sonically immaculate but nasty as hell” (8/10) – Metal Hammer
“… same strain of deathened symphonic black metal that carried the earlier band through 2006’s The Chthonic Chronicles.” –– Decibel Magazine
“An unmitigated success on every count.” — Sentinel Daily
“It’s one of the most unique albums that I have heard this year so far.” (9.5/10) — Metal Temple
“… and its fucking great.” — Teeth of the Divine
“…the whole disc which takes me on a nostalgic journey back to Bal-Sagoths best album “Starfire Burning Upon The Ice-Veiled Throne Of Ultima Thule”. — Scream Magazine
Today, Caligari Records sets June 22nd as the international release date for Tristengrav‘s striking second demo, II – Nychavge, on cassette tape format.
Tristengrav hail from Patras, Greece and released their first demo, Incendiarism of Nous, in 2018. Now, roughly a year later comes Nychavge, a four-track (plus one outro) recording featuring their unique blend of black metal with gothic rock. Imagine GISM crossed with Rozz Williams-era Christian Death or later Anti-Cimex covering Mighty Sphincter and you have some glimpse into the ever-growing madness that is Tristengrav…
“We’ve been a band almost two years now,” the band explain. “All songs were written during a very misty period of time, where the only goal was to dive headfirst into a pulpit of negative/dark visions and coming back with the results and the metamorphosis at hand. Serious introspection is required, and the inwards and backwards motto is of utter importance as one of the main aspects that the lyrics lean towards is the process of becoming – a revelation and exaltation of bestial self, a primordial state that overcomes the omnipresent sinister side, yet without denying it, but embracing its fertile scourge.”
Indeed do Tristengrav experience a sort of “becoming” on Nychavge – is a compound word that means the radiance of the night – whereby the grisly, greasy heart of very ancient black metal (we’re talking the first three Bathory albums here) is ripped asunder and suffused with chaotically chorused lead guitars, emitting a sinister and spectral aspect intrinsic to classic ’80s goth and deathrock. While that latter aspect certainly renders Tristengrav‘s creations more melodic than they have any right to be, they likewise render them utterly crazed and delirious, whipping forth a D-beating maelstrom straight into the grave…or the batcave.
“We chose to compose the songs in a more punkish way than the first EP,” the band elaborates, “as we like to bastardize the genre in a way that it is more interesting to us. We’d like to have a more personal sound in black metal, but not getting away from its roots.”
Sonically iconoclastic Nychavge may be, Tristengrav‘s heart still pumps the blackest blood: “Satan is also the Dionysian glorification of flesh, desire, ecstasy. Our way of saying that, aside from our opposition to the modern world of mundane trivialities and lack of spiritualism, there is this eternal symbol that feeds our primal flame, leaving us without an option of accepting defeat but with a proud struggle against the katechon.”
Struggle no more and simply submit to Tristengrav‘s salacious and super-stylish onslaught. And they’re only getting started with II – Nychavge! Get started with the aptly titled new track “Becoming” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for
Tristengrav’s II –
Nychavge 1. Inwards and
Backwards 2. Becoming 3. Tower of Silence 4. Νυχαυγή 5. Pitch Black
Catacombs
Norwegian extreme metal formation GAAHLS WYRD are now streaming their entire new album ‘GastiR – Ghosts Invited’ . The band’s debut full length will be out on all digital platforms tomorrow, Friday May 24th and the physical release will be out on May 31st, worldwide. Listen to the entire record here.
GAAHLS WYRD have
previously announced a European tour with MAYHEM and GOST in October and
November 2019
GAAHLS WYRD – Festival dates 23 Jun 19 Varnai (LT) Kilkim Zaibu Festival 25 Jul 19 Tolmin (SL) Metaldays Tolmin 16 Aug 19 St Nolff (FR) Motocultor Festival 17 Aug 19 Dinkelsbuhl (DE) Summer Breeze Open Air
GAAHLS WYRD With MAYHEM and GOST 31 Oct 19 Nijmegen (NL) Doornroosje 01 Nov 19 Leiden (NL) Gebr de Nobel 02 Nov 19 Leeds (UK) Damnation Festival 05 Nov 19 Paris (FR) La Machine Du Moulin Rouge 06 Nov 19 Rennes (FR) L’etage 07 Nov 19 Toulouse (FR) Metronum 10 Nov 19 Lyon (FR) CCO 12 Nov 19 Milan (IT) Magazzini Generali 14 Nov 19 Vienna (AT) Szene 15 Nov 19 Prague (CZ) Meet Factory 16 Nov 19 Berlin (DE) Astrat 17 Nov 19 France (FR) Tyrant Fest 19 Nov 19 Kassel (DE) Musik Theater 130 BPM 21 Nov 19 Mannheim (DE) MS Connextion Complex 22 Nov 19 Vosselaar (BE) Biebob 23 Nov 19 Oberhausen (DE) Turbinehalle 24 Nov 19 Copenhagen (DK) Pumpehuset 26 Nov 19 Tampere (FI) Pakkahuone 27 Nov 19 Helsinki (FI) Tavastia 29 Nov 19 Stockholm (SE) Fryshuset Klubben 30 Nov 19 Gothenburg (SE) Pustervik
The cover artwork and tracklist of ‘GastiR – Ghosts Invited’ can be found below.
Tracklist: 1.
Ek Erilar (05:34) 2. From The Spear (04:37) 3. Ghosts Invited (04:23) 4. Carving The Voices (07:26) 5. Veiztu Hve (06:41) 6. The
Speech And The Self (05:02) 7. Through And Past And Past (02:59) 8.
Within The Voice Of Existence (05:25) Total:
0:42:07
Since rising to prominence with
his first band Trelldom, legendary singer, front man, artist and composer,
Gaahl, has been one of Norway’s most talked about and respected extreme metal
musicians. His work with Trelldom, Gorgoroth and God Seed has been widely
regarded as some of the best the black metal scene has had to
offer.
Gaahls passion and dedication to his art has earned him followers
far and beyond the realms of the metal community, becoming a household name in
the art scene and a he has become a well-respected alternative
thinker.
In 2015 the charismatic singer assembled some of Norway’s finest
metal musicians under the new moniker Gaahls WYRD. The band
consisted of Ole Walaunet (The Batallion, God Seed, Grimfist), Frode Kilvik
(Krakow, Aeternus), Sir (Trelldom, Djerv, God Seed) and Bård Kolstad (Leprous,
Borknagar).
The band’s first show was an appearance at the one-off
festival BlekkMetal, held in Bergen, Norway the same year. The show was recorded
for the live EP “Nov. 15”, released by the band in 2017. The EP was celebrated
during the bands two European runs “Vardøger 2017” and “Vardøger” 2018. Bård
Kolstad was replaced by Kevin Kvåle (Horizon Ablaze) in the 2nd half
of 2017 and Kårstad stepped out of the band after the first leg of the
“Vardøger” tour.
In mid 2018 the band teamed up with producer Iver Sandøy
(Enslaved, Emmerhoff & the Melancholy Babies) to record their first
full-length album “GastiR – Ghosts Invited”, set to be released by Season of
Mist (World) and Indie Recordings (Norway) on May 31st.
Today, Norma Evangelium Diaboli announces May 24th as the international release date for Deathspell Omega‘s highly anticipated seventh album, The Furnaces of Palingenesia.
The Furnaces of Palingenesia is Janus in the midst of the 9th circle of Hell; a prophetic abomination recorded on gear ante anno 1984 vomiting 2084 in the shadows of the horns.
A special video for “Ad Arma! Ad Arma!” can be seen & heard here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for
Deathspell Omega’s The Furnaces of
Palingenesia 1. Neither
Meaning nor Justice 2. The Fires of Frustration 3. Ad Arma! Ad Arma! 4.
Splinters from Your Mother’s Spine 5. Imitatio Dei 6. 1523 7.
Sacrificial Theopathy 8. Standing on the Work of Slaves 9. Renegade
Ashes 10. Absolutist Regeneration 11. You Cannot Even Find the
Ruins…
After their highly acclaimed debut album, Poisoned Void, and the outstanding mini-album Current Mouth, many shows and two European tours, Finland’s Vorum ceased to exist. But the dead cannot die, for they are still hungry…
Up from the ashes, a new phoenix arises: Concrete Winds is about to release one of the most bestial recordings ever erupting from the far north by the name Primitive Force, through Sepulchral Voice Records, which the label will release on July 12th internationally on CD and vinyl LP formats.
The album opens up a maelstrom to the deepest pits of death metal. This is beyond a journey; this is a fucking rush, starting as ripping as it ends, without a single warning. Wildest fury and blackest wrath are the godfathers of Primitive Force. A total of 25 minutes of pure blasphemy, sadism, and dystopia crash through the listener and leave either earbleeding disgust and horror or divine fulfillment and broken furniture.
Primitive Force is an epitome of violence and a prime example of how far extreme metal can be driven without losing its musical aspects. In today’s scene, the ignorance towards most musical principles and dramaturgic elements became a virtue/policy while exploring the most extreme. But all too often, it drifts into droning noise and chokes the power & magick of rhythm and riffing. It is different with Concrete Winds. In spite of the utmost shredding, thundering, and screaming, this album still has musical ambitions.
Primitive Force is evil speed metal riffing and death metal heaviness combined with a black metal performance & attitude. Where Current Mouth ended, Primitive Force starts and drives every audial aspect to the maximum. On the other hand, this release keeps every layout aspect to a minimum. Concrete Winds reduce everything to a lo-fi, cut & paste undergroundish presentation. They set a statement and raise a middle finger to a distraction shot from what is relevant.
Simply, Concrete Winds‘ Primitive Force is the pure magick of a death metal sound and gospel. Mersus of the Underworld Studios (Degial, Destroyer 666, Gospel of the Horns) draws responsibility for the intense recording: a professional production intentionally held rough, unfiltered, and everything but polished.
Some want to see the world burning – Concrete Winds serves them a primitive torch. Get burned by the first torch of “Infant Gallow,” which can be heard here:
Cover and Tracklisting as follows:
Tracklisting for
Concrete Winds’ Primitive
Force 1. Infant
Gallow 2. Sulphuric Upheaval 3. White Cut Manifest 4. Primitive
Force 5. Tyrant Pulse 6. Dissident Mutilator 7. Volcanic Turmoil 8.
Angelic Laceration 9. Death Transmission
