Art in its Blackest form
1. Circumpolaris
2. Floe
3. Venus Claws
4. Hyperion Under Glass
5. Filigree
6. Remanentie
Dirge were formed back in 1994 in Paris, France. Their music is progressive post-metal, partly with an industrial approach. They somewhat reminds of bands such as Isis, and delivers a massive wall of slow groovy atmosphere. ‘Hyperion’ is their sixth album since the beginning, and we must say that this album is a true display of monumental power.
The album was released March 14th, 2014 on Debemur Morti.
A few years ago, Marshall Headphones released their Pitch Black models. The headphones are, as the name says, completely colorless, and we must say they simply looks amazing. We haven’t tried them yet, but with Marshall being known for quality, we’re sure they sounds good as well.
For more information, reviews and ordering, check out the link below:
http://www.marshallheadphones.com/product/major-pitch-black
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Paper Canyon (2009)
The English band Codes In The Clouds from Kent are playing post-rock, and we were really amazed by their debut album ‘Paper Canyon’ back in 2009. They also released another album in 2011 entitled ‘As the Spirit Wanes’.
Since then, they’ve been playing live and doing festival shows. Late last year the band posted on their Tumblr that they are currently working on an upcoming album. We are excited, and will definitely look out for it!
The band just released an official video for their song ‘Don’t Go Awash in This Digital Landscape’ to celebrate the 5th anniversary of their debut album.
Watch the video below:
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about I Am Heresy, and their upcoming album “Thy Will”. In just a little under a month from now, the album will be released on Century Media (March 3, 2014 in Europe/Australia/NZ and March 4, 2014 in USA/Canada).
On February 7th, they released a video for their song “March of Black Earth”, that will feature on “Thy Will”. See it below.
I stumbled upon the work of Sera Timms from Los Angeles, US when I saw that her band, Ides of Gemini, was warming up for Ghost on their US tour. She also used to play in Black Math Horseman. Later on I found out that she has her own solo-project, called Black Mare. Her first album ‘Field of the Host’ is due to release February 24th, 2014 by Human Jigsaw Records, and The Crossing will be releasing a limited edition LP of 300 copies, March 20th.
When I first heard Black Mare, the voice of the chanting Sera Timms really drew my attention. In many ways it is radiating a pagan/folk atmosphere, but at the same time it has its own unique and honest approach.
– My intent with ‘Field of the Host’ was to express something very personal through the re-telling of timeless myths, and by my own symbolic stories within the lyrics. I have tended to write about larger philosophical themes and ideas in my other projects, and Black Mare seems to demand that I strip away the layers of intellect and reason, and allow the songs to be vulnerable, honest, and simple, says Sera.
Musicwise, the band is moving into several subgenres, with a veil of doom which is wrapping it all together into a wholeness. I am not surprised when Sera tells me that her music deals with and explores the human psyche;
– As always I hope that for the listener my music will open up a crack in ones psyche and lead them back to the underworld shadow realm within themselves-a realm that is not generally valued in our society. This is the place where I found my Black Mare songs. Understanding and illuminating this darkness is the only way to wholeness and peace within one’s self.
For most of the material on the album my biggest influence was my own experience, and exploration of my own subconscious. Musically, I wanted it to be have the heavily plodding earth bound foundation of the mare, with a fragile ethereal phantom rider pulling her sinuous reins into songs.
After hearing Black Mare, we can really imagine them being a live experience. Sera stated that they want to tour both Europe and US. We can’t wait, and are really looking forward to see where the Black Mare will be ridden.
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A few days ago I discovered a band playing grandiose instrumental post-rock/metal. The band was Audrey Fall from Latvia, a country which I didn’t associate with such music, until now.
Audrey Fall is a four-piece band from Jelgava, a city in central Latvia. Usually I think that the lack of vocals makes the soundscape a bit incomplete, but with Audrey Fall I hardly notice it. I even think that the lack of vocals, kinda improves their music, as it’s giving more room for the instruments.
– I think there’s still a lot of people that aren’t used to purely instrumental music without any vocals, so it might be a bit more challenging to appeal to that particular group of people. But for us going completely instrumental opened a lot of opportunities, vocals somehow restrict your style. We can experiment more and focus on various sounds, says Jurģis Narvils (guitarist, Audrey Fall).
Audrey Fall – Mitau
On January 14th, 2014, Audrey Fall released their first album entitled Mitau (actually means Jelgava in German) digitally, which has received a lot of attention lately. Jurģis of Audrey Fall, also mentioned that the album will be released as a physical CD digipak sometime next month.
For touring, he has this to say:
– We’ll be playing a couple of shows in our country, but there’s currently no bigger tour planned. We’ll see how everything goes.
Anyways, we can’t wait to be seeing Audrey Fall live, and will be keeping an eye out for them. You better do the same.
Also, remember to check out their video below, which the band actually made by themselves:
01. Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel
02. Furor Divinus
03. Messe Noire
04. Ora Pro Nobis Lucifer
05. Amen
06. The Satanist
07. Ben Sahar
08. In the Absence ov Light
09. O Father O Satan O Sun!
Behemoth has finally released their tenth studio album. When I first heard ‘Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel’, I was excited by the black metal elements they have included here, as most of their releases is dominated by death metal. The releases has been playing a few rounds, and I really like what I hear. So far, ‘Ora Pro Nobis Lucifer’ is my favorite track, but overall I would really recommend you to check the album out for yourself. Unfortunately, the digital distribution channels are very limited, if you’re not using Itunes. The only alternative is, as I write this, 7digital and Amazon (which is restricted to certain countries). I can’t believe that Nuclear Blast don’t add it to Bandcamp etc., for better availability. Because this album really deserves it!
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Also, check out their video for ‘Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel’:
It’s not a huge secret that Ghost is one of our favorite bands nowadays. Their gig in Bergen, Norway, is probably one of the best gigs we’ve ever been to.
They just released some live videoes recorded at Music Feeds Studio, where Papa Emeritus II performs “unmasked”, and without his significant pope outfit. Here are Ghost performing the Roky Erickson cover ‘If You Have Ghosts’:
Visit Music Feeds for more videoes of the performance.
Last summer we got a chance to see I Am Heresy (Delaware/New Jersey) at our trip to New York. It was a new experience. Hardcore-oriented music is not really our favorite, but I Am Heresy, is so much more than that. They mix in occult influences, and different genres; all from more acoustic parts, to black/death metal and punk. Really refreshing, and definitely a live band to look out for.
Now they are soon ready to release their album “Thy Will” on Century Media (March 3, 2014 in Europe/Australia/NZ and March 4, 2014 in USA/Canada). They already released a teaser for the album late 2013. Watch it below:
They have even released a track from the album called ‘Rahabh’ , with a lyrical video:
Now they will soon be releasing an official music video for their song ‘March Of Black Earth’, which is taken from their upcoming album. Watch the teaser below:
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01. Lurker
02. Flesh
03. The Devil Within
Wildernessking from South Africa plays atmospheric/post black metal. They released their debut album in 2012, and EP the very same year. Now they are back with a new EP, that was released January 22nd this year. It seems like post black metal is really into a flow right now, and we surely like what we are hearing. We’re looking forward to another full length!
You can buy this EP directly from their bandcamp. We highly recommend it!