The New Music Thread : The North Edition
Rotting Christ - "The Heretics" (Release date: 15th February)
Melodic black metal from Athens, Greece. Their 13th studio album.
Saor - "Forgotten Paths" (Release date: 15th February)
The fourth studio album from this one-man atmospheric black metal project (or third if you don't count the one he did under the Àrsaidh moniker).
Downfall Of Gaia - "Ethic Of Radical Finitude" (Release date: 8th Febraury)
The fifth album from these German atmospheric black metallers. I absolutely adored 2012's "Suffocating in the Swarm of Cranes" so this is definitely on my list.
Fen - "Sea & Stone" E.P. (Release date: 8th March)
Atmospheric black metal from London. A limited edition 12" E.P. that includes remastered versions of the tracks included on the 2016 split CD with Brooklyn-based one-man atmospheric black metal project Sleepwalker.
Deafheaven - "Black Brick" single (Release date: 27th February)
Lustre - "Another Time, Another Place" (Chapters One & Two) (Release date: 29th March)
Two compilation releases from this Swedish atmospheric/ambient black metal outfit. The first chapter consists of the never before released “The Ardour of Autumn” EP from 2013 as well as “Welcome Winter” EP from 2009. The second chapter consists of the debut EP “Serenity” from 2008, followed by the one-track EP “A Spark of Times of Old” from 2012.
Drudkh - "Кілька рядків архаїчною українською (A Few Lines in Archaic Ukrainian)" compilation (Release date: 5th April)
‘A Few Lines in Archaic Ukrainian’ is a compilation of tracks of their split EPs since 2016. The lyrics of these tracks are either direct words of or inspired by Ukrainian poetry penned by poets who lost their lives under the cruel Soviet regime.
1349 - "Dødskamp" single (Release date: 5th April)
Norwegian black metal masters 1349 have released a new single, titled "Dødskamp". The song has been commissioned by Innovation Norway, Visit Norway and the Munch Museum, who asked four Norwegian artists within four different genres of music to interpret their angle on a freely selected work by the famous painter Edvard Munch. Naturally, 1349 approached the art of Munch from their black metal perspective.
Regarding the single, 1349 guitarist Archaon comments: "Munch is arguably the biggest Norwegian artist throughout history, together with Edvard Grieg, I suppose. His works are tremendously dark and eerie, reflecting a lot of anxiety, pain and loneliness, in the way I perceive them. So, it suited us perfectly. I chose the work 'Dødskamp' which directly translates 'Death Struggle' and speaks volumes for itself. It was an emotionally heavy task, and also a completely new way to compose. As well as some very long nights, bereaved of sleep. In the end though, it was worth it. This is the soundtrack to the dilemmas of mortality."
The new single can be found on all digital platforms and streamed via the official Season Of Mist YouTube channel below. The song is available on vinyl, together with the bonus track "Atomic Chapel" and can be pre-ordered the Season Of Mist shop. 1349 will return with a full-length release later this year.
"Dødskamp" track listing:
01. Dødskamp (05:05)
02. Atomic Chapel (live) (06:54) (only available on EP)
Woe - "A Violent Dread" E.P. (Release date: 15th March)
The new two-song E.P. from these US black metallers.
Darkthrone - "Old Star" (Release date: 31st May)
The 18th studio album from these Norwegian black metal legends.
The new video taken from Rotting Christ's "The Heretics" album.
A teaser from Abbath's new video which will be released next week.
Chicago-based atmospheric black metallers Chrome Wave cover a Nirvana song from their classic 1991 album "Nevermind".
Darkthrone - "The Hardship of the Scots" single (Release date: 24th April)
The new single from the Norwegian black metal Gods.
Deathspell Omega - "The Furnaces of Palingenesia" (Release date: 24th May)
The new album from these French black metallers.
Nechochwen/Bhleg - "Sorlande Sky/Majestic Translucence" split E.P. (Release date: 31st May)
Rotting Christ/Varathron - "Duality of the Unholy Existence" split E.P. (Release date: 28th June)
Two greats of Greek melodic black metal come together.
1349 - "Through Eyes Of Stone" single (Release date: 16th August)
Norwegian black metal.
Imperium Dekadenz - "When We Are Forgotten" (Release date: 30th August)
The new album from these German atmospheric black metallers.
Mgla - "Age of Excuse II" single (Release date: 3rd August)
The new single from the Polish black metallers upcoming album "Age Of Excuse".
Alcest - "Spiritual Instinct" (Release date: 25th October)
The sixth full-length studio album from these Frenchmen whose sound sits somewhere between black metal, shoegaze & post-metal.
Mayhem - "Daemon" (Release date: 25th October)
The Norwegian black metal Gods return with their sixth full-length album.
Ereb Altor - "Järtecken" (Release date: 20th September)
The eighth studio album from these Swedish Viking/black metallers.
