NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the band of the NeKroWeek, they are
NOCTEM (Black Death Metal) a killer band from Spanish lands with a
damn mature and elite Extreme Metal sound. Acclaimed by the media and respected
for their constant sound evolution. Brutal, Epic, Melodic... yet with their own
Latin essence and identity.
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"CREDO CERTE NE
CRAS" DETAILS:
Spain's black death metallers
NOCTEMhave
revealed details on the bands sixth full-length album entitled "Credo
Certe Ne Cras" to be released via
MNRK Heavy on 28th of October 2022.
The blood and fire spewed forth onstage by
NOCTEM is a
visceral, fitting companion to their unrivaled sound, a vicious black metal
assault enhanced with a signature Iberian flourish.
NOCTEM
follows that career landmark with a new, definitive masterpiece, merging the
crushing cacophony of angry, adrenaline-fueled lust with newfound sorrows
and mournful melodic might. "Credo Certe Ne Cras" ("Believe With
Certainty That There is No Tomorrow") is a work of art. The album demands to
be experienced as much as listened to, invoking ritualistic examination.
The band comments: "It gives us divine pleasure, and great delight
to finally be able to present the first single from our next full-length
album to our faithful horde of devils. "We Are Omega" represents a new dawn,
and the oncoming album - a new era."
PRE-ORDERS:
Pre-orders for "Credo Certe Ne Cras" as well as the first single
titled "We Are Omega" and taken from this upcoming album release can
be found at the link below:
https://ffm.to/noctem-ccnc
Tracklist: 1) I AM ALPHA 2) SOVEREIGN PROVIDENCE 3) SANCTUM OF ANGUISH 4) CREDO CERTE NE CRAS 5) HOMILY OF PUNISHMENT 6) THE PALE MOON RITE 7) THE TOLLING OF THE NINE BELLS 8) CHALICE OF TURPITUDE 9) CEREMONIAL MIASMA 10) WE ARE
OMEGA
NOCTEM BIOGRAPHY
Iberian black metal from Valencia, Spain.
Founded in 2001,
NOCTEM have
released 5 full-length albums with the latest arriving in 2019 titled “The
Black Consecration”.
Notorious for their extreme live sound and stage show consisting of blood and
fire,
NOCTEM have
toured across Europe, Asia, Russia, and Latin America with some of the biggest
names in extreme metal including the likes of Marduk, Napalm Death, Gorgoroth,
Samael, Batushka and many more.
With a wide fan base of faithful followers, the band continues to march on and
in 2022 will deliver a new album that is set to become one of their most extreme
yet…
NOCTEM
are: Beleth - Vocals Varu - Bass Moss - Guitars Tobal - Guitars Voor - Drums
IMPERIAL AGE - NEW WORLD TOUR 2022 @ LISBOA
+ PORTO
IMPERIAL AGE (RUS)
+ MALIGNEA (POR) | 8 Dezembro
Os Imperial
Age estão de regresso a Portugal para dois concertos em Lisboa e Porto.
Depois da sua passagem em território nacional juntamente com os Therion,
a banda regressa agora novamente com a sua "New World tour 2022"
Os concertos realizam-se no RCA CLUB em
Lisboa, e no Metalpointno Porto.
Apenas no RCA CLUB existirá banda de suporte a fazer a primeira parte -
Malignea
DATAS / LOCAIS:
- 8 Setembro (Quinta-Feira) | RCA Club | Lisboa
Morada: Rua João Saraiva, nº 18 · Bairro De Alvalade 1700-250
Lisbon, Portugal|
https://www.facebook.com/rcaclublx
SEVENTH STORM - CONCERTO DE APRESENTAÇÃO "MALEDICTUS" @ PORTO
SEVENTH STORM + MOONSHADE
Com o muitíssimo aguardado «Maledictus»
a chegar internacionalmente às lojas e às plataformas de streaming no passado
dia 12 de Agosto via Atomic Fire Records, os
SEVENTH STORM juntam-se à Notredame Productions para anunciarem o
segundo concerto oficial de apresentação do seu muito aplaudido álbum de
estreia.
A nova banda liderada por Mike Gaspar vai subir ao palco do Hard Club,
no Porto, no dia 28 de Outubro, para apresentar pela primeira vez na Invicta os
temas do recém-lançado disco, com os Moonshade como banda de suporte.
Ancorado num forte sentimento de dor e raiva, o primeiro registo do colectivo
liderado pelo ex-baterista e fundador dos Moonspell – cuja formação fica
completa com Rez na voz, Ben Stockwell e Josh Riot nas
guitarras e Butch Cid no baixo –, foi totalmente gravado nos Dynamix
Studios em Lisboa, entre Maio e Outubro de 2021, com as misturas a cargo do
icónico Tue Madsen.
Descritos pela editora como "uma demonstração de pura força de vontade",
o alinhamento de "Maledictus" funciona como uma verdadeira declaração de
intenções, com os quatro músicos a fundirem toda a experiência acumulada no
passado com um engenho sem igual para a criação de canções memoráveis, que
misturam de forma exemplar peso com melodia.
Além disso, os
SEVENTH STORM confirmaram recentemente a sua primeira actuação ao vivo
no RCA Club, em Lisboa, no dia 8 de Outubro – fica entre os primeiros a
juntarem-se à sua viagem pelos sete mares e mantém-te sintonizado para outras
datas a serem anunciadas em breve.
NOCTEM COUNTRY:
SPAIN
GENRE: BLACK DEATH METAL NOCTEM - REVEAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR NEW ALBUM TITLE TRACK "CREDO CERTE NE
CRAS"!
[2022.08.19]
Spain's black death metallers
NOCTEMhave
revealed the new single and music video for the title track of the bands sixth full-length album
"Credo
Certe Ne Cras" to be released via
MNRK Heavy on 28th of October 2022.
The band comments:"This title track is one that we feel combines
various elements of the upcoming album, all within the confines and realm of
one song."
PRE-ORDERS:
Pre-orders for "Credo Certe Ne Cras" as well as the first single
titled "We Are Omega" and taken from this upcoming album release can
be found at the link below:
https://ffm.to/noctem-ccnc
Tracklist: 1) I AM ALPHA 2) SOVEREIGN PROVIDENCE 3) SANCTUM OF ANGUISH 4) CREDO CERTE NE CRAS 5) HOMILY OF PUNISHMENT 6) THE PALE MOON RITE 7) THE TOLLING OF THE NINE BELLS 8) CHALICE OF TURPITUDE 9) CEREMONIAL MIASMA 10) WE ARE
OMEGA
NOCTEM are: Beleth - vocals Varu - bass Voor - drums Moss - guitars Tobal - guitars
GAEREA - RELEASE NEW TRACK AND MUSIC VIDEO OF "MIRAGE"! [2022.08.22]
Cathartic black metal outfit
GAEREAare now proudly releasing their third new single "Mirage",
which is taken from the band's upcoming album. The track, comes in the form of
an official music video. The album is set for worldwide release on September 23,
2022 via Season of Mist.
About the track; Life's but a walking shadow. The act of taking advantage of
the great disadvantages of consciousness of one's experiments. Mirage is nothing
but a prototype and painful dream where the necessary sufferings of being alive
shall create the unnecessary fear of our demise.
GAEREA comment on the new offering: "The third single for the upcoming
GAEREA album is finally upon us. The song is Called Mirage and it serves
as the Bleeding Burning Torch which also names this record. It represents a
battle between high and low, reality and perception and Solitude vs Freedom.
This is Gaerea in its purest form, where the body language dictates the
increasing catharsis of one of the Highest and important Monuments within this
Album"
GAEREA previously announced new European tourdates,
together with label mater GAAHLS WYRD
and SAOR.
A full list of confirmed shows can be found below:
GAEREA 2022 21 Sep 22 Riga (LV) NOASS 22 Sep 22 Tallin (EE) Sveta Baar 23 Sep 22 Helsinki (FI) On the Rocks
GAEREA
+Gaahls Wyrd + Saor + Winterfylleth 30 Sep 22 Haarlem (NL) Patronaat 01 Oct 22 Arlon (BE) Lentrepot 02 Oct 22 Cologne (DE) Club Volta 03 Oct 22 Berlin (DE) Holle 44 05 Oct 22 Poznan (PL) U Bazyla 06 Oct 22 Krakow (PL) Hol 07 Oct 22 Prague (CZ) Futurum 08 Oct 22 Vienna (AT) Vienna Metal Meeting 09 Oct 22 Budapest (HU) Instant 11 Oct 22 Milan (IT) Slaughter Club 12 Oct 22 Martigny (CH) Les Caves Du Manoir 13 Oct 22 Lyon (FR) CCO Villeurbanne 14 Oct 22 Barcelona (ES) Boveda 15 Oct 22 Madrid (ES) Story Live 16 Oct 22 Toulouse (FR) Le Rex 17 Oct 22 Paris (FR) Petit Bain 19 Oct 22 London (UK) The Garage 20 Oct 22 Antwerp (BE) Zappa 22 Oct 22 Essen (DE) Turock 24 Oct 22 Munich (DE) Backstage Halle 25 Oct 22 Frankfurt (DE) Das Bett 26 Oct 22 Leipzig (DE) Hellraiser 27 Oct 22 Hamburg (DE) Logo 28 Oct 22 Copenhagen (DK) Vega 29 Oct 22 Gothenburg (SE) Pustervik 30 Oct 22 Stockholm (SE) Slaktkyrkan
Behind black shrouds of obscurity and desolation, the men of
GAEREA deliver their odes in cascading maelstroms of aggression and
beauty. Emerging from the age of pandemic to whatever awaits humanity next, the
Portuguese horde remains on the frontlines of the next generation of extreme
metal. With an EP and two albums to their name,
GAEREA has rapidly distinguished themselves from the thousands of bands
toiling away in the underground. Brewing their cauldron of sound from a recipe
of pounding black-metal blast mixed with a touch of harrowed, reflective
longing, many devotees of the darkened arts have flocked to their banner. With
the emergence of third full-length album Mirage, those numbers are sure to grow.
Underground metal itself is a strange and cyclical beast. Trends come and trends
go. But at no point in the genre’s history have we borne witness to what
happened to the world in 2020.
GAEREA met this challenge by releasing their second album, the aptly
titled "Limbo", to excellent world reception. In the meantime, they found
the total suspension of interactive life as it was previously known to be the
perfect breeding ground for further creation and making. As the troupe’s main
songwriter elaborates, "I lost two precious years of my life, years that I
would rather have spent touring and growing as an artist. But they were crucial
for us, these years, because not too many bands stayed relevant and productive.
The pandemic gave us the time to make the best release we could. All the
promo-shoots, interviews, videos, we all had time to prepare for everything.
Mirage was the product of a sudden inspiration. The basic parts were written
over about two weeks."
Such a stunning admission goes to show that art is fickle, and the artist is
merely a vessel through which the sweet sorcery we call music may flow. It can
mute itself to frustrating silence – or it can explode into being regardless of
all consideration. For this band on the rise, it is most certainly the latter.
Sizzling with ambition from day one,
GAEREA may present one unique face to their audience, masked and
enshrouded, but the truth is they have not remained changeless. "We are not
the same band who recorded Limbo," he insists. "We are more eager
to take on the world. If the pandemic taught us anything it is that nothing is
certain."
This lack of certainty plays heavily into newest creation Mirage. As its
name suggests, the inability to trust what our senses are telling us could be
construed as one of the album’s central themes. Rather than constrict their art
to mythological references or anti-religious tropes,
GAEREA instead plumb the depths of the human experiences of isolation
and suffering. "The concept, the subject, of each song is everyone, you, me .
. . if people were alone together in Limbo, in Mirage they are truly alone.
Nobody is truly real until they are alone."
If existential dread could be turned into sound,
GAEREA have carved their own philosophical path through its stygian
tunnels. It isn’t Satan, demons, death, or even suicide that is waiting for us
there. "What if people finally reached their goal," he posits, "to end
their suffering, and instead of dying they find themselves in a new reality,
lost in a big city they were once a part of – they don’t know if anyone else is
still alive. They are alone inside their own world." This theme of being
alone in a world full of familiar scenes, unable to end things and unable to
reach anyone else, might well terrify the listener more effectively than any
glimpse into the imagined hellscapes of our nightmares. Being isolated in your
own world is the real nightmare, and
GAEREA strum the chords of this horror with nuance and a miserable
grace.
Boasting a superior production that threads the needle between clarity and
causticness,
GAEREA unwaveringly admit their loyalty to countryman and producer
Miguel Tereso of Demigod
Recordings. "Miguel is fantastic," enthuses the band’s primary
composer. "He comes from a brutal death metal background. I thought if this
guy can pull off a punchy, modern, but still authentic production with a slam /
death metal band, I wonder what he can do with a band like Demigod
Recordings. He has a vision for a sound, and that is what I really like.
He is not a black metal fan, but it’s this very external set of ears and eyes
from a guy who really knows his craft, and he brings all of that to our sound."
The fruits of this union are quite evident, as the turbulent moods of the title
track are so wonderfully tossed between tension-building moments, and the
explosive payoffs which set
GAEREA apart from so many who try but come up short.
Tormented leads and building riffs sit atop some seriously explosive drumming,
waxing and waning, on "Arson," a tempest of moods and one of the album’s
centrepieces. Emotion, at times sounding triumphant in brilliantly wrought
guitar leads, is skewered by vocals that bustle with shattering despair. The
dichotomy is magnificent to behold.
GAEREA’s composer makes no mistake. "I want to hear the throat on the
album, and if we are a vocals-driven band, I don’t want to over-process them
during the recording. Striking that balance is one of the beauties for me in
this record."
In a world that increasingly elevates the shallow and the narcissistic,
GAEREA pursues an artistic struggle of inward isolation, honest
self-examination, and a dogged refusal to bow to the void that awaits. Thus, the
persistence of their shadowed visages, draped in the masks which codify their
anonymity while also creating a reliable extreme metal brand that fans can
appreciate, especially in the live setting. "GAEREA
are truly ourselves when we put these masks on, and we transcend into something
different, and primitive," he asserts. "It still makes total sense, and
this band would not be a band anymore if we ever dropped the masks."
As
GAEREA prepares the release of Mirage, the world has resumed
functioning, and as it lurches onward into its bleak future, one could stipulate
that the pressure may be on to continue its rise amid the clamor of this renewal
of activity. Does this challenge intimidate
GAEREA? "We want to do better, but I don’t feel any pressure because
we are in very good hands with the people we work with. We are building a strong
team that really cares for us, stage-wise, promotional-wise, website and
sales-wise. We are building a very structured confident teams that aims for the
same goals we do. What I truly care about is continuing our ever-growing concept
of the band
GAEREA, and not becoming sterile, and I would not want people to be
unaffected by our music. In the end we’re trying to express something within
ourselves, and I don’t want it to be too complicated."
The beauty of
GAEREA lies in the directness and simplicity found within their florid
tapestry of extremity and aggression. Whether it is in the less-polished aural
dynamite of their self-titled EP, or in the lustrous textures of Mirage,
GAEREA is building a mighty edifice of underground metal. With talons
dipped in the inky blood of black metal and scraped across the flesh of human
suffering,
GAEREA is leading a charge into the future of darkness, and all those
who find beauty and power in the dark side of existence would do well to take
heed.
NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the band of the NeKroWeek, they are
BLACK ALTAR, an old fashioned Polish Black Metal band, respected and
worshiped on the underground cult of the darkest metal forms! One of the best Polish examples of Black Metal and a
great reference of it's kind!
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UPCOMING RELEASE:
"ARCANA OF THE HIGHER PRINCIPLES" DETAILS:
Black Metal demonical forceBLACK ALTAR
premiere
"Arcana of the Higher Principles". It's a compilation of 1 new, title song +
13 songs from the splits with Kirkebrann,
Beastcraftand Varathron /
Thornspawn.
1. Arcana of the
Higher Principles 2.
Deus Inversus 3. Ancient Warlust 4. Outro 5. Intro 6.
Tophet 7. Winds ov Decay 8. Pentagram Sacrifice (Beastcraft cover) 9. Outro 10. Tophet (industrialized by PreEmptive Strike 0.1) 11. Intro 12. Nighthunter 13. I'm Demon 14. Deep Cut in the Open Wound of Mankind
BLACK ALTAR BIOGRAPHY
Anno Bastardi 1996
In the darkest abyss of chaos where time and space are impenetrable, Black
Altar came into existence. It took its earthly shape during blasphemous
Sabbath in the Night of Walpurgia Anno Bastardi 1996, when it was summoned by
the voice of Shadow. He, as the first guardian of Black Altar,
have started an unholy crusade, thus awaking fear and pain among the
hypocritical and hideous christian lambs.
1997
The first stroke into their rotten system of values was a demo entitled "Na
Uroczysku..." (On a secret place..) which gained a recognition among several
groups of listeners. It was recorded by Shadow in 1997 at Selani
Studio with the help of Doc (RIP), Vader's drummer, in the role of a
music engineer. Released under Shadow's own label - Odium Rec.,
the first issue of 500 copies was sold out rapidly, making the name of Black
Altar popular in Poland and in other countries as well.
2003/2004
In September 2003 at Selani Studio Black Altar recorded their debut album
entitled "Black Altar". It was a great improvement in the development of
the band. The new hymns are still more extreme and more technical. "Black
Altar" was mixed and mastered at Studio X. For the track "Fire ov
Immortal Self" a professional video was recorded. In April 2004 the material
is released in the form of CD and a gate-fold LP by the German Christhunt
Productions. Odium Rec released a limited to 666 copies hand-numbered with
corpse blood cassette version of "Black Altar".
2006
After releasing the debut album Shadow parts with his musicians and as of
that moment Black Altar became temporarily a one-man band. In 2006
WarKult Prod from Peru released remastered version of Black Altar "Wrath
ov the Gods" (with 4 bonus tracks) as split, slip case cd, with Nebular
Mystic (Nor).
In October 2006 Black Altar finished record session of their second
album called "Death Fanaticism".
2008
2nd album “Death Fanaticism” was released on cd by Odium Records.
2009
On 2009 Antichristian Front Rec (Spa) released “Death Fanaticism”
on vinyl, limited to 500 copies.
Night Birds Records (Ukr) released „Death Fanaticism” tape version
limited to 300 copies and Propaganda Records (Ukr) pro tape limited to
666 copies.
On October 2009 7 Gates Rec (Pol) released digi pack A5 version of „Death
Fanaticism” album, limited to 500 copies. First 100 with a t-shirt.
2010
On July 2010 Black Altar recorded tracks for mini album "Suicidal
Salvation" and for the split Black Altar/Varathron/Thornspawn during
the same session.
2013
On January 2013 Black Altar / Varathron / Thornspawn “Emissaries of the
Darkened Call” split was finally unleashed by Odium Records as a
jewel case cd version and as a deluxe gatefold vinyl limited to 350 copies on
black, and to 150 copies on clear vinyl by Floga Rec/Hellsfire Rec from
Greece. Moreover, the A5 digipack was released via Black Saw Prod (Mex) and
BlackDeath Coven (USA) and a tape version limited to 140 copies in cardboard
box via RawBlackKult Prod from Bolivia. There were 3 new tracks of
Black Altar + intro and outro.
Also mini album “Suicidal Salvation” was released by Darker Than Black
Records on digipack cd.
2017
Gefandi Ör Andlät and Daemonum Subeunt, both from Ondskapt, joined
Black Altar.
Split with Beastcraft was released by Odium Records on digipack cd,
Lp, wooden box (limit to 50) and by Blackwood Prod (Uk) on tape limited
to 100 copies. Videoclip for “Tophet” song was shot with the
participation of James Stewart (Vader), Acerbus (Ondskapt), V. Priest (Acherontas)
and Sorath Northgrove (Beastcraft).
2018
Gefandi Ör Andlät and Daemonum Subeunt left Black Altar.
2019
Compilation of “Suicidal Salvation” mini album and Black Altar
songs taken from the split with Varathron / Thornspawn was released by
Odium Records as digipack, Lp and wooden box. Also Legions ov Darkness
(UK) unleashed cdr wooden box limited to 66 copies and tape limited to 100.
Re-edition of the debut album “Black Altar” was released by Odium
Records on digipack and Wooden Box (limited to 20 copies) with new mastering
and layout.
2 songs for the split wth Kirkebrann was recorded.
2020
Black Altar is preparing for the first concerts in it’s history.
NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the band of the NeKroWeek, they are
GAEREA (Portugal) an authentic cathartic black metal experience. This is an
impressive and one of the most promising recent bands that unleashes some of the most sickening
dark and sinister black metal we have heard in years! A mind-blowing band that
crafts mysterious and rebellious black metal art!
Show your support and share this info to all your metal brotherhood if you like what you have heard!
Formats:
CD Digipak
CD Digibook
2x 12" Gatefold (Black) 2x 12" Gatefold (Dracula / limited to 300) 2x 12" Gatefold (White / limited to 500) 2x 12" Gatefold (Gold / limited to 700)
GAEREA BIOGRAPHY: Style: Cathartic Black Metal
Something rises in the bleak and blackened skies of society as we know it.
Vortex community GAEREA are
about to bestow their Undying Sigil to the masses, with their brand-new full
length ‘Limbo’!
GAEREA is a
black metal quintet from Portugal. Emerging in the beginning of 2016, the band
released their first (self-titled) EP on November 11, 2016 through
Everlasting Spew Records. The EP received many praises from the worldwide
press, and it was not long before the first full length "Unsettling Whispers"
(2018) was presented.
With that, GAEREAhad
the pleasure to perform and tour festivals in Europe and China, including
performances with Jupiterian in April 2019 and a headlining Chinese tour
in May 2019. The band already performed at festivals like SWR Barroselas
Metalfest (PT), De Mortem et Diabolum (DE), Throne Fest (BE),
Frantic Fest (IT), Eresia Metal Fest (IT), Amplifest (PT)
and many more. During the fall of 2019, the band did an extensive tour with
label mates NUMENOREAN under the Doomstar Bookings wing throughout
Europe.
Are you finally ready for the tale of the Fallen Society and the journey to the
vast Void, the only good in Life? Let us begin then. In the first hopeless
circle, on too great and Undeniable Nothingness. WE ARE GAEREA.
- - -
"MIRAGE":
Style: Cathartic Black Metal
Behind black shrouds of obscurity and desolation, the men of
GAEREA deliver their odes in cascading maelstroms of aggression and
beauty. Emerging from the age of pandemic to whatever awaits humanity next, the
Portuguese horde remains on the frontlines of the next generation of extreme
metal. With an EP and two albums to their name,
GAEREA has rapidly distinguished themselves from the thousands of bands
toiling away in the underground. Brewing their cauldron of sound from a recipe
of pounding black-metal blast mixed with a touch of harrowed, reflective
longing, many devotees of the darkened arts have flocked to their banner. With
the emergence of third full-length album Mirage, those numbers are sure to grow.
Underground metal itself is a strange and cyclical beast. Trends come and trends
go. But at no point in the genre’s history have we borne witness to what
happened to the world in 2020.
GAEREA met this challenge by releasing their second album, the aptly
titled "Limbo", to excellent world reception. In the meantime, they found
the total suspension of interactive life as it was previously known to be the
perfect breeding ground for further creation and making. As the troupe’s main
songwriter elaborates, "I lost two precious years of my life, years that I
would rather have spent touring and growing as an artist. But they were crucial
for us, these years, because not too many bands stayed relevant and productive.
The pandemic gave us the time to make the best release we could. All the
promo-shoots, interviews, videos, we all had time to prepare for everything.
Mirage was the product of a sudden inspiration. The basic parts were written
over about two weeks."
Such a stunning admission goes to show that art is fickle, and the artist is
merely a vessel through which the sweet sorcery we call music may flow. It can
mute itself to frustrating silence – or it can explode into being regardless of
all consideration. For this band on the rise, it is most certainly the latter.
Sizzling with ambition from day one,
GAEREA may present one unique face to their audience, masked and
enshrouded, but the truth is they have not remained changeless. "We are not
the same band who recorded Limbo," he insists. "We are more eager
to take on the world. If the pandemic taught us anything it is that nothing is
certain."
This lack of certainty plays heavily into newest creation Mirage. As its
name suggests, the inability to trust what our senses are telling us could be
construed as one of the album’s central themes. Rather than constrict their art
to mythological references or anti-religious tropes,
GAEREA instead plumb the depths of the human experiences of isolation
and suffering. "The concept, the subject, of each song is everyone, you, me .
. . if people were alone together in Limbo, in Mirage they are truly alone.
Nobody is truly real until they are alone."
If existential dread could be turned into sound,
GAEREA have carved their own philosophical path through its stygian
tunnels. It isn’t Satan, demons, death, or even suicide that is waiting for us
there. "What if people finally reached their goal," he posits, "to end
their suffering, and instead of dying they find themselves in a new reality,
lost in a big city they were once a part of – they don’t know if anyone else is
still alive. They are alone inside their own world." This theme of being
alone in a world full of familiar scenes, unable to end things and unable to
reach anyone else, might well terrify the listener more effectively than any
glimpse into the imagined hellscapes of our nightmares. Being isolated in your
own world is the real nightmare, and
GAEREA strum the chords of this horror with nuance and a miserable
grace.
Boasting a superior production that threads the needle between clarity and
causticness,
GAEREA unwaveringly admit their loyalty to countryman and producer
Miguel Tereso of Demigod
Recordings. "Miguel is fantastic," enthuses the band’s primary
composer. "He comes from a brutal death metal background. I thought if this
guy can pull off a punchy, modern, but still authentic production with a slam /
death metal band, I wonder what he can do with a band like Demigod
Recordings. He has a vision for a sound, and that is what I really like.
He is not a black metal fan, but it’s this very external set of ears and eyes
from a guy who really knows his craft, and he brings all of that to our sound."
The fruits of this union are quite evident, as the turbulent moods of the title
track are so wonderfully tossed between tension-building moments, and the
explosive payoffs which set
GAEREA apart from so many who try but come up short.
Tormented leads and building riffs sit atop some seriously explosive drumming,
waxing and waning, on "Arson," a tempest of moods and one of the album’s
centrepieces. Emotion, at times sounding triumphant in brilliantly wrought
guitar leads, is skewered by vocals that bustle with shattering despair. The
dichotomy is magnificent to behold.
GAEREA’s composer makes no mistake. "I want to hear the throat on the
album, and if we are a vocals-driven band, I don’t want to over-process them
during the recording. Striking that balance is one of the beauties for me in
this record."
In a world that increasingly elevates the shallow and the narcissistic,
GAEREA pursues an artistic struggle of inward isolation, honest
self-examination, and a dogged refusal to bow to the void that awaits. Thus, the
persistence of their shadowed visages, draped in the masks which codify their
anonymity while also creating a reliable extreme metal brand that fans can
appreciate, especially in the live setting. "GAEREA
are truly ourselves when we put these masks on, and we transcend into something
different, and primitive," he asserts. "It still makes total sense, and
this band would not be a band anymore if we ever dropped the masks."
As
GAEREA prepares the release of Mirage, the world has resumed
functioning, and as it lurches onward into its bleak future, one could stipulate
that the pressure may be on to continue its rise amid the clamor of this renewal
of activity. Does this challenge intimidate
GAEREA? "We want to do better, but I don’t feel any pressure because
we are in very good hands with the people we work with. We are building a strong
team that really cares for us, stage-wise, promotional-wise, website and
sales-wise. We are building a very structured confident teams that aims for the
same goals we do. What I truly care about is continuing our ever-growing concept
of the band
GAEREA, and not becoming sterile, and I would not want people to be
unaffected by our music. In the end we’re trying to express something within
ourselves, and I don’t want it to be too complicated."
The beauty of
GAEREA lies in the directness and simplicity found within their florid
tapestry of extremity and aggression. Whether it is in the less-polished aural
dynamite of their self-titled EP, or in the lustrous textures of Mirage,
GAEREA is building a mighty edifice of underground metal. With talons
dipped in the inky blood of black metal and scraped across the flesh of human
suffering,
GAEREA is leading a charge into the future of darkness, and all those
who find beauty and power in the dark side of existence would do well to take
heed.
The vessel has finally entered the port and
SEVENTH
STORM's first album "Maledictus" is out today via Atomic Fire
Records. With influences ranging from Bathory via Paradise
Lost, and Dead Can Dance to even Van Halen, the Portuguese
combo around Mike Gaspar is only just embarking on a journey across the
wild and wondrous waters of heavy metal history. And while not being a concept
album, "Maledictus" is tied together by a strong sense of pain and anger,
paired with a flickering hope of forgiveness for our lives
To celebrate the release of their debut album,
SEVENTH
STORM
present a music video for their heaviest track to date, that starts with a
traditional Persian intro before unleashing raging blastbeats and a hard rocking
chorus to honour the "Gods Of Babylon". Drummer Mike Gaspar explains the background of the song: “Just like the times of Babylon the gods represented a fairness of justice,
healing , and compassion. Bringing light to agriculture to prosper for future
years. Values we should worship still today. The past shows us the effects of
war and famine. The magical teaching destroyed and lost. Let this song bring
back those values and enrich our lives with sounds of an ancient past. Moving
forward and United once more.
This video represents all that was conquered and fought for to create "Maledictus".
We now share it with those that desire to be part of this new Thunder Storm.
We shall please the Gods!”
Special thanks to Dynamix StudioJoe FortunatoNirvana
StudiosFab Jablonski Válter FreitasRicardo Gordo
Watch the new music video for "Gods Of Babylon", featuring plenty of
behind-the-scenes-shots from the album recording, photo and video shoots here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xWtKFixpl0
The album is available in these configurations:
2LP in gatefold (clear or blue/white marbled) incl. free poster Digipak CD Download or stream CD-Digi + T-Shirt (Atomic Fire Shop exclusive bundle) Blue/White/Black Marbled Vinyl + T-Shirt (Atomic Fire Shop
exclusive bundle) Clear Vinyl + T-Shirt (Atomic Fire Shop exclusive bundle) CD-Digi + Blue/White/Black Marbled Vinyl + T-Shirt + „Eye“ Patch (Atomic
Fire Shop exclusive bundle)
PRESENTATION SHOW +
SIGNING SESSIONS:
All fans living in Portugal can meet the full band at their instore signings and
showcases on the following dates: - August 12th - signing session at Carbono Amadora, Galerias de São
José - September 2nd - Showcase + signing session at Fnac Colombo (Lisboa) - September 3rd - Showcase + signing session at Fnac Santa Catarina
(Porto) - September 30th - Showcase + signing session at Fnac Almada (Lisboa)
In addition,
SEVENTH
STORM
just recently confirmed their very first live performance to happen at RCA
Club in Lisbon on the 8th of October - be among the first ones to join
their journey across the seven seas or stay tuned for further dates to be
announced soon.
Com o lançamento do seu álbum de estreia
agendado para o próximo dia 12 de Agosto através da Atomic Fire Records,
os
SEVENTH STORM juntam-se à Notredame Productions para apresentar o
concerto oficial de apresentação de "Maledictus".
A nova banda liderada por Mike Gaspar vai subir pela primeira vez a um
palco a dia 8 de Outubro, no RCA Club, em Lisboa, para apresentar os
temas do muitíssimo aguardado "Maledictus".
Ancorado num forte sentimento de dor e raiva, o primeiro registo do colectivo
liderado pelo ex-baterista e fundador dos Moonspell – cuja formação fica
completa com Rez na voz, Ben Stockwell e Josh Riot nas
guitarras e Butch Cid no baixo –, foi totalmente gravado nos Dynamix
Studios em Lisboa, entre Maio e Outubro de 2021, com as misturas a cargo do
icónico Tue Madsen.
Descritos pela editora como “uma demonstração de pura força de vontade“, os
temas de "Maledictus" funcionam também como uma verdadeira declaração de
intenções, com os quatro músicos a fundirem toda a experiência acumulada no
passado com um engenho sem igual para a criação de canções memoráveis, que
misturam de forma exemplar peso com melodia.
A primeira parte do concerto será assegurada pelos com os ETHEREAL
que completam 25 anos de carreira.
A banda está a preparar um novo álbum de originais, mas este concerto foca-se
numa passagem pelo repertório da banda, inclusive pela Demo de 2000 "Shades
of Sadness", que conta com músicas criadas em 1997.
DATA:
- 08 Outubro (Sábado) | RCA Club | Lisboa
Morada: Rua João Saraiva, nº 18 · Bairro De Alvalade 1700-250
Lisboa, Portugal |
https://www.facebook.com/rcaclublx
BILHETES :
Os bilhetes custam 10 euros em pré-venda e 11 euros no próprio dia.
Vão estar à venda através da UNKIND.PT a partir do dia 16 de Agosto.
Ou, podem ser já adquiridos via Reserva, através do email da promotora: Notredame.promo@gmail.com
Contamos com a vossa presença.
Notredame Productions
Seventh Storm
BELPHEGOR (AT) - EXCLUSIVE SHOWS IN PORTUGAL 2022 @ LISBOA + PORTO
Está finalmente confirmado o regresso
dos Austríacos
BELPHEGOR a Portugal.
A banda liderada por Helmuth Lehner tem concertos agendados para os dias, 02 de
Dezembro em Lisboa, e 03 de Dezembro no Porto, e na bagagem trazem o seu novo
álbum "The Devils" gravado e masterizado no conceituado "Street
Studios" por Jens Bogren [KREATOR, ROTTING CHRIST, AT THE GATES],
editado a 30 de Julho pela Nuclear Blast. records. "The Devils" é o décimo segundo álbum de estúdio, uma combinação de death
tradicional e black metal, profundamente enraizado nos anos 90, absolutamente
esmagador e dinâmico, e prova ser um dos discos mais fortes e elaborados em toda
a carreira do grupo.
Estão confirmadas as duas bandas de abertura para os concertos dos austríacos
Belphegor em Portugal.
São eles os
ANZV e os Grievance.
Ambas as bandas tocam nos concertos de Lisboa e Porto.
DATAS:
- 02 Dezembro (Sexta-Feira) | RCA Club | Lisboa
Morada: Rua João Saraiva, nº 18 · Bairro De Alvalade 1700-250
Lisboa, Portugal
- 03 Dezembro (Sábado) | Hard Club |
Porto
Morada: Praça do Infante D. Henrique 4050-252
Porto - Portugal
