DEMONICAL -
TO RELEASE "INTO VICTORY" NEW EP THIS MARCH!
[2023.03.23]
Swedish death metal masters DEMONICAL will be
releasing their new EP titled "Into Victory" on March 31st though Agonia Records.
The new release will be available on CD and all streaming platforms.
The band will release a new video for the title track "Into Victory" on
March 30th at 8 PM CET Follow this link to watch as it's released:
https://youtu.be/rwLhvAmRBFQ
DEMONICAL are:
Charlie Fryksell - Vocals
Martin Schulman - Bass
Johan Haglund - Guitars
Eki Kumpulainen - Guitars
Ronnie Bergerstal - Drums
MOONSHADE
COUNTRY: PORTUGAL
GENRE: MELODIC DEATH METAL MOONSHADE -
RELEASE "EVENTIDE SESSIONS" NEW EP! [2021.11.20] Portuguese melodic death metal band MOONSHADE
have released their new EP "Eventide Sessions",
The band comments: "The Eventide Sessions are among the living. Available in all
major streaming platforms.
Join us. You are expected."
TRACKLIST
1. The Flames That Forged Us (Live Session for Grim Fest 2021) 2. Eventide (Live Session for Grim Fest 2021)
3. Upon Your Ashes (Live Session for Slay At Home Fest)
4. Sun Dethroned (Live Session for Slay At Home Fest)
5. God Of Nothingness (Live Session for Argentina Metal Fest)
6. Upon Your Ashes (Live Session for Argentina Metal Fest) Bonus track:
7. Lenore - Live at Lisbon
DEVILISH IMPRESSIONS
COUNTRY: POLAND
GENRE: BLACK DEATH METAL
EP REVIEW: POSTMORTEM WHISPERING CROWS [2019]
LABEL: NON
SERVIAM RECORDS Artwork, design and layout by
Infected Minds
Original logo by Lucjan Wasilewski New logo by
Infected Minds Sigil by Daniel Rusiłowicz Promotional photos by Robert
Zembrzycki
PRODUCTION/RECORDING: Music written and arranged by Quazarre Lyrics by Konrad ‘Darky’ Nawojczyk and Quazarre, except
where mentioned
Drums and percussion arranged by Icanraz
Produced, mixed and mastered by Przemysław Nowak at
Impressive-Art Studio
Co-produced by Quazarre and Devilish Impressions
Engineering assistants and additional recordings:
· drums by Piotr Polak at Dobra12 Studio
· guitars by Quazarre at Icaros Studio
DEVILISH IMPRESSIONS - Postmortem
Whispering Crows - 2019 -
Non Serviam
Records Genre: Black Death Metal
"(...)Renounce all Shackles of Negation,
Bring Down Hammers to the Cross
Broken World of Punishment and Solitude
Postmortem Whispering Crows (...)" | Postmostem
Whispering Crows |
Cingvlvm Diaboli
THE BAND AND THE NEW ALBUM:
Melodic Black Death mavericks Devilish Impressions are back with an
intense new EP entitled "Postmortem Whispering Crows", a natural
follow up to the bands 4th full-length work "The I", an album that received great
critics both by fans and by the media in general. It was said to be the bands darkest,
heaviest and most intriguing work to date. Once you elevate the standards so
high you need to fulfil your demands, so it was time for Devilish Impressions
to deliver a new enriching epic extreme metal musical experience... rawer, darker and even
more savagely gruesome!
The band has been formed back in the year 2000 in Poland and ever
since haven't stop improving and reinventing their sound, refusing to do
what is expected, the band has always managed to bring something new and
remarkably fresh on each new release. "Postmortem Whispering Crows" is no different, deeper
into a decadent world of chaos the order comes from the arts who elevate the
highest human values, in this dark twisted world emerges the new opus, dark,
sickening, cruel but yet with such clearer message towards it's listeners who are
teased into action, towards the liberation of their minds and spirit, away from any
form of blinding light so empty and vain!
Devilish Impressions have paved their way into extreme metal
acknowledgement, step by step with notorious talent and diabolical
geniality, their constant sound evolution is a proof of that. This has
caught peoples attention and has allowed the band to tour over Poland and Europe several
times and even through China. The band has toured together with bands such as Aeternus,
Hate, Behemoth,
Dismember, Marduk, to mention few!
The emissaries of the devil are restless but sadly still so underrated once
compared to other bands who quickly achieved the elite status and had the
fortune to rise to the tops... but yet, the lesser exposed the more you will
need to dig to discover, as we all often say... the deeper you dig the better
are your chances to find things of unique
value and rarity, with Devilish Impressions I think it's all about
that,
once you listen to their sophisticated and complex black death metal you
will know the proportion of the musical treasure you have just found... a black pearl among the extreme metal seas! You
will not be disappointed if you are seeking for allot more than what extreme
metal is feeding to the masses this days... a rare case of musical geniality
and craftsmanship!
The production of the EP done over
Impressive-Art Studio makes the sounds become much alive and
organic, never over-polished, so that in this way it conserves the rawer, almost
savage vibe that the Devilish Impressions actual sound requests, I think
it couldn't be in any other way!
The album art was done once again by the Infected Minds, the result is a minimalistic but direct art
attached to the whole EP concept, straight to the point and enriching this elegant
digipack edition with some old fashioned rebellious
medieval-like art!
TRACK-BY-TRACK: "Postmortem Whispering Crows" is around 16 minutes of length and in
no way we should dare to say that this might only be leftovers from the previous full-length
("The I") as the quality of this 3 songs speak for themselves, the elite
level of the songs as well as the sound structures elevates this songs to a
"must-listen-to" black death metal piece of art! Daring and well balanced
Devilish Impressions deviant identity is all but expected, the overall
sound experience is
slightly bounded to the previous full length but as a step forwards it embraces
by itself a new defiant ground of melodious splendour, unchained from unnecessary
bounds to any black or death metal correctness. All you shall ear on this
opus is a complex extreme metal vision at it's finest expression! A blend of
the best extreme metal musical elements unbounded to any creative
limitation! So let me tell you more of each track: "Dvma" track opens the EP andit's inspired on Maria Komornicka
(PL) writers work, as always Quazarre (vocals, guitar - only founding
member) greatest inspirations have been The Young Poland modernist
literature period (1890 to 1918), this movement promoted trends of
decadence, neo-romanticism, symbolism, catastrophism and impressionism.
Musically speaking this is a strong emotional and melancholic track, a
journey across dark realms of decay, Dvma is sung in the bands native
language which enhances the whole lyrical meaning and musical diversity, the
sombre melodic guitar solo and vocal diversity are high notes on this great
track, raising in tension and tremor! "Cingvlvm Diaboli" follows, this is a defiant track that instigates ones
mind to remain active and rebellious in a commonly so called
diabolical way, which means, an open mind fighting against any
religious blindfolds who cause human nature castration. Musically speaking
this is an aggressive fast track with a very strong heart-pounding melodic
structure! A perfect combination of great lyricism and scorching black death
metal fire! The incursion of some slightly progressive death metal elements
(in the vein of Death) are another interesting detail on this track.
"Interregnvm" finishes this opus between two reigns, of Good and Evil...
the eternal dichotomy... King against King, where only One shall prevail!
Musically speaking this Luciferian unchained track is in it's essence a raw
and savage/barbaric track, but there is no cruelty without it's beauty and
Devilish Impressions always find the right way to balance melody with
ear-slashing brutality! Here the incursion of intense rock-like guitar solos
support the track raising tension towards the very last second of it's
length!
THE CONCLUSION: "Postmortem Whispering Crows" is a short but
intense piece of some of the best black death metal we have heard, proving
that Devilish Impressions are among the best Polish bands in their genre,
even knowing the concurrence is fierce, even more in their homeland, I dare
to say that Devilish Impressions clearly detach from the masses as their
sound speaks for itself. The new EP is a rawer expression among black
death metal art, dark and sinister but yet so full of life and so inspiring
towards action. This is in fact a leading band in their genre and this new
work brings them even closer to the acknowledgement they sure
deserve! The elegance of each creation, the complexity of each musical
structure and eloquent lyrical content sure elevate Devilish Impressions as
one of the best examples to listen within melodic black death metal art! A true delight to ones ears, making you eager to listen to any further developments
that this
band shall take in the near future times!
"Postmortem Whispering Crows"
is one of those pieces of extreme metal excellence you sure don't want to
miss! I am convinced It will leave an (Devilish) Impression on each of its
listeners!
DEVILISH IMPRESSIONS
COUNTRY: POLAND
GENRE: BLACK DEATH METAL DEVILISH
IMPRESSIONS RELEASE TODAY "POSTMORTEM WHISPERING CROWS" NEW EP!
[2019.09.13]
Polish melodic black / death metal mavericks DEVILISH
IMPRESSIONS have released today via Non Serviam
Records their new EP entitled "Postmortem Whispering Crows"!
Music wise "Postmortem Whispering Crows" simply continues where “The
I” left off. Having introduced some rock-like solos on the latest
full-length these unreleased tracks seem to be characterized by even more open
approach to the genre. "Postmortem Whispering Crows" is an epic journey
across black death metal with the band's own, unique flare to it.
Quazarre (vocals / guitars) comments: “One of my all-time greatest inspirations has always been literature of The
Young Poland (a modernist period in Polish literature, covering roughly the
years between 1890 and 1918). The movement promoted trends of decadence,
neo-romanticism, symbolism, catastrophism and impressionism. Having quoted
‘Dzieci Szatana’ (Satans Kinder) by one of the period’s visionary Stanisław
Przybyszewski within the lyrics of our “Adventvs” EP, it’s been a logical
way for me to immerse both ‘The I’ and ‘Postmortem Whispering Crows’
EP even deeper into the decadent world of other haunted figures associated
with the philosophy of their leader. The quoted authors following the period’s
concept believed in decadence, an end of all culture, the conflict between
humans and their civilization, and the concept of art as the highest value.”
DEVILISH IMPRESSIONS COUNTRY: POLAND
GENRE: BLACK DEATH METAL
DEVILISH IMPRESSIONS REVEAL NEW
SINGLE "CINGVLVM DIABOLI"!
[2019.08.27]
Polish melodic black / death metal commando DEVILISH
IMPRESSIONS have revealed their new single “Cingvlvm Diaboli”,
the second single taken from the follow up to their critically acclaimed 4th
studio record “The I”.
The upcoming EP "Postmortem Whispering Crows" to be releasedon
September 13th 2019 via Non Serviam
Records. DEVILISH
IMPRESSIONS’ frontman Quazarre comments: "Those who follow the band know there's always been a strong,
anti-religious message behind anything we put out under this banner... And it's
not different in case of this song which actually has a very direct,
in-your-face meaning to it: to reject what is imposed on us and liberate
ourselves. Renounce all shackles of negation and bring down hammer to the cross!".
Music wise "Postmortem Whispering Crows" simply continues where “The
I” left off. Having introduced some rock-like solos on the latest
full-length these unreleased tracks seem to be characterized by even more open
approach to the genre. "Postmortem Whispering Crows" is an epic journey
across black death metal with the band's own, unique flare to it.
"At the ending part of the song we're quoting 'Symfonia Jesienna' (An Autumn
Symphony) by Maryla Wolska, an author associated with The Young Poland (a
modernist period in Polish literature, covering roughly the years between 1890
and 1918). The movement promoted trends of decadence, an end of all culture, the
conflict between humans and their civilization, and the concept of art as the
highest value”,continues Quazarre.
Today the band unveils the first single taken from their upcoming release, "Postmortem
Whispering Crows" EP, a follow up to their critically acclaimed 4th studio
record “The I”.
Music wise "Postmortem Whispering Crows" simply continues where “The
I” left off. Having introduced some rock-like solos on the latest
full-length these unreleased tracks seem to be characterized by even more open
approach to the genre. "Postmortem Whispering Crows" is an epic journey
across black death metal with the band's own, unique flare to it.
Quazarre (vocals / guitars) comments: “One of my all-time greatest inspirations has always been literature of The
Young Poland (a modernist period in Polish literature, covering roughly the
years between 1890 and 1918). The movement promoted trends of decadence,
neo-romanticism, symbolism, catastrophism and impressionism. Having quoted
‘Dzieci Szatana’ (Satans Kinder) by one of the period’s visionary Stanisław
Przybyszewski within the lyrics of our “Adventvs” EP, it’s been a logical
way for me to immerse both ‘The I’ and ‘Postmortem Whispering Crows’
EP even deeper into the decadent world of other haunted figures associated
with the philosophy of their leader. The quoted authors following the period’s
concept believed in decadence, an end of all culture, the conflict between
humans and their civilization, and the concept of art as the highest value.”
DEVILISH IMPRESSIONS COUNTRY: POLAND
GENRE: BLACK DEATH METAL
DEVILISH IMPRESSIONS SIGN WITH NON
SERVIAM RECORDS FOR NEW EP RELEASE!
[2019.07.02]
Polish melodic black / death metallers DEVILISH
IMPRESSIONS have inked a deal with Non Serviam
Records. New EP "Postmortem Whispering Crows" out in Fall 2019.
Ricardo Gelok, Non Serviam Records’ boss comments:“The first time I
heard of Devilish Impressions, they impressed me a lot. Their music is
exactly what we like to hear at Non Serviam Records and we knew we had to
sign the band and release their new music.”
DEVILISH
IMPRESSIONS’s frontman Quazarre adds: “Non Serviam sounds like
a perfect motto to what we carry as the message behind the band's activities. A
torch of freedom held up, as crows flying high... ‘Postmortem Whispering
Crows’ EP coming soon on Non Serviam Records!”
"Postmortem Whispering Crows" EP is the follow up to the band's
critically acclaimed 4th studio album “The I”. Stay tuned for more
details in the upcoming weeks.
NIRNAETH UNLEASH DIGITAL EP "ACROSS THE SUFFERING" FOR FREE!
[2018.08.02]
French Northern Black/Death Metal band NIRNAETH have
unleashed for free their digital EP "Across The Suffering" is available
for download onMalpermesita Records's bandcamp ! 2 tracks from "From
Shadow To Flesh" are included as well as tracks from the previous ones. Plus
another amazing work of Above Chaos!
DIABOLICAL COUNTRY:
SWEDEN
GENRE:
BLACKENED DEATH METAL
DIABOLICAL - "UMBRA" - EP - 2016
EP TRACKLIST: 1. Requiem 2. Diaspora
3. Tremor
4. Decline RECORDING LINEUP: Sverker Widgren
–
guitars, lead vocals
Carl Stjärnlöv –
guitars, vocals
Dan Darforth –
bass, vocals
Pär Johansson – drums, vocals
DIABOLICAL - Umbra* - EP - 2016 - Label:
Vicisolum Productions Genre:
Blackened Death Metal
* "The umbra, penumbra and antumbra are three distinct parts of a
shadow, created by any light source after impinging on an opaque object. For a
point source only the umbra is cast.
These names are most often used for the shadows cast by celestial bodies, though
they are sometimes used to describe levels of darkness, such as in sunspots." -
Umbra, penumbra and antumbra
From the darkest majestic lands of Sweden come the constantly progressing
blackened death metal warriors Diabolical, a conquering band formed in Sundsvall
back in 1996! Since then Diabolical defiant musicians kept on refusing to do the expected!
The band returns now with
an absolutely outstanding EP by the title of "Umbra", a natural follow up
to the critic acclaimed predecessor "Neogenesis",an
album that
in our opinion was without
a doubt the best of the year 2013!
With this new release the band gives another step forwards in their career, this
is in our opinion the bands most mature, deep dark and intense sound to the date! With this revolutionary sound
the band takes their
post-apocalyptical concept into an absolute new level!
"Umbra" brand new EP has without any doubts the most elaborate sound created
by Diabolical to the date! In this new chapter the band steps forwards into
fields of majestic darkness with 4 newly crafted tracks full of innovative and
inventive extreme music, all of this with a constant renewed own identity, an identity
that assumes many forms but hardly the most expected ones, impressing their
listeners with powerful melodies, delicate ethereal hymns and archaic darkness!
A constant eerie vibe embraces each Diabolical creation, a seal of
colossal identity and quality!
"Requiem" introduces the listeners into this masterpiece with a
bone-crushing heavy track containing a very own cold dark touch of enchanting darkness, here
the clean vocal choirs give an even deeper enchanting aura to the already
ethereal sound! "Diaspora" takes you forwards through this darkly intense
death metal piece of art! This is a quite dynamic strong track, where slower and
doleful parts combine in perfection with faster doom daring creations! Consumed
by "Diaspora" black flames of horror we move forwards into "Tremor",
an absolute new experience to Diabolical listeners, containing spoken
excerpts from the late Jiddu Krishnamurti‘s "Talks on Fear", this slower,
yet intense track takes you into a eerie melancholic journey, inciting you to
close your eyes and transcend, meditate through a dark celestial plenitude! This
track easily detaches from all the others I heard of Diabolical before, a bright
new experience for all the listeners!
To end this majestic EP we have the track
"Decline", a defying and ultimate barbaric assault into the
listener’s ears, this
is another fantastic strong track with an outstanding unearthly guitar solo.
The dynamism of Diabolical musical metamorphosis is impressive to say
the least, the top-notch variations from dark slower to heart-ripping fast melodies are on
the edge of what is being done these days on extreme metal camp!
The top quality of this "Umbra" EP is undeniable! The sound created at
Wing Studios in Stockolm by vocalist Sverker Widgren is simply
outstanding!
Now as a four piece, the extreme metal riders of the Apocalypse Sverker,
Carl, Dan and Pär have proved to be one of the best emerging bands on
the extreme metal scene; their constantly evolving music is indeed quite in front of what is being done in a already saturated
metal genre! Diabolical musician’s talent and geniality is undeniable, not only musically but also
artistically, worthy to be mentioned, the EP cover art is another conception of
the main lyricist Carl Stjärnlöv (guitarist) creative mind!
This quality and "know-how" has allowed the band to be part of several significant tours like
the latest European ones with bands like Borknagar and Kampfar!
If you are into bands like Dimmu Borgir, Behemoth, Borknagar, Fleshgod
Apocalypse, Septic Flesh then you will find this EP to be a must in extreme
metal collection!
All in all, "Umbra" is a blackened death metal journey across deep
dark shadows of phantasmagorical splendour! Profound and eerie enchantment shall
lead your path through this post-apocalyptical sterile land of human decadent
awareness and spiritual renewal! Diabolical undeniable quality and ever-growing extreme metal structures
set higher and higher the boundaries of extreme metal itself! Ear-catching and
addictive, "Umbra" is in our opinion one of the best pieces of metal for
this year and most probably the best EP of the year 2016! Be sure to get a copy
of this outstanding piece of extreme metal art!
The band has lots of new merch and bundles available
there.
FULL ALBUM STREAM:
"Umbra" is now streaming in full on Youtube thanks
to the
Brutal Full Albums channel, check the EP and share it around! The more
it gets spread, the easier is for
DIABOLICAL to play near you.
Thanks guys!
