Band of the NeKroWEEK - NOCTEM - Spain - Blackened Death Metal

NOCTEM
COUNTRY: SPAIN
GENRE: BLACKENED DEATH METAL



NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the band of the NeKroWeek, they are NOCTEM (Blackened 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.
Show your support and share this info to all your metal brotherhood if you like what you have heard!

Check the lyric video for "The Black Consecration" from the same titled new album:
https://youtu.be/K_xGxWqBwvg


 

"THE BLACK CONSECRATION" DETAILS!

Spain's blackened death metallers NOCTEM have revealed details on their 5th album entitled "The Black Consecration". The new album will be released on the 1st of November 2019 by Art Gates Records!

The band comments: "The time to reveal this important announcement has come. "The Black Consecration" is the elected title for our fifth and upcoming new album that will be unchained on November 1st 2019 through Art Gates Records worldwide. The artwork has been designed by Credo quia Absurdum in its entirety. It consits in our most atmospherical and raw album to date, not a logical evolution but a big change from our sound in our previous album "Haeresis", darker, dirtier and faster. So be ready for a new direction into the most abysmal darkness."



"The Black Consecration" Tracklist as follows:
1 - The Black Consecration
2 - Sulphur
3 - Uprising Of The Impenitents
4 - Coven
5 - All That Now Belongs To The Earth
6 - Let That Is Dead Sleep Forever
7 - Court Of The Dying Flesh
8 - Dichotomy Of Malignancy

"The Black Consecration" has been recorded at Millenia Estudios in Valencia, Spain. Pre-order options will be available after summer.
The darkest chapter in our career has just begun.


MORE ABOUT THE BANDS @ LINKS:
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.NOCTEMOFFICIAL.COM
OFFICIAL FACEBOOK: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NOCTEMOFFICIAL 
OFFICIAL YOUTUBE: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NOCTEMBAND 
OFFICIAL TWITTER: HTTP://WWW.TWITTER.COM/NOCTEMOFFICIAL 

GENERAL CONTACT: NOCTEMBAND@GMAIL.COM
GENERAL MANAGEMENT & BOOKING WORLDWIDE:
THE FLAMING ARTS AGENCY
INFO@THEFLAMINGARTS.EU 
HTTP://WWW.THEFLAMINGARTS.EU

NOCTEM BIOGRAPHY

Noctem is a Blackened Death Metal band with a long trajectory of more than 15 years. With 2 demos, 1 live LP and 4 albums, released with Prosthetic Records, Art Gates Records, NHR and Metal Blade Records.

After 15 years career, Noctem is one of the most active bands from Spain.

The band played on many festivals, more than 15 tours around Europe and Asia, supporting lot of bands like Marduk, Enthroned, Impiety, Napalm Death, Samael, Gorgoroth, Nargaroth, Keep of Kalessin, Taake, Immolation, Vomitory, Malevolent Creation, Incantation, Hate, Ragnarok, Melechesh and many more...

Extreme music, aggressive shows, blood and fire is the mark of this band.



NOCTEM are:
Beleth - Vocals
Exo - Guitars
Varu - Bass
Voor - Drums

ZORNHEYM - Reveal new European Tour dates!

ZORNHEYM
COUNTRY: SWEDEN
GENRE: SYMPHONIC EXTREME METAL



ZORNHEYM ANNOUNCE NEW EUROPEAN TOUR DATES!
[2019.07.04]

ZORNHEYM Swedish Symphonic extreme metal horror addicts have just announced new European tour dates! Check out the dates so far:

WHERE HATRED DWELLS AND DARKNESS REIGNS
[ EUROPEAN TOUR PART 2 ]

23/08/2019 - Café de Meister - Geleen (Netherlands)
24/08/2019 - Rock Box - Luxemburg (Luxembourg)
25/08/2019 - RedRocks - Basel (Switzerland)
27/08/2019 - Ragnarok Live Club - Bree ( Belgium)
28/08/2019 - Bobble Café - Lille (France)
29/08/2019 - The OLd Salutation Inn - Nottingham (U.K.)
30/08/2019 - Warhorns festival - Rotherham (U.K.)
31/08/2019 - Deadsoul Festival - Ipswich (U.K.)
01/09/2019 - Unicorn - London (U.K.)



Check out “Whom the Night Brings” lyric video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z86vAIV29EI




MORE INFO ON ZORNHEYM ON THE FOLLOWING LINKS:
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.ZORNHEYM.COM
FACEBOOK: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ZORNHEYM
YOUTUBE: [ LINK ]
INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/zornheym_official
TWITTER: HTTP://WWW.TWITTER.COM/ZORNHEYM
INSTAGRAM: HTTP://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/ZORNHEYM_OFFICIAL


 

WORMWOOD - Nattarvet - [2019] - Album Review by NPH - Rate 9,5/10

WORMWOOD
COUNTRY: SWEDEN
GENRE: MELODIC BLACK METAL
ALBUM REVIEW: NATTARVET [2019]
LABEL: BLACK LODGE RECORDS


Artwork by Mario Polzin

WORMWOOD - "NATTARVET" - 2019 | Tracklist:
01 - Av Lie och Börda
02 - I Bottenlös Ävja
03 - Arctic Light
04 - The Achromatic Road
05 - Sunnas Hädanfärd
06 - Tvehunger
07 - The Isolationist

[Release Date: 2019-07-26]

ORDER CD, LP & MERCH:
http://smarturl.it/nattarvet

RECORDING LINEUP:
Nine - Vocals
T. Rydsheim - Guitar/Bass/Keys
D. Johansson - Drums
J. Engström - Guitar
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Guest musicians
Erik Gravsjö (MÅNEGARM) - Vocals
Martin Björklund - Violin
Mika Kivi (PAARA) - Vocals
Moa Sjölander - Vocals

PRODUCTION/RECORDING:
Produced by Sverker Widgren  (Diabolical, Demonical, October Tide, Etc.) | Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at Wing Studios



WORMWOOD - Nattarvet - 2019 - Black Lodge Records
Genre: Melodic Black Metal

"(...)Hidden from the teeth of man
Life is but a struggle
Against the grain and snow
Towards darkness and crows (...)"  | WORMWOOD | Nattarvet | The Isolationist

THE BAND AND THE NEW ALBUM:

From the cold Scandinavian lands of frost and snow comes the Swedish melodic/folk black metal sensation band WORMWOOD, a band forged in the heathen flames of Rydsheim (Sweden) in 2014.
Even being a relatively recent band WORMWOOD got already great reviews from the media and caught the metal universe attention with their debut album "Ghostlands - Wounds From a Bleeding Earth" [2017 - Non Serviam Records] which was a masterpiece of its genre in our opinion!

The band returns now with another impressive piece of art entitled "Nattarvet" - The Night's Heritage, a profound and dramatic musical journey inspired at most on Swedish famine across the years of 1867 to 1869. The new album focus on different people experiences over that dark period over Sweden's past. Experiences of solitude and strife that caused a profound impact on those who lived through that rough times!
"Nattarvet" is a quite more personal and emotive album than its predecessor "Ghostlands...", who got inspired by the admiration of the cosmos and the enchanting Scandinavian landscapes and wonders! "Nattarvet" in the other hand goes deep into the experiences lived by those we most probably forgotten about already, people who lived their lives in isolation, families who died because of drastically hard winters. Harsh times when people lacked on comfort and food to eat, traumatic experiences taken by communities like the ones in Taiga of Sweden!
"Nattarvet" is an album embraced by melancholy and desolation that tells of unspeakable horrors of those who lived through some of the worst periods of time in Swedish lands, this horrors have been the main backbone and inspiration of the new album soundscapes!
WORMWOOD have recreated their sound and gone deeper, this without ever losing their own strong "folkish" identity. As a daring and audacious band, WORMWOOD have gone further with their experimental sound... so far, that sometimes it reaches a transcendental stage taking their listeners deep in trance within the created landscapes of sound! Pink Floyd'ish some would say, I rather say it takes you out in a journey back to those desolate lands of frost and snow, impressive to say the least!

WORMWOOD have kept their strong identity deeply attached to the Scandinavian nature and wonders, no matter how obscure they can be, in this case the album art by Mario Polzin condenses the album dark concept in a minimalist, yet gracious stunning art! Not less gracious and stunning is the whole album production once again by the hands of Swedish extreme metal guru Sverker Widgren (Diabolical, October Tide, etc). No other was to be expected from a Wing Studios work but the sound definition is in fact top notch on an elite level!

TRACK-BY-TRACK:
"Nattarvet" is a quite personal and mature album with a deep dark emotional aura, contrasting with its predecessor enlighten, curious and positive vibe, here melancholy dominates over a forlorn atmosphere.
WORMWOOD's new melodic/folk black metal creation is quite uniform in quality, there are no bad tracks into this album so make yourself ready to go deep into this desolate journey... dress up for a hard winter and enjoy this memorable experience!

The opening track "Av Lie och Börda" (Of Scythe and Burden) introduces the listeners to the whole album main theme that is the famine over Swedish lands back in 1860's, it tells of peoples hopes for better days, days that didn't came that soon at all. Poor farmers fought their way through years of long winters, ruined crops and misery beyond measure. This is a quite desolate fast song with enjoyable folk elements leading the listener to a rural environment, here the violin sound makes all the difference and brings some folk balance into an enraged black metal harshness!
"I Bottenlös Ävja" (In Bottomless Mud) follows, this song tells us of one the many dangerous and treacherous bogs of those forlorn lands, it tells us the tale of an old woman who got stuck on one of those bogs who sank her down into her own agonising death, her ghost has haunted all those who dared to venture near her (un)resting place ever since. This is a tragic gloomy song that counts with the hauntingly melancholic guest clean vocals of the finish singer Mika Kivi of Paara. A spooky and bewitching atmosphere surrounds this great dynamic song that is one of my favourites of the album, here the folk elements are dark and sinister but yet so delightful!
"Arctic Light" is the following track and it is inspired by 'In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette' by Hampton Sides. It tells the tale of a man who was shipwrecked somewhere in the Artic back in the 1800s and got himself lost on those forsaken lands, he lost his sanity and embraced madness, becoming as one with the Artic light! This is another of my personal favourite tracks of the album, an overall fast melodic song with deep transcendental sections that gives an astonishing balance to the whole track and takes you deep into the frozen Artic regions where you will be mesmerized by the dancing Artic lights, words cannot describe this feeling, It gave me shivers since first listening, you need to hear such strongly visual song to know what I mean!
"The Achromatic Road" is the next track and it pays tribute to the book "The Road" by Cormac Mccarthy. Here you follow a lonely man's tragic life as he succumbs into a pale world embraced by misery. This man's solitude was his ultimate downfall! This is a quite grey and hollow song with a strong sorrowful melody that raises in tension until the ultimate end!
"Sunnas Hädanfärd" (Sunnas Death) comes next, and tells of Sunna (the personification of the sun) and her downfall. She is losing her shining vitality and all things around her shall die with her. Ragnarök (end of the World) is coming and turns the whole world upside-down. This is another fast and powerful track which counts with the participation of the well-known Månegarm's singer Erik that includes his powerful and bombastic vocals on such Epic and heart pounding track that ends with a delightful "folkish" harmony!
"Tvehunger" (Double/Twine hunger) is the next track. On this song you will follow the ascension of a pack of werewolves who ravished a town. The song doesn't centre so much on the beasts themselves but on the horrors and sadness that the villagers felt as well as lycanthropy theme by itself. This is a fast ravaging song with a very own savage/barbaric essence of primordial darkness. This is another of my favourite songs with a great epic vibe that reaches its climax with some amazingly great ancestral pagan folk oriented chant close to middle of the track, quickly followed with some addictive epic guitar leads. Folk and melodic black metal can't get much better than this!
"The Isolationist" song ends up this amazing album with the mark of excellence, this is another song about solitude and it tells of a man who refuses to leave his home deep in the forest. Even with the death of his old wife he decided to remain in that forsaken place and wither away into obscurity. This is a deep melancholic song with an agonising desolated atmosphere. "The Isolationist" is another of my favourite tracks that keeps a great balance between the ravaging black metal and the melancholic melody that embraces the whole song, a deep transcendental and experimental melody within the middle of this song takes you deep into the whole forsaken atmosphere lived through the whole "Nattarvet" musical journey... the album couldn't end up better if you ask me! Cold as snow and frost as ice... this is in fact another epic masterpiece from such force of nature by the name of WORMWOOD!

THE CONCLUSION:
"Nattarvet" - The Night's Heritage is some of the most melancholic, well-balanced, profound and dark pieces of melodic/folk black metal we heard in the last years! Proving that that this Swedish sensation band never stops surprising us with their immeasurable talent.
"Nattarvet" is an impressive and intense piece of ravaging Scandinavian black metal art with the aid of enriching folk and melodic elements who provide WORMWOOD a very own, strong and remarkable identity!
Allot is to be expected on the following chapters of this band most promising career. Who knows when they will sit among the giants of Scandinavian black metal? I think it's just a matter of time!
For now you can sit down and enjoy their highly recommended new work in all its splendour! Make yourself ready to join in a dark daring journey across the forlorn Swedish lands of famine, solitude and long cold winters!

RüPä - NeKronos Promotion HELL

RATE: 9,5/10


VIDEOS:
"The Isolationist" : Videoclip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciDZw2_JXrg



"I Bottenlös Ävja" : Audio Clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IvjCre6f8c



"Arctic Light" : Live Video:
https://youtu.be/P5eoiOAkLD0




FOLLOW WORMWOOD ON:
Webpage: http://www.wormwood-official.com 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WormwoodSWE 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WormwoodSWE 
Bandcamp: https://wormwood-official.bandcamp.com/album/ghostlands-wounds-from-a-bleeding-earth 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wormwoodofficial/ 
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/officialwormwood 

Contact: officialwormwood@gmail.com

NOCTEM - Reveal new lyric video "The Black Consecration"!

NOCTEM
COUNTRY: SPAIN
GENRE: BLACKENED DEATH METAL



NOCTEM REVEALS "THE BLACK CONSECRATION" NEW LYRIC VIDEO!
[2019.07.05]

Spain's blackened death metallers NOCTEM have revealed a new lyric video for the first advance track of the same titled new album "The Black Consecration".
The new album will be released on the 1st of November 2019 by Art Gates Records! "The Black Consecration" was recorded at Millenia Estudios. Mixed and mastered by Vicente Mezquita.

Check out the "The Black Consecration" lyric video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQFoEFQFA_A





UPCOMING CEREMONIES:
18/07 - Gothoom open air fest / Slovakia
19/07 - Symbolic Fest Open Air / Czech Republic
20/07 - AKK - Karlsruhe / Germany
21/07 - Redrocks - Basel / Switzerland
22/07 - Innocent - Hengelo / The Netherlands
23/07 - Rocking Bull Concern - Antwerpen / Belgium
24/07 - Ragnarock Live Club - Bree / Belgium
25/07 - MCP Apache - Fontaine L'evéque / Belgium
26/07 - No Man's Land - Volmerange Les Mines / France
27/07 - Boarstream Open AiR / Germany



"The Black Consecration" Tracklist as follows:
1 - The Black Consecration
2 - Sulphur
3 - Uprising Of The Impenitents
4 - Coven
5 - All That Now Belongs To The Earth
6 - Let That Is Dead Sleep Forever
7 - Court Of The Dying Flesh
8 - Dichotomy Of Malignancy



NOCTEM are:
Beleth - Vocals
Exo - Guitars
Varu - Bass
Voor - Drums


More info about NOCTEM band at the following Links:
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.NOCTEMOFFICIAL.COM
OFFICIAL FACEBOOK: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NOCTEMOFFICIAL 
OFFICIAL YOUTUBE: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NOCTEMBAND 
OFFICIAL INSTAGRAM: HTTP://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/NOCTEMOFFICIAL
OFFICIAL TWITTER: HTTP://WWW.TWITTER.COM/NOCTEMOFFICIAL 

GENERAL CONTACT: NOCTEMBAND@GMAIL.COM
GENERAL MANAGEMENT & BOOKING WORLDWIDE:
THE FLAMING ARTS AGENCY
INFO@THEFLAMINGARTS.ORG 
HTTP://WWW.THEFLAMINGARTS.EU

BELPHEGOR - On Tour over Japan!

BELPHEGOR
COUNTRY: AUSTRIA
GENRE: DIABOLICAL DEATH BLACK METAL ART



DARKNESS RISING FEASTS OVER JAPAN!
[2019.07.03]

European death/ black machine BELPHEGOR co-headlining tour with TAAKE kicks off Thursday at Osaka, Japan.

Helmuth comments: "Tomorrow we fly over from Vienna to Nagoya and start the tour in Japan on 4th July."

Serpenth states: "This will be our first time playing Osaka and Nagoya. Always challenging and great experiences to march into new territories. We played a couple times in Tokyo and it always was a blast.
It's great to return for four »TOTENRITUALS« with TAAKE, BÖLZER, and locals. Don't miss these diabolical processions of Death!!"



See the »TOTENRITUALS« below:
7/4/2019 - JP - Osaka, FanJ Twice
7/5/2019 - JP - Nagoya, Imaike 3star
7/6/2019 - JP - Tokyo, Garret
7/7/2019 - JP - Tokyo, Cyclone
Info: http://alive.mu

»TOTENRITUAL« FESTIVAL INVASION 2019!
20.07.2019 - SK - Revistske Podzamcie, Gothoom Festival
Gothoom open air fest "Ritus Incendium Diaboli" Show
08.08.2019 - GER - Schlotheim, PartySan Open Air
Party.San Metal Open Air "Ritus Incendium Diaboli" Show
16.11.2019 - FR - Lille, Tyrant Fest


'BAPHOMET' VIDEO FROM »TOTENRITUAL« ALBUM!!
Censored: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyDaEXtnYIo 

Uncensored: www.vimeo.com/234694061



BOOKING INFO!
Headquarters: belphegor@aon.at


MORE ABOUT THE BAND AT THIS LINKS:
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.BELPHEGOR.AT 
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/USER/BELPHEGORBAND 
FACEBOOK PROFILE: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BELPHEGOR 

BAND CONTACT: BELPHEGOR@AON.AT 
BOOKING CONTACT [EU]: BELPHEGOR@AON.AT 
BOOKING CONTACT [NORTH AMERICA]: STEPH@CONTINENTAL-CONCERTS.US

DEVILISH IMPRESSIONS - Reveal details on new EP "Postmortem Whispering Crows"!!

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.


“EOSPHOROS” [Live Video] https://youtu.be/CGd8zzhr7Mw



“THE DOVE AND THE SERPENT” [Live Video] https://youtu.be/7zRvSzCOk4Y



DEVILISH IMPRESSIONS merchandise available at: www.devilishimpressions.bandcamp.com


MORE ABOUT THE BAND @ THIS LINKS:
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.DEVILISH-IMPRESSIONS.COM 
FACEBOOK PROFILE: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/DEVILISHIMPRESSIONS
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/USER/DEVILISHIMPRESSIONS 

CONTACT / BOOKING:
MANAGEMENT:
MATT YOUNG FOR EXTREME MANAGEMENT GROUP
E-MAIL: EMG.MATTYOUNG@GMAIL.COM

BOOKING
NORTH AMERICA | AARON GRAY
E-MAIL: AARON@HEAVYTALENT.COM

EUROPE AND ROW | MATT YOUNG / EXTREME MANAGEMENT GROUP
E-MAIL: EMG.MATTYOUNG@GMAIL.COM

BAND | QUAZARRE
E-MAIL: QUAZARRE@WP.PL

Band of the NeKroWEEK - WORMWOOD - Sweden - Melodic Black Metal

WORMWOOD
COUNTRY: SWEDEN
GENRE: MELODIC BLACK METAL



NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the band of the NeKroWeek, they are WORMWOOD. This Swedish metal warriors explore different sounds within the genres of Melodic Black Metal with a mix of Folk Metal. The band delivers a refined Blend of Dark Melodies, Crushing Riffs, Technical Percussion, Dramatic Keys and Ethereal Landscapes of sound and Scandinavian folk tales in a unique mix.
Show your support and share this info with your metal brotherhood, this if you like what you have heard!

The new single "I bottenlös ävja" from the new album "Nattarvet":
https://youtu.be/5IvjCre6f8c






WORMWOOD 'NATTARVET' Tracklist:
01 - Av Lie och Börda
02 - I Bottenlös Ävja
03 - Arctic Light
04 - The Achromatic Road
05 - Sunnas Hädanfärd
06 - Tvehunger
07 - The Isolationist


PRE-ORDER THE NEW ALBUM "NATTARVET" AT:
http://smarturl.it/nattarvet

BIOGRAPHY:

In 2014 when Rydsheim, Jothun and Borka wanted to create something together.
Rydsheim and Borka was in a band together called ÅSKFÖDD which had gathered notoriety in the folk scene around Stockholm, Sweden. Jothun had been in various bands before but nothing which caught his interest. The trio started to play black'n roll but lacked a vocalist and a steady second guitarist. After a few months Nine (WITHERSHIN) and Nox (WITHERSHIN, PRAY FOR LOCUST, RIKET) joined and the journey began to take shape.
Together they formed the band WORMWOOD and released their debut EP in 2015, The Void – Stories From the Whispering Well.
A record where they mixed folk, black and rock'n roll. Lyrics based on old Scandinavian folk tales.

With a sense of unfulfillment they began to reshape their sound. After a toilsome year of live performances and creating new music, all of the songs where done and the next step was to record it.
Sverker Widgren (DEMONICAL, DIABOLICAL) was the first choice, so WORMWOOD entered Wing Studios to record Ghostlands – Wounds From a Bleeding Earth (release date in spring 2017). The final product was an ethereal mix of genres, black metal, folk, rock. All this was combined in an atmospherical undertone.

The album was recorded and WORMWOOD released their music video, Godless Serenade, which was shot up in the high north of Sweden, far above the arctic circle. Some of the shot was also done outside of Stockholm, where the director Isak Skagerström lives. The music video was a success and the hunt for a label ensued. After a while, a perfect home was found; Non Serviam Records. They had the perfect vision for WORMWOOD. Fruitful years are surely to come.

2017 will be the year of WORMWOOD. Be a part of this monumental journey. We have such sights to show the world.


DISCOGRAPHY:
2015: The Void: Stories from the Whispering Well
2017: Ghostlands: Wounds From A Bleeding Earth *
2019: Nattarvet #

# : to will be released by the Swedish label Black Lodge on the 26th of July!
* [ Read the Nekronos Promotion Hell Review :: HERE :: Rate 10/10 ]


LINEUP:
Nine - Vocals
T. Rydsheim - Guitar
J. Engström - Guitar
D. Johansson - Drums


MORE INFORMATION ON WORMWOOD AT:
Official Site: http://www.wormwood-official.com/
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/WormwoodSWE/
Youtbe Channel: https://www.youtube.com/officialwormwood
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WormwoodSWE
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wormwoodofficial/

Contact: OfficialWormwood@gmail.com

WORMWOOD - Release new single "I Bottenlös Ävja"!

WORMWOOD
COUNTRY: SWEDEN
GENRE: MELODIC BLACK METAL



REVEAL NEW SINGLE "I BOTTENLÖS ÄVJA" FROM THE NEW ALBUM!
[2019.06.28]

The Swedish melodic black metal force of nature WORMWOOD have revealed today their second single "I BOTTENLÖS ÄVJA" from their new album entitled "Nattarvet", that will be released by the Swedish label Black Lodge Records on the 26th of July!
The new single feature guest vocals from Mika of the band Paara.

The band comments "The famine was not the only thing which reaped those poor souls. The numerous treacherous bogs out in seemingly serene forests were a death trap for people unbeknownst to their horror. Join us as we follow the fate of an old woman as she is slowly devoured by the grasp of the bog."

The new single "I BOTTENLÖS ÄVJA" can now be discovered here: https://smarturl.it/i-bottenlos-avja
or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IvjCre6f8c



Follow WORMWOOD on Spotify and check out on the new single: https://spoti.fi/2VC8SRn



WORMWOOD 'NATTARVET' Tracklist:
01 - Av Lie och Börda
02 - I Bottenlös Ävja
03 - Arctic Light
04 - The Achromatic Road
05 - Sunnas Hädanfärd
06 - Tvehunger
07 - The Isolationist

Compared to 'Ghostlands', our upcoming album "Nattarvet" will be darker. There will be stories about famine and how it ravished the Swedish landscapes in the late 1800-hundreds. Some families fled to new more fertile grounds, others were not so lucky. They had to bury their family members, eat crumbles and watch how their childhood home wither and fade away into obscurity.

So join WORMWOOD again as we embark on a journey together.

PRE-ORDER "NATTARVET" NOW:
http://smarturl.it/nattarvet



Check out "The Isolationist" first single/videoclip at the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciDZw2_JXrg




FOLLOW WORMWOOD ON:
Webpage: http://www.wormwood-official.com 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WormwoodSWE 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WormwoodSWE 
Bandcamp: https://wormwood-official.bandcamp.com/album/ghostlands-wounds-from-a-bleeding-earth 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wormwoodofficial/ 
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/officialwormwood 

Contact: officialwormwood@gmail.com

HATE - Auric Gates of Veles - [2019] - Album Review by NPH - Rate 10/10

HATE
COUNTRY: POLAND
GENRE: DEATH BLACK METAL
ALBUM REVIEW: AURIC GATES OF VELES [2019]


Cover Art by Andrzej Masianis | Layout by Daniel Rusiłowicz

HATE - "AURIC GATES OF VELES" - 2019 | Tracklist:
1. Seventh Manvantara
2. Triskhelion
3. The Volga's Veins
4. Sovereign Sanctity
5. Path to Arkhen
6. Auric Gates of Veles
7. Salve Ignis
8. Generation Sulphur
9. In the Shrine of Veles (Pre-Production) *ltd. digi bonus track
10. Path to Arkhen (Pre-Production) *ltd. digi bonus track

[Release Date: 2019-06-14]

ORDER CD, LP & MERCH:
www.metalblade.com/hate 

RECORDING LINEUP:
Hate line-up:
ATF Sinner - vocals, guitars
Pavulon - drums
Tiermes - bass (session)
Domin - guitar (session)

PRODUCTION:
The album was produced by Wiesławski brothers at Hertz Studio, Poland (Behemoth, Vader, Decapitated, etc).



HATE - Auric Gates of Veles - 2019 - Metal Blade Records
Genre: Black Death Metal

"(...)You took my soul from me
No man's child born of evil blood
In wolf's skin
In silence enshrined through time
I chase the wind
To the purest of winters
There I'll find my fate
Where no gods ever dare to tread
Where death is all mine(...)" | HATE | Auric Gares of Veles

THE BAND AND NEW ALBUM:

Poland death black metal titans HATE have unleashed their eleventh original full-length album entitled "Auric Gates of Veles", one of the bands most vicious, barbaric and addictive pieces to the date.
Extreme metal veterans HATE have been one of the biggest influence over the forming of Polish metal scene back in the nineties. HATE have brought to us death black metal classics such as "Awakening of the Liar", "Anaclasis (...)", "Erebos", "Solarflesh (...)" and now has returned with one of their most mature, direct and solid creation to the date.
Living up to their name, the band has recreated their sound and forged one of their most aggressive and ruthless death black metal pieces of art we heard in the last years!
"Auric Gates of Veles" is a masterpiece that combines enriching Slavic lore and mysticism to the bands already demolishing sound. A perfect combination of dark aspects of the mystic and arcane Slavonic folklore with death metal scorching sound, something not so common on this metal genre!

HATE has never refused to take their sound to the next level and what the band has done over "Auric Gates of Veles" really takes them beyond the gates of recognition and puts them as one of the highest representations of what is being done on metal realms of extremity! Being one of the most innovative bands out there, HATE have gone deeper musically and lyrically into the Slavic lore to bring fourth one of their best albums of the last years if not career!
No wonder the interest of one of Metal strongest labels (Metal Blade Records) on the band, which was an explicit sign of recognition of musical excellence!
"Auric Gates of Veles" is a clearer and natural step forwards to the band's previous release "Tremendum", a new ritual enriched with dark mysticism that adds to the enraging death metal sound the right dose of blackness and arcane magic. Still one thing I assure you... expect no softness on this new album, "Auric Gates of Veles" may take the old fans of HATE back in time and remind them of the ruthless "Awakening of the Liar" release which was a milestone on the band's storied career. Expect no other but a wall of sonic destruction combined with some dark ambient elements in the background in order to enhance the whole cult mystic blackness. A true majestic piece of death metal devastation combined with a slight black metal ancient ritualistic atmosphere!

The final studio work at Hertz Studio (Behemoth, Vader, Decapitated, etc) by Wiesławski brothers together with the band is about brilliant as it was to be expected, the impressive final sound is as organic as dynamic, giving in this way the best sound definition to the whole piece... another amazing work to come out of that studio!
The cover art and logo revamp by Andrzej Masianis as well as the layout by Daniel Rusiłowicz give the whole band concept of Slavic lore the right visual presentation... primordial, epic and ethereal art!


TRACK-BY-TRACK:

"Auric Gates of Veles" is a colossal piece of extreme metal, both organic and dynamic sounding from the beginning to it's end. This album takes the band back into it's death metal roots and unleashes some of the most aggressive pieces the band has created to the date. There is no lesser amazing track on this album, I think the whole piece is about brilliant and astonishing, as a fan of the band since early times I must say that this is most probably one of HATE's best albums to the date, this since vicious death metal combined with slight black metal elements is music for my ears, for me it's the mark of extreme metal perfection!

Out from mystical Slavic darkness comes the opening track "Seventh Manvantara", a blasting savage piece that heralds what is to come, this is such an intense and breath-taking song, without a doubt one of my personal favourite tracks of this masterpiece of death black metal.
The tortured ears are hit with no mercy by the following ferocious track "Triskhelion", which is another merciless song as brutal as addictive, another of my favourite tracks that shall leave you breathless.
"The Volga's Veins" follows, this is another excellent vicious track enriched with a dark pagan melodic atmosphere, another barbarous massacre for your morbid delight!
"Sovereign Sanctity" which is arguably the album centrepiece is another of my own personal favourite tracks, a daring epic anthem that will strike you down like a mighty heathen thunder and capture your full attention, here the harsh ritualistic black metal elements enrich the whole song and keep you captive to this Slavonic transcendental dark universe.
"Path to Arkhen" ignites once again the flames of pagan fire and unleash hell on Earth on another brilliant and frenetic haunting track. Death black metal can't get much better than this I dare to say!
The enigmatic title track "Auric Gates of Veles" with it's haunting sinister atmosphere slows down the pulse and raises in a crushing tension. Become part of this dark ritual of fire an death!
"Salve Ignis" follows, and with it "all hell breaks loose" once again, this is an apocalyptic tragic sounding track with such a scorching sinister surrounding! An ominous bringer of doom!
“Generation Sulphur” concludes this piece of art with a rawer black metal approach, another blazing fast track that brings out Armageddon upon the tormented listeners!
As bonus tracks we have the two pre-production songs that HATE recorded before they hit Hertz Studio to record this piece of death black metal art, "In the Shrine of Veles" is another frenetic fast track that already proved the band's intentions toward this new album, rawer, barbaric and solid as a rock! "Path to Arkhen" pre-production is a rawer version of the final product, yet the bass lines where quite impressive on this pre-production! In fact such a strong track deserved to be part of the final work... a prize for such epic brutality!

THE CONCLUSION:

"Auric Gates of Veles" is one of the best and most direct creations of HATE to the date, the mystic enriching Slavonic lore combined with some of the most demolishing death metal viciousness is about perfect. The band takes their listeners back to their roots, not only musically but also to their ancient lands traditions and beliefs, making you to see through the eyes of the pagan Slavic culture!
"Auric Gates of Veles" is a both titanic and enriching death black metal experience that puts the band where they sure belong... which is on top of what is being done on today's extreme metal sphere, toe-to-toe with bands like Behemoth, Vader, Dimmu Borgir, etc...
Expect no softness, expect no blinding light, "Auric Gates of Veles" is some of HATE's most enraging dark pieces to the date... there is no retreat, no surrender... HATE IS THE LAW!

RüPä - NeKronos Promotion HELL

RATE: 10/10


VIDEOS:

"Sovereign Sanctity": Videoclip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfM0PpXMAFA



"Seventh Manvantara": Audio clip:
https://youtu.be/evnDhT59SAY




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