Tiedote 4.1.2018
Kotimaisen sinfonisen black metallin juuria kunnioittavan Vargravin tuleva debyyttialbumi ”Netherstorm” on nyt levy-yhtiö Werewolf Recordsin toimesta kuunneltavissa kokonaisuudessaan. Lisäksi linjoilla on seiskatuumainen kaksi raitaa sisältävä bonus-EP ”The Glory Of Eternal Night”, joka tulee vinyylipainoksen mukana. Nimibiisin lisäksi EP:ltä löytyy versio Emperorin vuoden 1992 ”Wrath Of The Tyrant – demon kappaleesta ”Ancient Queen”.
Vargrav on myös Kalmankantajan, Oathin sekä Druadan Forestin kantavan voiman V-Khaozin vuonna 2015 perustama ja johtama yhtye. ”Netherstorm” julkaistaan 26.1.2018.
Levy-yhtiö kertoo bändistä ja albumista seuraavaa:
Werewolf Records is proud to present Vargrav’s highly anticipated debut album, ”Netherstorm.” Hailing from Finland, the band originated during starless nights in late 2015. As the vision calmly evolved and the cloak of obscurity relinquished, Vargrav was chosen to be illuminating sign for this act of black arts. During the formative years, the music also transmitted into a profound abyss, only to reincarnate as a sinister glow of the black flame. A demo version of the album was then unleashed during the summer of 2016, and after numerous contacts from different labels, Werewolf Records was immediately chosen to be the most suitable collaborator with which to work.
That album, now bearing the ominous and apt title of Netherstorm, is a blizzard-blown blast from the ancient past. ”Symphonic black metal” may be a dirty word to some still, but back in simpler, more idealistic times, that appellation bore delicious fruit, and many long-cherished classics of the black metal canon have upheld that banner; more specifically, once upon a time, it was simply BLACK METAL. Vargrav bear witness to this fact, and create a swarming, densely layered maelstrom of medieval majesty and moonlit madness. Tangibly physical without sacrificing the finer nuances of synth layering, Netherstorm sweeps grandly across a cobwebbed landscape, distant ruins becoming the very listener’s landscape. It’s truly timeless magick, evoking the visionary works of old Obtained Enslavement, Dimmu Borgir, Abigor, Limbonic Art, and especially early Emperor, whose ”Ancient Queen” is covered on the bonus 7″ which comes with the vinyl LP pressing of Netherstorm. The overture of a black-hearted storm has been sung and what has yet left uncovered shall be conquered…
1. Netherstorm
2. Shadowed Secrets Unmasked
3. Limbo of Abysmal Void
4. Celestial Vision of A Monumental Cataclysm
5. Obidient Intolerant Ensnared
6. In Divine Embrace of The Dying Light
”The Glory of Eternal Night” Bonus EP:
1. The Glory of Eternal Night
2. Ancient Queen
Levy on hankittavissa alta löytyvistä linkeistä:
http://www.hellsheadbangers.com
https://werewolfrecords.bandcamp.com/
Metalliluolan uutistoimitus. Tällä hetkellä uutisia ja tiedotteita julkaisevat Ville Krannila, Pete Alander, Mikko Huuhka ja Joni Renko.
