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Back in stock - Extreme Metal and Dark music
Iskandr’s latest offering “Spiritus Sylvestris” appears to be a radical statement in both content and form. Signifying a departure from the black metal roots of the project, the psychedelic folk doom of the new album builds upon the directions of where both “Vergezicht” and “Glas” were already moving towards. “Spiritus Sylvestris” is cinematic in scope: majestic and threatening in its aura of sublime grandeur. The Latin title translates to “spirit of the wild” and also refers to the early modern alchemical name for carbon dioxide –when the spirit of the wilderness releases into the aether through the burning of wood and charcoal. The songs tell impressionistic stories of natural elements personified; when powerful spirits that linger in the earth are stirred, those elemental forces will be forced to haunt our world. In an era of irreversible damage to our planet and anthropogenic climate change, Iskandr aims to offer funeral dirges for the world that we have already lost.
“Spiritus Sylvestris” embraces a limitless approach to translate this vision into musical form. Employing musical elements from a broad array of genres; easily moving between the martial stomp of early Laibach and the ethereal melodics of Dead Can Dance. Recorded and mixed by the legendary Pieter Kloos (The Devil’s Blood, Motorpsycho) at The Void Studio in Eindhoven, the new Iskandr record has broadened the scope and sound of the project beyond any confines, resulting in the most open soundscapes from Iskandrto date. The heavy baritone guitar riffs that form the backbone of the record provide a pitch-black canvas in which huge percussive rhythms and psychedelic layers of Hammond organ, Mellotron as well as subtle acoustics move in and out of focus. If this world is at an end it deserves a requiem for that what is lost.
Pro CDr in high quality 6-Panel DigiPak, first edition of 100 copies.
Info : After laying dormant in the primordial waters for four years, Mournful Congregation emerge from the face of the deep with the first release since 2018's "The Incubus of Karma".
Announcing here "The Exuviae of Gods". Part one of a two-part EP series.
"The Exuviae of Gods" Part 1 features three songs equalling 37 minutes.
Two brand new compositions, plus a brand new re-recording of 1995's "An Epic Dream of Desire" featured on their second demo tape.
"The Exuviae of Gods" Part 2 will follow during 2023.
300x gold vinyl 12" (180g) in a microtene innerbag, printed innersleeve, full-color on 220g, download card, printed jacket full-color, black flood inside on 350g, all assembled in a plastic overbag..
More than 6 years have passed since the release of ‘The Book Of Kings', the regal 4th full length album from Australia's stone pillar of funereal dirge, Mournful Congregation.
The absolute perfect Funeral Doom album ever released finally back in stock under vinyl.
Re-issue, 200x black & white marble effect 2x12" (180g) in white paper bags, download card, gatefold jacket, full-color on 350g with UV partial lacquer, all assembled in a PVC overbag.
