CD

Digipack with 16 pages booklet

Mixed and Mastered by Stephen Lockhart at Studio Emissary, Iceland. Band Photos by Void Revelations. Band Art and Calligraphy by Jose Gabriel Alegría Sabogal.

Six panels digipak with booklet 

Drought is an entity spawned to channel its creators’ creative energy in a black metal form. The Tantric concept has been adopted to transform this energy into a tale of upheaval and elevation, using fire as a metaphor to celebrate spiritual transformation through cleansing, drawing purity from impurity. After a promising debut EP Drought fell into several years of silence, from which they will finally rise this spring to unleash their first full-length album, Trimurti.

As a Lotus grows from the swamp, enlightenment comes from improvement and regeneration. In Trimurti this theme is reprised from the previous ep Rudra Bhakti (2016, also on Avantgarde Music) and deepened, generating three suites - each explaining one of the three phases of this spiritual turmoil, as well as the three phases of Pranayama, and overall, the three phases of evolution: awareness - transformation - elevation. Nine tracks divided into three conceptual segments - this new opus develops and brings forth the tantric concept of the previous release, articulating it into a full spiritual blast of extreme music.

When asked to introduce the album, Drought said: “Trimurti represents the tantric chemistry of our creative energies and the ones kept within the sea, the mountains and the woods which surround us, channeled into music to celebrate the eternal life hidden in this world and in the ones behind it”.

Trimurti will be out on cd and lp (regular and limited) on May 15th / 22nd  

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Il formato EP deve essere molto gradito ai francesi Moonreich dal momento che, all'interno della loro decennale carriera, questo "Wormgod" è già il terzo e segue, ad un solo anno di distanza, il precedente "Fugue", entrambi rilasciati dalla sempre valida ed attenta Les Acteurs de l'Ombre Productions, etichetta che alla quantità preferisce la qualità.
Come di consueto in casa Moonreich, per lo meno con le ultime uscite, si fa fatica a parlare "solo" di Black Metal analizzando la loro proposta vista la molteplicità delle influenze e, soprattutto, la complessità di una musica finemente arrangiata, variegata nel suo incedere e, cosa non sempre scontata nel genere, suonata e prodotta in maniera perfetta.
"Wormgod" è un album, dunque, molto ricco: i francesi riescono ad unire efficacemente death, black, atmosfere ortodosse, concessioni alla melodia, magistrale brutalità (ascoltate con attenzione la spettacolare "To Crawl this World") ed a risultare convincenti anche quando si cimentano nella cover in chiave estrema di "Broken" dei Depeche Mode.
Appare chiaro che i Moonreich siano un gruppo di spessore e che la loro musica debba essere ascoltata con attenzione per coglierne ogni sfumatura ed ogni variazione poiché, anche all'interno dello stesso brano, diversi sono i cambi di registro, molteplici i saliscendi ritmici e imprevedibili gli sviluppi pur se, occorre sottolinearlo, l'ambito di azione del gruppo resta sempre fortemente estremo e devastante.
Tra dissonanze urticanti, ottimi assolo di chitarra, velocità assassine e brutalità debordante, "Wormgod" è un album che va gustato tutto di un fiato più e più volte, ogni volta alla ricerca del particolare sfuggito nell'ascolto precedente.
Come al solito, bravi davvero!

The Haunting Green are Cristiano Perin (vocals, guitars, synthesizers) and Chantal Fresco (drums and percussions). Formed in 2012 and based on North-East Italy, their music is constantly going in the direction of a coexistence within the aggressive vibes of extreme metal with ambient-drone and dark electronic music.

After a debut EP and collaborative split album, “Natural Extinctions”is their first full-length album which explores the inability of human beings to preserve their innocence and the bond with nature during their existence. The focus on “Natural Extinctions” is to merge extreme metal with the suggestive language of drone / ambient and ritual music, highlighting in some ways the "percussive" side of their music. This isn't an ordinary concept album but, actually, there is a hidden thread connecting the 7 tracks, relating the inevitable destiny of every human being to inhibit, suppress and lose, along his life, some of the most pure and atavistic aspects of their own soul, to adapt and live with the hostile environment that surrounds him. Adaptability on the one hand strengthens and leads to move forward, but, on the other hand, corrupts and makes us lose the most spiritual and pure side of us: the most precious.

Melodic and grandiose Black Metal against the modern world. CD version limited to 200 copies. 

Canada's Unreqvited has been a musical proving ground that defied categorization right away, thus being a perfect addition to our roster. With a highly acclaimed back catalog that was assembled only within the last few years, it is easy to imagine that this prodigious artist will get very far in the future. Two years after his 2016 debut "Disquiet", which had married black melancholy with electronic opulence, both "Stars Wept To The Sea" and "Mosaic I" showed different tacks, delving into the cosmos and orchestra pit respectively.

Atmospheric, battle black metal from Uk! 

"The overall atmosphere is somewhat dark and foreboding but somehow comforting at the same time. There is hope in the darkness"