TAAKE HITS THE ROAD FOR 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR WITH HELHEIM AND ORKAN

Norwegian Black Metallers TAAKE today announced the dates for the upcoming European tour which is part of the band’s 20^thAnniversary celebrations. Supporting TAAKE on the tour will be Viking Metallers HELHEIM, who themselves celebrated their own 20^th Anniversary last year. Also on the tour will be Thrashers ORKAN whose line up includes members of TAAKE, BYFROST and GRAVEMACHINE. Routing for the 10 date tour as follows:

FEBRUARY

Thu 21, Baroeg, Rotterdam (NL)
Fri 22, Iduna, Drachten (NL)
Sat 23, Helvete, Oberhausen (DE)
Sun 24, Magasin 4, Brussels (BE)
Mon 25, Glazart, Paris (FR)
Tue 26, Ferrailleur, Nantes (FR)
Wed 27, CCO, Lyon (FR)
Thur 28, United Club, Turin (IT)
MARCH
Fri 01, Z7, Pratteln (CH)
Sat 02, Nifflheim Festival (DE) (HELHEIM only)

Formed in 1993, TAAKE’s contribution to the Norwegian Black Metal Scene has been considerable; with founder Hoest remaining true to his Black Metal roots, whilst still being able to breathe life and originality into the genre even after twenty years. The band recently announced the impending release of a double Anniversary CD which will not only feature exclusive new tracks, but also rare and previously unreleased material as well as alternative versions and recordings that have, until now, only been available on vinyl. "Gravkamre, Kroner og Troner" (Tombs, Crowns and Thrones), will be released on Dark Essence Records on the 1^st of March in Norway and the 4^th of March world-wide.

More information about TAAKE can be found on the band’s website.

The official video for the track “Nordbundet” from the TAAKE album “Noregs Vaapen” can be seen below.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Taake on Facebook
Taake WebShop
Svartekunst Produksjoner: http://svartekunst.no Taake & Helheim Management & Booking: Propulsion Music 
email: bjornar.erevik.nilsen@gmail.com
Helheim Facebook
Orkan
Dark Essence Records

PANTHEON I TO HOST NO HOLDS BARRED VIDEO Q&A SESSION

Andre’ Kvebek, frontman of Norwegian Extreme Metallers PANTHEON I, will host a video Question and Answer sessions for fans (and enemies) of the band. Anyone with a question for the band is invited to post it either on the wall, or as a message, on the PANTHEON I Facebook page and, according to Kvebek, who is known not only for his sense of humour, but also for his outspokenness, no subject is out of bounds, and he will answer all the questions. Once enough questions have been received, a video of Kvebek reading out the questions and answering them will be available on the band’s YouTube channel.

Aside from Kvebek, PANTHEON I’s line up includes former ABSU guitarist Aethyris McKay on guitars and clean vocals, cellist LiveJulianne, Sagstad (TROLLFEST, SARKOM) on guitars, T.R.S. (1349, DEN SAAKALDTE) on bass and Mads G (THE ALL SEEING I, ZEENON) on drums. The band recently began recording their fourth full-length album “Adversus Religionem” at the Skansen Lydstudio in Trondheim with Vegar “Vyl” Larsen (KEEP OF KALESSIN, CHTON, live session drums for GORGOROTH) behind the kit in place of drummer Mads who is currently unwell. A video of the drum recording session can be seen below.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Website | Facebook
Band Contact & Booking: pantheon@hotmail.com
Management & Booking: patriciathomas@btinternet.com

Danish Black Metallers BLODARV Release 4th Full Length Album

“Gâst”, the fourth full-length album from the veteran Danish Black Metallers BLODARV will be released at precisely 12:12 pm CET on the twelfth of December 2012 – the last time in the 21^st Century that the time, date, month and year all correspond.  Released on Self Mutilation Services in both a regular CD format and a limited edition A5 format with different artwork, “Gâst” is accompanied by a 16 page booklet, which includes lyrics.  Limited edition merchandise including a T-Shirt, patch and pin will also be available.  Track listing for “Gâst”, which runs for 45 minutes, is as follows:

1. Indelukket

2. A Snowy Night In November

3. I Blaek Og Blod

4. Korset Paa Baalet

5. The Heart Of Art

6. Lonely Journey

7. Surrounded By Dust

8. Into The Halls Of Orion

Check out below the official video for the “I Blaek Og Blod” track from “Gâst”.

Whilst BLODARV’s line up has just been expanded with the addition of FJORGYNN on drums and live is session member HUUL, the lineup on “Gâst” comprises BLODARV core members HUGIN on vocals, bass, guitars and effects, SATINAE MA on female vocals and PESTILENS on lead guitar.  Session studio drums are by YNLEBORGAZ.  All artwork relating to “Gâst” is by BLODARV founder and frontman Hugin, who is also responsible for the recording, mixing and engineering, which were carried out at his Hammer Art and studios on his home island of Bornholm.

As with previous BLODARV releases “Gâst” contains a mix of tracks in both Danish and English, and allows a glimpse into the mind of Hugin through his music and his poetry.  Influenced by the rich history and traditions of Bornholm, an island filled with myths and legends and beautiful, eerily evocative landscapes, Hugin leads the listeners through a world filled with powerful demons, haunted souls, tragic destinies and chilling dreams.  The title itself, in the island dialect of Bornholmsk (Burgundian), refers to a “Gâst” - a type of a ghost demon or energy with the ability to possess mortals and inspire them in much the same way as a muse, with visions, stories, smells, sounds, emotions and pictures.  More information about BLODARV can be found on the band’s Facebook page.

“Surrounded By Dust” from “Gâst” can be heard below through Blodarv Sound Cloud Player.

Cover Special

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
BLODARV Store | Twitter | Management | SELF MUTILATION SERVICES

Norwegian Black Metallers ENDEZZMA Unleashed New Video “Junkyard Oblivion”

Norwegian Black Metallers ENDEZZMA have debuted their first official video.  The video, for “Junkyard Oblivion”, the opening track from the “Erotik Nekrosis” album and featuring guest appearances by URGEHAL’s Enzifer and BEASTRAFT’s Sorath Northgrove, was produced by the Effektor film company and was directed by ENDEZZMA frontman Morten Shax and R.M.  Camera and editing are by R.M. Dedicated to the late ENDEZZMA guitarist and URGEHAL frontman Trondr Nefas, the video can be seen below.

Formed back in 1992 by Morten Shax under the original name of DIM NAGEL, Shax changed the name to ENDEZZMA in 2007 after recruiting Trondr Nefas and transforming the band into what it is today.   ENDEZZMA’s first release, the “Alone” MCD, appeared five years ago, and the 2012 release of  the full length album “Erotik Nekrosis” on Agonia Records on the 28^th November in Europe (5^th February in the USA), was delayed by a series of setbacks, culminating in the tragic and untimely death of Nefas earlier this year.  The line up on the album includes Morten Shax on vocals, Trondr Nefas (URGEHAL, BEASTCRAFT, VULTURE LORD) and Thomas Myrvold (VULTURE LORD) on guitars, Sregroth (URGEHAL, ÅSMEGIN) on bass,  Jarle Uruz Byberg  (URGEHAL, ex SHINING) on drums and  L.F.Frøislie (WOBBLER, IN LINGUA MORTUA) on synth. With its cold atmosphere straight out of the original Norwegian Black Metal scene, and its eerie, seductive compositions, “Erotik Nekrosis” is a tribute to Nefas whose contribution to the scene cannot be underestimated. 

More information about ENDEZZMA can be found here.

ENDEZZMA: "Erotik Nekrosis" a majestic and "earotic" seven track album!

By Regina Kozlik 

1) Junkyard Oblivion

2) Enigma of the Sullen

3) Against Them All 

4) Swansong of a Giant

5) Hollow

6) Krossing Rubikon

7) Soulcleansing

Agonia Records 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Facebook | SoundCloud
Band Contact & Booking: endezzma@online.no
Management & Booking: patriciathomas@btinternet.com 

VIRUS STREAMS NEW TRACK FROM UPCOMING RELEASE. REVISED TOUR DATES

Norway’s Avant-garde Metallers VIRUS have posted a new song online from their upcoming mini-CD “Oblivion Clock”, whose release is set to coincide with their upcoming European tour alongside VULTURE INDUSTRIES, KRAKOW and MONDVOLLAND in December .   The track “Inverted Escape” can be streamed both on the band’s website or on their BandCamp page.

New dates have been added to the “And Now For Something Completely Different Tour” and the revised routing is now as follows:

Fri 07 Dec:  Willemeen , Arnhem (NL)
Sat 08 Dec: Ferrailleur,  Nantes (FR)

Sun 09 Dec: Glazart,  Paris (FR)

Mon 10 Dec: TBA

Tue 11 Dec:  The Underworld,  London (UK)

Wed 12 Dec: Exhaus, Trier (DE)

Thu 13 Dec: Orto Bar,  Ljubljana (SLO)

Fri 14 Dec: Gaswerk Kulturzentrum, Winterthur (CH)

Sat 15 Dec: Decadance, Gent (BE)

Formed in 2000 by guitarist and front man Carl-Michael "Czral" Eide (AURA NOIR, former / founder member of ULVER, SATYRICON, DØDHEIMSGARD, CADAVER etc., along with bass player Petter "Plenum" Berntsen (AUDIOPAIN) and drummer Einar "Einz" Sjursø (LAMENTED SOULS, INFERNÖ, ex BEYOND DAWN), VIRUS takes the original elements of Czral's former avant-garde black metal band VED BUENS ENDE and channels them towards a weirder and less metal direction. Czral's unique dissonant guitar style and song writing has ensnared listeners the world-over.  Listeners  who have found themselves at times times puzzled, but always fascinated, by the band’s  three critically acclaimed albums and live performances (as a five-piece).  More information about VIRUS can be found on the band’s website.

“Inverted Escape” can be embedded using the following code (additional embed codes available here.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Tour presented by Propulsion Music and the Mythology Agency
Propulsion Music: http://www.propulsionmusic.no/
Mythology Agency: http://www.mythology-live.com/
Tour Contact:  Bjornar Nilsen at Propulsion Music: bjornar@propulsionmusic.no
Virus:  http://virusnorway.com/
Vulture Industries: http://www.vulture-industries.net/
Krakow:  http://www.krakowofficial.com/
Mondvolland: http://www.mondvolland.com 

CREST OF DARKNESS MEMBERS TO TAKE PART IN QUORTHON TRIBUTE EVENT

CREST OF DARKNESS founder and frontman Ingar Amlien together with drummer Kjetil Hektoen will join members of LEGIONES, ENTHRAL and THE EMBRACED in a specially formed band called SYTHANAGON WINGED to perform five songs by the late Thomas “Quorthon” Forsberg, founder of BATHORY and one of the pioneers of the first wave of Black and Pagan/Viking Metal.  The event, which is billed as “Blood Fire Death – In Memory of Quorthon”, will take place on Saturday 17 November at the Fru Lundgreen in Trondheim, Norway, and as well as SYTHANAGON WINGED, other bands taking part include CHTON, CLEAVER, LAW OF THE HORSEMEN and A SORCERY WRITTEN IN BLOOD.

Commenting on the Quorthon Tribute event, Amlien, who started his musical career with the progressive band CONCEPTION before forming CREST OF DARKNESS, a vehicle that allows him to explore the more vampiric and satanic elements that interest him, said: “It’s a huge honour to be part of a tribute to an incredible musician. One who has influenced and inspired, and will continue to influence and inspire, generations of other musicians.  It’s no exaggeration to say that many of today’s bands would probably not be around without him.  Kjetil and I have been rehearsing hard with the rest of the guys and we are ready and very much looking forward to performing the BATHORY songs and do them the justice they deserve”.

“In the Presence of Death”, CREST OF DARKNESS’ sixth full-length album is set for release on My Kingdom Music on the 11^th February, and according to Amlien it will be “the most complete, extreme and dark album the band has ever recorded”.  Aside from Amlien himself on bass and vocals,  the band’s lineup includes Rebo on guitars, Kjetil Hektoen on drums and the recently recruited DJEVELKULT guitarist Jan Fredrik Solheim.   More information about CREST OF DARKNESS can be found here.

The official video for the track “Dru Nasu” from CREST OF DARKNESS’ album “Give Us the Power to Do Your Evil” can be seen below.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Website:  http://www.crestofdarkness.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/crestofdarknessofficial 
Band Contact and Booking: contact@crestofdarkness.com
Management and Booking:  patriciathomas@btinternet.com 
http://patriciathomasmanagement.com/
My Kingdom Music:  info@mykingdommusic.net 
http://www.mykingdommusic.net/

PANTHEON I INVITES FANS TO MAKE A VIDEO WITH EXCLUSIVE TRACK

Norwegian Extreme Metallers PANTHEON I, have invited fans to make a video using one of the two exclusive tracks that the band recently recorded, but have only ever made public during radio interviews.  The track, “Martyr”, has been uploaded for the first time on the internet both on the band’s SoundCloud page and as a DIY YouTube video made by PANTHEON I‘s Andre’ Kvebek, and which, as the frontman says, inspired the idea of a competition:  “We are always seeing YouTube users making videos out of just about any song out there, so I thought I’d give it a go myself with one of our tracks.  It’s my first ever attempt, and basically it’s just a bit of info about the band since I’m not up to making anything more complicated at this stage.   Then it occurred to us, why not let the YouTube fans see what they can do with it.  We’re not expecting a big production, just a personal interpretation of the song, and the winning video maker will get some Pantheon I merch and the video will be up loaded onto our channel”. 

Kvebek’s video for “Martyr” can be seen here or below and the track can be heard here.  The competition will close on Christmas Eve, December 24^th, and the winner will be announced on New Year’s Day.  Anyone wanting more information or to enter the competition or should send a message to the band through their Facebook page.  Likewise for any finished videos, please send a message with a link to the video.

PANTHEON I recently entered the Skansen Lydstudio in Trondheim to begin recording their fourth full-length album and drum tracks have already been laid down,  with Vegar “Vyl” Larsen (KEEP OF KALESSIN, CHTON, live session drums for GORGOROTH) behind the kit in place of the band’s drummer Mads G (THE ALL SEEING I, ZEENON) who is currently unwell.   Aside from Kvebek, the line up includes former ABSU guitarist Aethyris McKay on guitars and clean vocals, cellist LiveJulianne, Sagstad (TROLLFEST, SARKOM) on guitars and T.R.S. (1349, DEN SAAKALDTE) on bass. Drummer Mads G will continue with the band, and will only be absent for the recording of the new album.   

A tape version, of PANTHEON I’s very first album “Atrocity Divine”, limited to 150 copies, has recently been released through Silent Scream Records.  Artwork for the tape is by the Norwegian artist Kjell Åge Meland who has worked with the band on all their releases.   More information about PANTHEON I can be found on the band’s website.

The video  for the track “Martyr” can be seen below.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Website:  http://www.pantheon-i.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pantheon
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/pantheon-
Band Contact & Booking: pantheon@hotmail.com
Management & Booking: patriciathomas@btinternet.com 

DETAILS AND ARTWORK FOR UPCOMING FEN ALBUM REVEALED

Details of the third full-length album from UK Progressive Black Metallers FEN have been announced today.  The seven-track album “Dustwalker” is set for release on the 21^st of January on Code666 Records, and will be appear in both CD format and as a limited edition Clambox which will feature a bonus track and include a pendant with the band’s distinctive logo.  Artwork for the album is by the FEN’s bass player Grungyn.  Track listing for “Dustwalker” as below.

FEN was formed in 2006 by The Watcher (guitars and vocals), Grungyn (bass and vocals) and drummer Theutus.  The latter would later leave the band, to be replaced on drums by Derwydd.

Setting out to meld the cold rage that runs through Black Metal with the more introspective and reflective emotions found in the post-rock/shoegaze genres, FEN was able to evoke, through music, a vision of the Fens, an area in England noted for its desolate, windswept landscapes.  Like the region after which the band is named, FEN’s music has an almost other worldly aura that speaks of loss and unrequited yearning. 

“Dustwalker” will be FEN’s third album on Code666, who previously released the band’s debut full-length “The Malediction Fields” in 2009 and “Epoch” in 2011.  FEN recently announced that they had re-signed with the Code666, a sub label of Aural Music, for a further three albums after “Dustwalker”.  Commenting on “Dustwalker “, frontman The Watcher had this to say: “If “Epoch” embodies a lonely walk into the deepening twilight of the fens in Autumn, then “Dustwalker” represents the cold, sharp greys of a bleak winter’s dawn.  An expression of isolation, abandonment and a gradual detachment from the material realm, this album is a starker, more direct representation of the Fen sound." 

 “As Buried Spirits Stir” from FEN’s “Malediction Fields” album can be heard below.

I. Consequence

II. Hands of Dust

III. Spectre

IV. Reflections

V. Wolf Sun

VI. The Black Sound

VII. Walking the Crowpath

VIII. Epilogue (special edition bonus track)

More information about FEN can be found on the band’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/fenofficial

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Webshop: http://fenmerchandise.bigcartel.com/
Band Contact & Booking: fenbanduk@gmail.com
Management & Booking: patriciathomas@btinternet.com 
Aural Music/Code666: http://www.auralmusic.com

HELHEIM To Stream 20 Year Celebration Concert Live

Norwegian Viking Metallers HELHEIM are set to celebrate their 20 year history with a special concert at the Inside Rock Café in their home town of Bergen on Friday 2^nd November.  The event will also feature local bands and special guests, and, according to the band, the venue, with its intimate surroundings, has been especially chosen so that it becomes a true celebration amongst fans and friends.   However, after receiving many messages from fans outside of Norway who would obviously not be able to attend, HELHEIM have decided to stream the performance live on their website and the stream will begin at precisely 22:00 Norwegian time, and will remain available to be viewed for a period of time after the event.

NARROWHEAD, whose frontman has frequently guested on vocals for HELHEIM, along with the all-girl rock band FAIRY and punk rockers BEINKJØR will also be playing at the event.  There will be other guests throughout the evening, but according to HELHEIM: “we prefer to keep it all as a surprise.  It wouldn’t be a real party if there weren’t a few surprises for everyone!”

Rather than being one of the manufactured Viking acts that proliferate on the scene these days, HELHEIM, have, throughout their 20 years of existence, always remained true to their Norse Heritage.  As one of the oldest of Norway’s Viking bands, HELHEIM, with their majestic epic songs, convey an accurate and proud sense of past, not just through their lyrics and music, which often includes the use of traditional instruments,  but also in their stage performances, which feature VJ effects that enhance the themes and concepts explored by the band.  More information about HELHEIM can be found on the band’s website.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Helheim MySpace | 

Helheim Website | 

Helheim Facebook | 

Helheim  YouTube

Band Contact: helheim@helheim.com

Booking: bjornar@propulsionmusic.no 

Promo & Additional Info: post@karismarecords.no 

SWEDEN’S SHINING HEADS FOR CROATIA AND SLOVENIA

Sweden’s SHINING will head for Croatia and Slovenia next year to play two festivals in countries in which the band has rarely appeared before.  First up will be the Burning Sea Festival in Zadar, Croatia on the 8^th June, followed by Metal Days, in Tolmin, Slovenia on the 25^th July.  SHINING has so far also been confirmed to appear at the RAGNAROK festival in Lichtenfels, Germany, in April.

Founder and frontman Niklas Kvarforth recently announced that he would be publishing a book containing all the lyrics he has ever written and which, rather than allowing them to be translated by a professional translator and thereby risk losing the emotions that went into them,  he himself has translated into English from the original Swedish.  The first edition paperback, “When Prozac No Longer Helps”,  will be hand-numbered in the author’s own blood and will be published on the 7^th December.  In order to ensure that genuine fans can get hold of the book, “When Prozac No Longer Helps” will only be available through the SHINING web shop and can be pre-ordered here.

SHINING this week released their eighth full length album  ”Redefining Darkness” on Spinefarm Records.  In a departure from the band’s usual habit of including the album number in the title, ”Redefining Darkness” contains no number, but still maintains all the complexity and distinct character that sets SHINING apart from so many of the identikit bands that proliferate on the scene today. More information about SHINING can be found on the band’s website.

ADDITIONAL  INFORMATIONShining on Facebook | Shining Webshop | Shining Website
Management: nelli.ahvenlahti@gmail.com
PR: patriciathomas@btinternet.com

VIRUS TO HEADLINE THE "AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT" TOUR WITH FELLOW IRREGULARS VULTURE INDUSTRIES, KRAKOW & MONDVOLLAND

Details of the “And Now For Something Completely Different Tour” with a four-band line of experimental/avant-garde bands headed by VIRUS have been announced today.  Joining the cult Norwegians will be fellow countrymen VULTURE INDUSTRIES and KRAKOW along with the MONDVOLLAND from the Netherlands.  Confirmed dates on the December tour as follows and anyone interested in booking the two remaining dates should contact bjornar@propulsionmusic.no:

Fri 07 Dec:  Willemeen , Arnhem (NL)

Sat 08 Dec: Ferrailleur,  Nantes (FR)

Sun 09 Dec: Glazart,  Paris (FR)

Mon 10 Dec: Markthalle, Hamburg (DE)

Tue 11 Dec:  The Underworld,  London (UK)

Wed 12 Dec: TBC

Thu 13 Dec: Orto Bar,  Ljubljana (SLO)

Fri 14 Dec: Gaswerk Kulturzentrum, Winterthur (CH)

Sat 15 Dec: TBC

VIRUS was formed in 2000 by guitarist / singer Carl-Michael "Czral" Eide (AURA NOIR, former / founder member of ULVER, SATYRICON, DØDHEIMSGARD, CADAVER etc., along with bass player extraordinaire Petter "Plenum" Berntsen (AUDIOPAIN) and drummer Einar "Einz" Sjursø (LAMENTED SOULS, INFERNÖ,ex BEYOND DAWN), with the intention of taking key elements of Czral's former avant-garde black metal band VED BUENS ENDE further into weirdness and farther from metal. Through three critically acclaimed album releases Czral's unique dissonant guitar flavour and song writing has fascinated, puzzled and ensnared listeners worldwide, not least thanks to the live performances (as a 5-piece) the band have undertaken since early 2011, including Sonisphere, Brutal Assault, Hole In The Sky, Aurora Infernalis etc.

VIRUS is also set to release a mini album to coincide with the tour.  Titled “Oblivion Clock”, the album runs at over thirty minutes and features four new track and three bonus tracks that until now have only been available on extremely limited releases.  At the same time band will also be releasing a new vinyl edition of their sophomore album “The Black Flux”.  “Oblivion Clock”, together with a new line of VIRUS merchandise, will be available as a digifile CD on the tour, and is also already available to pre-order from virulentmusic.bigcartel.com along with the “Black Flux” vinyl. More information about VIRUS can be found on the band’s website at http://virusnorway.com/

The other three bands on the tour all bring their own very individual interpretations of the eclectic experimental/avant-garde genre.  VULTURE INDUSTRIES, whose style tends towards the more progressive and extreme, are fronted by Bjornar Nilsen, known for his manic theatrical performances which garner praise for the band wherever they appear.  They have just signed with Season of Mist for the release of their third-full length album, and will be debuting new material during the tour.  More information on VULTURE INDUSTRIES can be found the band’s website at http://www.vulture-industries.net/

KRAKOW, whose second full-length album “diin” was released on Dark Essence Records in September, could fit equally well within the post-rock, metal and stoner rock genres with a sound that ranges from dark, evocative and mesmerizing to fast, aggressive and heavy.  They recently added KAMPFAR drummer Ask Ty Arctander to their line up. More information about KRAKOW can be found on the band’s website at http://www.krakowofficial.com/

Rounding off the line up is MONDVOLLAND, who bring touches of Black Folk metal deeply rooted in ancient myths and traditions of the Eastern Netherlands to their music. The release of their “Pestvogel” EP earlier this year showed that MONDVOLLAND was embarking on a different route from their debut full-length “d’Olde Roop”, with the intention of breathing new life into the somewhat staid Pagan/Folk scene. More information about MONDVOLLAND can be found on the band’s website at http://www.mondvolland.com/

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Tour presented by Propulsion Music and the Mythology Agency

Propulsion Music | Mythology Agency

Tour Contact:  Bjornar Nilsen at Propulsion Music: bjornar@propulsionmusic.no

Virus | Vulture Industries | Krakow | Mondvolland

ENDEZZMA: "Erotik Nekrosis" a majestic and "earotic" seven track album!

Regina Kozlik 

Born from the depths of the darkest realm, inundated by the cruel wintry atmosphere ENDEZZMA rises from the core of black metal propitious to the spillage of bloody musical notes in an erotic seduction of tenebrous melodies and screaming instruments. Founded in the bosom of Norwegian somber environment in which they inspired it´s dark energy that reflects an overwhelming morbid force, immersed in a spiritual experience that binds them with the lost but not forgotten Trondr Nefas and with the presence of Morten Shax´s band Dim Nagel also lost in the middle of a relentless industry and band´s usual vicissitudes.

It was only after some time, after Dim Nagel long sleep period in 2006 that Morten Shax decided that the rest was over and the time to play again had come. Shax recruited Trondr Nefas to unleash the riffing monster and in 2007, on the way to their first festival gig, he changed the name of the band to the current ENDEZZMA.

Now and after the long waiting due to many factors and due to the unfortunate decease of Trondr Nefas, they bring us a delightfully disturbing experience, they bring us the beauty of frightening melodies and creepy complex compositions of black metal in a mix of atmosphere and old school roaring guitars, in a journey through the unknown, through death; they bring us “Erotik Nekrosis” the majestic and "earotic" seven track album. The album starts with the strongest and heaviest song “Junkyard Oblivion”, this song brings the best of the band it has a cold ambience of raging thunders and dark atmosphere and after the short intro a powerful and fast rhythm hits you like a punch in the face with a sick drumming and strong riffing that later mutates to a slower rhythm with a catchy guitar line with a nice solo. “Enigma of the Sullen” is another ravishing song with a crazy bass phrase, Shax uses screaming vocals altering with a more clean voice, it is very melodic with a background organ sound that pulls out your attention and this song is in my opinion the most beautiful of the album. I’m not going to talk about every song of the album and I’m going to let you enjoy this full-length by yourself but in general all songs are great and all have a special characteristic, I prefer to analyze this work as a whole and this is a unique black metal album with many variations and styles this is Norwegian black metal with a special blend. “Erotik Nekrosis” transpires in perfection the exit of this world in a beautiful constellation of perish songs and the entrance of ENDEZZMA in a new time, in a new journey… this turned out to be one of my favorite’s releases of the year, it was worth the waiting. 

I leave you with Morten Shax´s words: 

It’s been 5 years since we released Alone so it’s definitely time for ENDEZZMA to turn the page on what went before and move forward.  I know many people have been waiting and waiting for this album, and some probably gave up along the way, but I hope we will not let down all of the patient morbid souls. This album is for all of the individuals that stayed true to the band, all of you who never stopped waiting. Erotik Nekrosis is dedicated to Death and to you Trondr!”

One melee with the words, ideas and its paradoxes... albuns that are news, the reviews at "HeavyHardMetalmania.net", always with its watermark,  Pedro Ribeiro, with love for beer... sorry, music from an early age, he studied piano and singing from 7 to 14 years,  then, devoted himself to the study of the guitar for 5 years. "The wisdom is found in the extremes, all extreme Metal here!"

1) Junkyard Oblivion

2) Enigma of the Sullen

3) Against Them All 

4) Swansong of a Giant

5) Hollow

6) Krossing Rubikon

7) Soulcleansing

Agonia Records 

Release date E.U. November 25th / N.A. February 5th

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

“Erotik Nekrosis” can be pre-ordered from Agonia Records. More information about ENDEZZMA can be found on the band’s Facebook page.

Band Contact & Booking: endezzma@online.no
Management & Booking: patriciathomas@btinternet.com