Showing posts with label Temple of Torturous. Show all posts
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Sunday, October 9, 2011

Critically FYRNASK debut album Bluostar exclusively streaming now at Apochs.net!!!



Today, an exclusive stream of FYRNASK's entire Bluostar has been posted at Apochs.net and will be streamed for a limited time. Along with a recently published interview and review, the direct link to the Apochs.net stream can be found here.

Released just a couple weeks ago by the esteemed TEMPLE OF TORTUROUS label,  FYRNASK's Bluostar debut album has been reaping critical acclaim far and wide, as these press quote are testament to:

• “A great and spellbinding album” – Terrorizer
• “At once melodic, raw, harsh and frightening, complex and repetitive, Bluostar is a marvelous debut” – Zero Tolerance [5/6 rating]
• “One thing is for sure: this German group knows how to make atmosphere” – Metal Sound
• “Brilliant…breathtaking compositions that will haunt your dreams” – Infernalmasquerade.com [9/10 rating]
• “An auteur project that says great things about the future of its creator” – Jukeboxmetal.com [4/5 rating]
• “Most cathartic and impressive” – MetalReviews.com [8.2/10 rating, “Surprise of the Month”]
• “Punishing, tactile, and fulfilling…a compelling experience” – From the Dust Returned webzine [8/10 rating]
• “Quite entrancing…There’s appeal for fans of traditional doom/gothic metal in the style of PARADISE LOST and KATATONIA, provided that they also can appreciate some traditional black metal nuances” – Cosmosgaming.com
• “Very solid classic black metal…definitely an album to savour and a band to be keep within one’s gaze” – Heathenharvest.com
• “Simultaneously offers variety and functional repetition, and the result is definitely interesting and, more importantly, of high quality” – Lordsofmetal.nl
• “Many others have done this sort of thing before, such as NEGURA BUNGET, AGALLOCH, FAUNA, WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM and ARCKANUM. But like those bands, Fyrnask manage to carve out a passionate, memorable album that, while using familiar elements, makes a strong statement and etches its way into your mind” – Meat Mead Metal webzine
• “Holds its own personality and has its fruits to offer to contemporary blackmetal” – The Anti-Flesh Nimbus webzine
• “It's quite easy to just let go and sink yourself into the massive sound walls of Bluostar. Fans of the style better check this one out” – Vehement Conjuration webzine
• “Will set Fyrnask apart from so many other projects that splinter off from the realm of this genre and fail to bring anything worthwhile” – WormwoodChronicles.com
• “Worth checking out” – Apochs.net


Biography:
Fyrnask came to life in winter 2008. Arisen from the womb of the earth, Fyrnask is creating images of times and places long forgotten and which origins are only indirectly accessible for mankind. The dead corpses of our ancestors and the artifacts they have crafted, they tell us the old stories that are lying in the deep, gloomy waters of northern Europe. Inspired by these stories, old rituals, pangermanic-spiritism, decay, bloom and nature itself, the first demo "Fjǫrvar ok benjar" was born in October 2010. Düsterwald distributed this demo and it got a splendid resonance. Fyrnask signed in 2011 to TEMPLE OF TORTUROUS to shape another archaic artefact called "Bluostar," which will furthermore remain true to the visions that Fyrnask is feeling obliged to follow.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

“Echtra’s Paragate” released on 31st of March!


ECHTRA - "Paragate" DigiCD


“Echtra’s Paragate”, an essay of origins, is a psycho-physiological journey into the Otherworld. This aural chronicle of the soul’s flight from corporality issues from the Land before spiraling down into the heart of Earth, in the process loosening the stranglehold of dislocation modern humans labor under. Echoes of the Hunter stalking the prey of meaning ring out in the caverns of Spirit while arcane dances commence by the fireside; the chthonic depths offer their healing flame to our essence. After plumbing the lengths of these tunnels he is risen to the Heavens, taking flight in order to fully embody the liberty written in our blood. Above and Below make love in the flesh of the Seeker, engorged with breath and bearing the weight of the sweetest fruit. 

Obliterating genre conventions in favor of the creation of an immersive soundworld, “Echtra’s Paragate” integrates the distortion and vigor of Black Metal sonics with the resolve and earthiness of acoustic songcraft. Arpeggios swirl in etheric spirals, augmenting and negating each other in a dance of intimateness, rhythms altering and disappearing altogether as they herald of the stations of the Seeker’s peregrination. 

Chronicled in the long ago of MMVI, performed Yule MMVII, and now issued on CD from the dark of Winter MMXI by Echtra & Temple of Torturous, as dictated by the Spirits and for the benefit of all beings. 

This rite of transits facilitates rest, a trust in the truth of Life. 

“…for only by becoming completely and totally gone are we to be found…”


Product outline:


- 4pp digisleeve on heavy black carton (Keaykolour Antique, 350gsm)
- Printed with  dark gold ink
- Debossing made on band logo as well as some texts
- First 100 copies with cover themed patch

The next coming ToT release ECHTRA's Paragate will be soon released on 31st of March!