BLUT AUS NORD: Sect(s) + The Desanctification Named Pitchfork's #1 Metal Album(s) Of 2011

Today, high-traffic music portal Pitchfork.com revealed the Top 40 Metal Albums of 2011 within their unholy Show No Mercy section. Among the array of crushing offerings to see release this year, French black metal miscreants BLUT AUS NORDearned the top spot with their eclectic Sect(s) and The Desanctification full-lengths. Released in North America via Debemur Morti Productions, the releases make up two thirds of BLUT AUS NORD's 777 trilogy. 

Commented list author Brandon Stosuy: "Together, these almost 90 minutes of music find Blut Aus Nord continuing to redefine what, in 2011, has become a genre difficult to rekindle in honest ways. Beyond the experimentation, both of these records also really move -- you could almost dance to the latter. As more and more obscurantists lineup to be interviewed or open Facebook pages, it's also a treat to have BAN remain basically as hooded and anonymous as when things started in 1994."

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Originating in 1994 from the ashes of Vlad (who released two demos), BLUT AUS NORD are undisputable French black metal pioneers, always managing to progress and move forward, evolving in perpetual mutation, developing their own vision of black metal. Choosing, from the start, the total opposite path of regressive bands (who copy what others have done ten years earlier and ten times better), BLUT AUS NORDeschews all the inherent clichés belonging to the genre. BLUT AUS NORD's approach is a fist in the face of mainstream mediocrity, becoming more macabre and sinister through a blend of innovative musical research, subliminal mental manipulation, and an incredible haunted, nightmarish feeling based on disharmony. Creators of a hallucinogenic universe, erasing all preconceived ideas of black metal - and extreme music in general. They redefine the rules...

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ARCHGOAT + BLUT AUS NORD Coming This November From Debemur Morti Productions RÊX MÜNDI Out Now!

ARCHGOAT - Heavenly Vulva (Christ's Last Rites)

Release Date: November 1, 2011

ARCHGOAT's new mini-album Heavenly Vulva (Christ's Last Rites) goes straight for the throat of the self-proclaimed messiah and his wretched mother. Featuring six trademark God-slaying tracks torn directly from the Virgin’s violated womb, this brand new EP is gloriously crude, divinely tumultuous and deliciously deviant, as we have come to expect from the filthy, fearless Finn black crusaders. Defiled, invasive unsanctified black/death delivered in a corrupt, vile and demonic fashion, these anti-epiphanies embed themselves in the sacred flesh, spilling blood from the demised dog’s quivering body, funeral bells chiming as paradise is ransacked and the deceptive lie of centuries is exposed. Pounding, ripping, gurgling and mocking, the truth reveals itself. Blood-soaked, battered and humiliated, the deposed former denizens of Heaven cower in a corner. A frantic, blasphemous onslaught on the blind, deluded fraud-worshippers and knee-bending whoremongers who follow the path of the Liar!

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BLUT AUS NORD - 777 - The Desanctification

Release Date: November 15, 2011

And so comes to pass the second chapter in BLUT AUS NORD's 777 trilogy - The Desanctification. Having prophesised impending disaster on the predecessor, 777 - Sect(s), BLUT AUS NORD moves deeper into a nightmare realm of reality. This new work illustrates the precise moment when man finds himself embraced in frightening, almost unbearable solitude in a deconstructed world void of all material and spiritual elements. 777 - The Desanctificationcaptures the shocking aftermath of mankind's liberation from the constraints of culture, history and superstition; he is freed of idols but now stands alone in a massive, empty universe. Devoid of emotion, without purpose or reason. It's a terrifying place to be, yet, as modern man, we all reside here. With political, religious and philosophical power negated - and time (our great companion) annihilated - the celestial being is stripped bare, reality altered amid irreversible illumination. Unmistakably BLUT AUS NORD, 777 - The Desanctification is typically swarming, manic and cascading but also more ambient and atmospheric than 777 - Sect(s). With speed and violence eschewed in favor of morose moods and unsettling soundscapes, this journey is meditative, trancelike and intriguing. Are you ready to be desanctified?http://www.blutausnord.com

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RÊX MÜNDI - IHVH

 

Commanding the legions, RÊX MÜNDI's ominous incantations inflict divine fury on mankind, proclaiming the imminent downfall of our ignorant race. For too long, man -- weighed down by unnatural (crippling) beliefs and codes -- has wandered aimlessly, lost to the world, oblivious of purpose; now he is dragged through gateways of filth, along pathways of pestilence, stripped of grace and flesh. Damned by intellectual apathy and blinded by spiritual catharsis, we experience illumination through darkness, enlightenment via the path of fiery serpents, salvation through wisdom ... a mystical awakening to the truth. Laced with religious texts, themes and subplots, the mysterious music on IHVH is raw, ancient black metal of the highest caliber, conjuring occult sciences from sacred seals to impart secret wisdom and provide a more truthful account of God's alleged interaction with man. Imbued with surreal cinematic scope and blessed with a unique, crushing atmosphere, RÊX MÜNDI unleashes a potent debut, marking them out as natural heirs to an unhallowed throne.

 

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Debemur Morti Productions To Reissue BLUT AUS NORD Classic "The Mythical Beast Of Rebellion"

French black metal label Debemur Morti Productions is set to reissue BLUT AUS NORD classic The Mystical Beast of Rebellion. The album is currently available on vinyl through the label's website. Debemur Morti is taking pre-orders for the 2xCD version of this black metal masterpiece, the second disc of which features brand new material, "The Fall (Chapters 7, 7 & 7)."  The album is set to be released on January 17th in Europe and February 8th in North America. A new T-shirt design is available as well.

A bundle containing both the 2xCD and the T-shirt is also available for pre-order. Debemur Morti is offering free postage for all 2xCD+T-Shirt bundle orders placed until December 31th 2010 at www.eitrin.com. 

Debemur Morti Productions has also made the vinyl edition of BLUT AUS NORD's spell-binding debut, Ultima Thulée available for order. For more details or to purchase either release, please visit:
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Ultima Thulée

1 - The Son Of Hoarfrost 

2 - The Plain Of Ida 

3 - From Hlidskjalf 

4 - My Prayer Beyond Ginnungagap 

5 - Till' I Perceive Bifrost 

6 - On The Way To Vigrid 

7 - Rigsthula 

8 - The Last Journey Of Ringhorn

In 1995, Ultima Thulée marked the beginning of BLUT AUS NORD's bold journey toward transcendence through Black Metal. One of the first albums - if not the first - to emerge from the now-legendary French scene,Ultima Thulée displays a much different BLUT AUS NORD than the twisted, dissonant trailblazer evident on more recent releases. Nevertheless, the fires of creation burn ever-brightly within mainman Vindsval as he explores pagan mysticism through epic song lengths and a thick, morbid guitar tone. The imagination takes flight, exploring sombre textures drenched in blood and moonlit with majesty. Recorded in 1995, the ground-breaking decadence of Ultima Thulée is presented here in its original, unaltered state. Never released on vinyl before, now hear BLUT AUS NORD'sUltima Thulée in its definitive form.

The Mystical Beast of Rebellion

1 - The Fall: Chapter I

2 - The Fall: Chapter II 

3 - The Fall: Chapter III 

4 - The Fall: Chapter IV 

5 - The Fall: Chapter V 

6 - The Fall: Chapter VI 

7 - The Fall: Chapter 7 

8 - The Fall: Chapter 7 

9 - The Fall: Chapter 7 

Considered by many to be the band's greatest work, BLUT AUS NORD'sThe Mystical Beast Of Rebellion marked a crucial transition from the French enigma's Black Metal genesis toward a discordant, forward-thinking future. Originally released in 2001, The Mystical Beast Of Rebellionsurges with hypnotic fury, inducing trance-like states through increasingly dissonant riffing. Now buttressed by an entire bonus CD/LP's worth of new material (that slows proceedings to a murky crawl), BLUT AUS NORD'sThe Mystical Beast Of Rebellion has become an even taller monolith of obsidian dread. With this reissue, BLUT AUS NORD consummates the original work, delving deeper into the abyss first entered almost a decade ago. Three new songs have been written - "The Fall (Chapter 7, 7 and... 7)" - comprising an exclusive new album that plots a divergent path to the same destination. In conjunction with the brutal, hypnotic minimalism of the first six chapters, these crawling, cavernous pieces give the masterpiece a more wholesome dimension. In line with the defiant mindset of today, the second part of this release sees the band try new things, writing the thickest track of their history: a painful progression subtly roaring over 19 oppressing minutes. In order to establish an equilibrium, every artist should be afforded an opportunity to showcase the antithesis of his work. With this surprising reissue, BLUT AUS NORD takes up the mantle and presents The Mystical Beast Of Rebellion in an intriguing new light.

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