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| \ | _ | __| | | STORE: 12-13-2019 RELEASE: 12-12-2019 |
| \ | / | __/| | | GENRE: Black Metal |
| \___|__/| | | | | | BiTRATE: 1017kbps Avg 44.1kHz 2 channels |
| | ----|___|___|--|_________|- ENCODER: FLAC v1.3.1 |
| | LABEL: Debemur Morti Productions |
| | LANGUAGE: English |
| | SiZE: 357.0MB |
| | FiLES: 6 Files |
| | URL: https://tinyurl.com/wtt9649 |
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| | [ #] [.TRACK.TITLE]....................................[...TiME..]|
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| | [01]...[.Stellar Inferno [.. 8:13..]|
| | [02]...[.Alone Among Wolves [.. 7:32..]|
| | [03]...[.Age Of Capricorn [.. 7:45..]|
| | [04]...[.Deathskull Mystherium [.. 6:52..]|
| | [05]...[.Towards The Dark [.. 7:57..]|
| | [06]...[.Grand Manifest Of Death [.. 8:27..]|
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| | [46:46 min]|
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| | The bandÆs particular formulation of black metal is by now |
| | well-established, and their devotion to it is unswerving. Their |
| | music, as manifested so powerfully in this new record, set for |
| | release on December 13th by Debemur Morti Productions, disdains the |
| | mundane and the commonplace. Delivered with dominating supremacy, |
| | it combines unchecked ferocity, emotionally powerful melody, and an |
| | atmosphere of terrible, otherworldly grandeur and shattering |
| | bleakness. It seems to embrace death and to manifest visions of |
| | what lies beyond the pathetic scrabbling of daily existence. |
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| | In the albumÆs opening moments shimmering mystical synths, swelling |
| | in volume, and a gruesome guttural voice intoning terrors from |
| | sulphurous depths pave the way for thunderous double-bass, |
| | methodical snare cracks, and intense twilight-zone riffing. And |
| | from that mystifying start the band launch a shock-and-awe assault |
| | of jet-propelled drum blasting and white-hot cyclonic riffing, |
| | augmented by vocals that are equally super-heated in their |
| | blood-boiling intensity. True to its name, ôStellar Infernoö |
| | combines sensations of incineration and terrifying celestial |
| | splendor, as if sending the listener through the heart of a sun. |
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| | The sound is sharp and clear, yet that knife-edged effect in no way |
| | detracts from the immense power of the experience, which takes |
| | different forms in the song. Waves of wondrous symphonic and organ |
| | melody rise up and cascade over stately drum cadences. Shivering |
| | guitars shine and simmer like feverish sonic radiation. And these |
| | contrasting sensations become a hallmark of the album as a whole, |
| | because sheer fury is only one of the musicÆs experiences. |
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| | You will notice a vibrant piano arpeggio rippling through ôAlone |
| | Among Wolvesô, surrounded by titanic percussive detonations, |
| | neck-wrecking snare patterns, and full-on light-speed blasting, as |
| | well as searing waves of whirring chords and scorching vocals. The |
| | mood of the music is ominous and perilous at first, and grows |
| | increasingly unhinged and unearthly, though still bleak, but the |
| | rising splendor of the music is unmistakable. It might put you in |
| | mind of the kind of full-throttle, all-enveloping extravagance that |
| | often forms the closing movement of a classical symphony, and its |
| | own soaring crescendo is itself extravagant. However, youÆll get a |
| | chance to breathe again as the song then guides you out into the |
| | cosmos on mystical ambient waves. |
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| | The breather that comes at the end of ôAlone with Wolvesö is |
| | short-lived, because the albumÆs title track again resumes the |
| | pulse-quickening assault of furious drumming and searing vocal |
| | madness, of all-consuming riffage and borealis-like sheets of |
| | slowly cascading synths. The music is so wondrous and so intense in |
| | its grasping toward the heavens that it swells the listenerÆs heart |
| | to the rupture point, and it again features beautiful piano accents |
| | as well as electrifying strummed chords. The drumming alone |
| | continues to be so eye-popping that it almost risks diverting |
| | attention from every other eye-popping sensation surrounding them. |
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| | Feelings of melancholy are intertwined with visions of glory in |
| | ôAge of Capricornö, and the transitions are so seamless that you |
| | donÆt immediately realize theyÆre happening, almost as if the music |
| | is capturing the realization that the spectacles we see, almost |
| | within reach, will never be grasped. |
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| | ôDeathskull Mystheriumö seems to intensify that beleaguered |
| | feeling, as the riffing, the piano keys, and the mind-mauling |
| | vocals channel terrible anguish as well as rage. Arkonaæs music is |
| | so explosive that the song never overtly descends into crawling |
| | doom ù its firebrand energy is still very much in evidence, but |
| | here it creates sensations of oppressive tension, flesh-stripping |
| | pain, and seizures of madness, to go along with the oppressive |
| | cloak of hopelessness. |
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| | Majestic and mystical organ chords accent the maniacal barbarism of |
| | ôTowards The Darkö, creating an atmosphere of darkness ascendant, |
| | of a colossus striding the earth and scouring its surface of all |
| | pathetic human creations with the sweep of its taloned hands, |
| | pausing to howl its triumph to the storm-roiled skies above. As |
| | always, the music intertwines differing emotional energies, and |
| | here seems to portray the misery of huddled creatures surveying the |
| | devastation of their lives and awaiting the final abyss, a vision |
| | further defined through the wailing cries that rise up in seeming |
| | supplication for a reprieve that will never come. |
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| | The album seemed to begin among the stars, in a slow drift within |
| | the void and only haunting spoken words as company, and that is |
| | also how the albumÆs closing track begins. But of course that is |
| | again only a prelude. True to its name, ôGrand Manifest Of Deathö |
| | combines the awe-inspiring majesty of orchestral synths and the |
| | obliterating impact of off-the-hook drumming and throat-lacerating |
| | vocals. Death looms in the music, spreads wide its draconic wings, |
| | drips poison from its pores, and feasts upon misery, and those |
| | feelings of implacable menace and helpless surrender come through |
| | in the dismal and discordant melodies that dominate the songÆs |
| | closing minutes ù before one final breathtaking display of hurtling |
| | power and horrifying majesty. |
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| | Age of Capricorn was recorded, mixed, and mastered at Impressive |
| | Art Studio, and is completed with cover art and layout by Church Of |
| | Chaos Multimedia. |
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| | DMP will release the album on digipak CD, gatefold 12? LP, a |
| | special edition gatefold 12? LP limited to 100 copies, and all |
| | digital platforms on December 13th. Pre-orders can be placed via |
| | the links below. |
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| | And in other Arkona news, weÆll mention that the band are confirmed |
| | to play Metalowa Wigilia 2019 alongside S≤lstafir, Primordial, |
| | Carpathian Forest, and more on December 21st, and have already |
| | started confirming tour dates for the new year, including Under The |
| | Black Sun Festival 2020 with Naglfar, Mystifier, Endezzma, and |
| | others on July 2nd. Follow their social media to get updates to |
| | their activities in the months ahead. |
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| | PRE-ORDER: |
| | Bandcamp: https://arkona.bandcamp.com/album/age-of-capricorn |
| | North America Webshop:http://bit.ly/arkonaUS |
| | European Webshop: http://bit.ly/arkonaEU |
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| | ARKONA: |
| | http://arkonahorde.pl |
| | https://www.facebook.com/arkonahorde |
| | https://arkona.bandcamp.com |
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