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artist: Araphel
title: The Endchanter
year: 2025
genre: Black Metal
type: Album
label: Nuclear War Now! Productions
language: English
rel. date: 2025-10-31
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Full Stereo
runtime: 00:38:33
size: 97.04 MB
rip date: 2025-11-01
source url: https://www.deezer.com/album/848133012
tracklist:
1. The Endchanter 7:27
2. Old Comet Transition 6:02
3. Elysian Fields Ablaze 6:06
4. Scentless Epoch 4:53
5. A Meaning Quest - The Smile of Sisyphus 5:03
6. Tempus Edax Rerum 2:38
7. The Song of Araphel 6:24
release notes:
Nuclear War Now! Productions is proud to present Araphel's highly
anticipated debut album, The Endchanter.
Spontaneous and genuine yet undeniably within the canon of extreme
metal, Araphel wear no masks nor offer no mysticism. Full-length proof:
The Endchanter, which follows last year's introductory Old Comet
Transition EP. Across the record's seven-song / 39-minute runtime, one
will hear the honest voice of a musician speaking about his experiences
and point of view-in this case, prolific Italian musician Santo
alongside a lineup made up of veteran musicians of the Italian
underground scene-sharing a critique of society and the dullness of our
lives and rules we are forced to live by. The music is rooted in black
metal, with a clear METAL aesthetic, and has deep ties to the best of
the underground and classic metal tradition, but it's the heartfelt
synthesis of form and content where The Endchanter creates its own
poignant landscape.
To be sure, sonic signposts are aplenty on The Endchanter-from
old-school Greek black metal to the culter likes of Poland's Xantotol
and Colombia's Nebiros to the spirit of Bathory, Dissection, Immortal,
and Desaster among others-but where Araphel excel is narrative
songwriting, rooted in sincerity and personal truth rather than fantasy.
To immerse oneself in the album's lyrics is as engrossing as the music
itself. There are no devils, messiahs, or sacrificial horrors here-just
reality, resulting in an experience brimming with tragedy and triumph. A
raw-yet-poetic reflection on the END-not just of individual existence,
but of an entire belief system-Araphel's debut album seeks authenticity
in a fragmented era, offering a perspective that is clear-eyed,
disenchanted, but deeply human. It's an invitation to reclaim one's own
vision, even if solitary, even if misunderstood: to be guided by nature,
silence, and doubt, rather than the deafening voice of false
certainties. Here reigns...The Endchanter!