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Artist......: Kilat
Album.......: Tirai niskala
Year........: 2026
Genre.......: Black Metal
Type........: Album
Label.......: WV Sorcerer Productions
Language....: English
Source......: WEB/FLAC (24bit)
Quality.....: 1719kbps / 44.1 kHz / Stereo
Tracks......: 8 tracks
Playtime....: 00:44:04
Size........: 550.4 MiB
R.Date......: 2026-10-13
S.Date......: 2026-10-10
Url.........: https://open.qobuz.com/album/wp5iugutymgg0
01. Suwung mahākāśa / Netraning langit 6:45
02. Saptapratala 5:24
03. Lintang tumiba 6:15
04. Naga siluman 2:29
05. Antaraning jagat 4:58
06. Macan agni 4:37
07. Tejaning bantala 7:55
08. Mandrageni 5:41
Melbourne black metal trio KILAT return with Tirai
Niskala, their second full length album and most
expansive work to date. The album pushes the band's
collision of uncompromising black metal and aural
alchemy into darker and more immersive territory.
Formed in Naarm/Melbourne in 2021, KILAT aligns vocalist
Karina Utomo (High Tension, Rinuwat), guitarist Benjamin
Andrews (My DISCO, Agents of Abhorrence) and drummer
Rama Parwata (Whitehorse, Rinuwat). Taking their name
from the Proto Austronesian inherited word for 'a flash
of light in the sky', the trio channel the ascetic
practices of nature through dynamic hyper blast beats,
tremolo picked full spectrum guitar sonics and hypnotic
dense vocals.
Tirai Niskala, broadly evoking a "veil of the unseen"
continues KILAT's exploration into Niskala (the unseen
realm in Javanese cosmology) that exists alongside the
material realm. Across eight compositions, the album
moves through immaterial visions of Niskala, traversing
through visceral sonic landscapes, presenting black
metal not simply as an abrasive onslaught but a
coalescence of atmosphere and invocation.
The album was recorded by Jason Fuller at Goatsound
Studios in October 2024, mixed by Xavier Irvine and
mastered by James Plotkin. Its striking visual world was
created by revered artist Gian Manik; a recreation of
John Martin's masterpiece oil painting 'Pandemonium'
(1841) depicting the capital of Hell from John Milton's
epic poem 'Paradise Lost' (1667).
The masterpiece was recreated and re-envisioned in an
all encompassing blue by Manik - a sublime echo to the
static lighting state during KILAT's live performances
and a tribute to Niskala, the immaterial realm. The
album's layout was designed by Alexander 葉 L.Brown,
photography by Emil Raji and additional artwork
documentation by Louis Horne.
Tirai Niskala follows KILAT's 2022 debut album Rantai
Penjinak, which introduced the band's distinctive
approach to black metal through six tracks steeped in
Nusantaran archaic systems of knowing and its aural
manifestations. In the years since, KILAT have taken
their live performance throughout Australia, New Zealand
and a heavy focus on touring Asia. The band has
performed multiple times across Indonesia, Malaysia,
Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan and
Japan - building an increasingly international presence
within underground extreme music.
The album was created on the traditional lands of the
Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. KILAT acknowledge
their continuing connection to these lands, waterways,
culture and stories, and pay respect to Elders past,
present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.