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artist: Kilat
title: Tirai niskala
year: 2026
genre: Black Metal
type: Album
label: WV Sorcerer Productions
language: English
rel. date: 2026-10-10
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Joint Stereo
runtime: 00:44:04
size: 101.0 MiB / 8 tracks
rip date: 2026-10-13
source url: https://open.qobuz.com/album/wp5iugutymgg0
tracklist:
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
release notes:
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.