Do you remember No Quarter from Australia? I reviewed their record couple of years back. This time, the guys released a three song e.p. and I have the honor to listen and review this one for my zine. The title song is acoustic and it is a heartfelt ode to loss, heartbreak, losing a family member and coping with grief. I experienced that too much in my life already. I love the song. My President is a re-recording of an old song, being classic skatepunk fast melodic anthem with superb harmonies, guitar work and vocals. What most surprised me is a Metallica cover Damage Inc and No Quarter practically blew me away with their merciless cover of this thrash metal classic. Nice little e.p. Check out other releases by this great Australian band.
Canada’s Our Darkest Days are gearing up to release their new album Snakes & Ladders next month. In preparation, we’ve got a new single for you.’A Sea Of Lies’ is the second offering from their album which will be released digitally and on CD on November 19th via Thousand Islands Records (North America) and Lockjaw Records (UK/Europe). Vinyl will ship first half of 2022.The ferocious follow up to 2016’s ‘A Common Agony’ features lightning-fast skatepunk tuneage and is the band’s most technical and refined music to date. Includes guest artists Steve Rawles (Belvedere), Étienne Dionne (Mute), Geir Pedersen (Adhesive) and Valérie Morin.Of the new single the band says: “Life is a journey that has its ups and downs, and even though the ideal path is a straight clean line this is hardly never the case. Even the easiest of routes can have unforeseen challenges that surface with no warning. Such as a ship that is misguided bythe force of nature that we could not have predicted, our lives are also rerouted in different directions because of the lies of those around us that force us to take alternate decisions. We’re on unstable ground and with the right entourage the key is tofind the balance between what is right and what is wrong”
At present, the Berlin atmospheric black metal horde ARDE stream their second full length ‘Ancestral Cult’ on BLACK METAL PROMOTION in its entirety, click on the link below to listen:
WOLVES OF HADES, ALERTA ANTIFASCISTA & DARKWOORDS are thrilled to announce that on October 28th, the second full-length ‘ANCESTRAL CULT’ by ARDE, shall be unleased.
This 37-minute epic opus is dedicated to ancient cults about goddesses and the female figure which holds a central place in many ancestral cultures.
BIOGRAPHY
The genesis of ARDE extends back to the year 2017 in Berlin, Germany. Essentially aiming at a sound which applied inspirations extending through the D-Beat/Crust sonic ranges. Momentarily the collective brought forth a different pallet of influences, predominantly from the further atmospheric and dense realms of Black Metal. With the 2018’s self-titled debut recording, ARDE inflicted a mass of ravishing Black Metal into this dying world as the impending doom of our creation is projected unto us day by day. As the dark veil of the current pandemic spread its vicious tentacles, the German collective handled its lockdown by focusing on the writing of a new tome. Which became ‘ANCESTRAL CULT’.
Released on Tape and Vinyl through WOLVES OF HADES in conspiracy with ALERTA ANTIFASCISTA and CD through DARKWOORDS. Experience and nourish the magic, the light and the shadow, the sacred healing nature of our Mother Goddesses on an all-out epic journey of Black Metal ecstasy.
(Due to serious delays at the pressing plant, the LP is expected in Spring 2022)
Tracklist: 1. The Birth Portal (7:37) 2. Halls Of Ostara (9:10) 3. Síle (1:33) 4. The Birch (8:36) 5. Vesica Piscis (9:34) Total: (36:30)
Recorded at The Urban Spree in Berlin, Germany by Haimo in February 2021 Vocals recorded at Corsarios Estudios in San Sebastian, Spain by Lolo Mixed by Haimo and Mastered at Enormous Door in Austin, Texas (USA) Artwork by Brookesia Studio
All songs and lyrics written by Arde “Síle” composed and Performed by Amelia Baker from Cinder Well
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