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Celebrating 20 years as a band, ATRIUM NOCTIS will release their 5th studio!

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Celebrating 20 years as a band, ATRIUM NOCTIS will release their 5th studio album on 2-22-22.
For the new, symbolically self-titled release “Atrium Noctis” the formation around Hydra Gorgonia went to the Gernhart Studio of Martin Buchwalter (Accu§er, Destruction, Perzonal War, Suidakra, Tankard) to let the best songs of already released CDs shine in new splendor.

There, the songs in question were completely re-recorded, mixed and mastered for the 60-minute long-player.

All the material has been rearranged on three guitars, which gives the overall picture on the one hand more melodic possibilities but at the same time more pressure on the part of the guitars.

TRACKLIST:
01. Snow On Thy Epitaph
02. Azazel
03. Ikarus
04. Home
05. Ancient Whispers
06. Die Nacht des Falken
07. Zerberons Erwachen
08. RIP III
09. Spuren eines Wolfes

LINE-UP:
Hein • Vocals
Uhtred • Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Rhadamanthys • Guitar
Sturm • Guitar
Hydra Gorgonia • Keys, Acoustic Guitar, Narrator
Several vocal tracks with screams, growls and classical vocals complete the picture coherently.
ATRIUM NOCTIS play timeless music rooted in symphonic DARK– and BLACK METAL.

Influences from classical music and carried elements from the Pagan Metal area adorn the new output with distinctive independence and special brilliance.

Massive darkness paired with a thick shot of hardness characterizes the new album.

Melancholic, sometimes hymnal and soulful passages are also part of it.
Epic and colorful nuances enrich the whole additionally fitting.
ATRIUM NOCTIS love big soundscapes and have largely broken away from the genre boundaries of Black Metal. 

From the old, already convincing songs ATRIUM NOCTIS have understood to create a new dimension, which skillfully balances between hardness and subtlety:
Hard and delicate mix to a unique symbiosis!

The band members have different musical backgrounds:
They include people who have played Metal all their lives, but bring a lot of joy to other musical genres, as well as a deep black soul from Black Metal, as well as a singer with classical training and two studied musicians who are musically open to everything.
So let yourself be seduced and convinced equally by the new sound experience of the Cologne!
Logo: Atrium Noctis

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(review) Cradle Of Filth – Existence Is Futile

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I have been Cradle Of Filth fan since Dusk And Her Embrace came out over 25 years ago and have been following Dani Filth and the gang through all great excellent albums and less great albums and this one is a treat. This new opus returns band to more known old school COF paths with faster more aggressive sound bordering somewhere between thrash and heavy metal and gothic black metal. Yet, the band retained all those sorrowful and grandiose melodies that made me love their music in the first place and Dani sounds better than ever, live and in the studio. New keyboard and orchestral/backing vocals player brought new and fresh blood to the song structures somehow returning the blood and iron times of this glorious Suffolk based band. Songs like Necromantic Fantasies, Black Smoke Curling from the Lips of War or How Many Tears to Nurture a Rose are my personal favorites, you will have to discover yours. Check this great album out!

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(review) Alpheratz – Eclectic

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Alpheratz are hailing from Mexico and this is their latest opus. These guys have been in the scene for a long time and they play a mixture of symphonic black metal and avantgarde black metal reminding me a lot of Arcturus with their song structures, although less bombastic than mentioned Norwegians. This opus contains intro, outro and eight songs in between. Songs are not fast, there is no blast beat on this one, Alpheratz lean more on slower, doomy atmospheric side of things, coldness, synths which emphasize almost eerie dreamlike atmosphere of horror and despair. Vocals are neither too screechy, nor too raspy, fit perfectly to the music. My personal favorites are As Burning Fire and Infinite Sad with almost gothic song structures in the latter. This is a good release.

7/10