Release Date: 05 November 2021
Label: Napalm Records Handels Gmbh / Napalm Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 840588150267
Genres: Hard Rock & Metal
Release Date: 05 November 2021
Label: Napalm Records Handels Gmbh / Napalm Records
Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 840588150274
Genres: Hard Rock & Metal
Description
"With over 20 years of experience and six studio albums under their belts, Hungarian Black/Pagan Metal outfit BORNHOLM are no longer strangers to the scene! Now, the four-piece is ready to present their exciting Napalm Records debut and releases their brand-new studio album, Apotheosis.
Apotheosis not only showcases BORNHOLM’s tonal development, but also goes back to the origins of the band’s history and the heavy, often almost doomy influences mixed with indispensable atmospherically dark and raw flavor. Accompanied by sinister sacral sounds of historic proportions and a hypnotizing, incantatory chant, intro track ""I Divine"" heralds the dark ride to nowhere. It is precisely in the void between Pagan and Black Metal that the sound finds its home, with tracks like “Spiritual Warfare” and “Black Shining Cloaks” - including its sinister, atmospheric intro “The Key to the Shaft of the Abyss”- representing the mellowness and extremes of the band. The almost melodic borrowings and acoustic guitar inserts in combination with the pure rawness of “To the Fallen” and the hammering fast attacks of the track “I am War God” highlight the band’s variety and sonic progression. The title track “Apotheosis” is a slow, howling homage mixing aggressive, shrieking vocals and melodiously grim anecdotes. Album closer “Enthronement” closes the metaphorical and musical bracket and provides the 52-minute piece with a venerable, instrumental conclusion.
On Apotheosis, the band has built a flowing, epochal sound concept that combines explosive guitar/bass lines with thunder-fast drums, spiced with choral elements and leading into a heavy blend, which BORNHOLM present successfully in all kinds of variations from track 1 to 11.
Recording and mixing took place at SuperSize Recording Studio in Hungary with the contribution of Viktor Scheer, with mastering completed by Maor Appelbaum, who has worked with bands like Dream Theater, Annihilator, Mayhem, Abbath and many more. "
Blurb IG#1: "With over 20 years of experience and six studio albums under their belts, Hungarian Black/Pagan Metal outfit BORNHOLM are no longer strangers to the scene and are now releasing the first single “I Am War God” cut from the upcoming album, that is also their Napalm Records debut. Mixing significant black metal elements and growling, the band is absolutely showcasing their variety and sonic progression. "
Blurb IG#2: "With their new 4:49 track - “Spiritual Warfare"" - Hungarian Black/Pagan Metal band BORNHOLM are truly presenting a nearly melodic facett off their sonic spectrum - mixing their typical black metal corset with pagan and folk metal dashes, whilst prominent frantic drumming und forceful riffing is underlining their somber side. "
Blurb IG#3: "Hungarian Black/Pagan Metal outfit BORNHOLM are showcasing their most powerful facet right in the void between Pagan and Black Metal with their new 5:22 single “Black Shining Cloaks"". Dark and almost doomy influences are merging with back
Description
With over 20 years of experience and six studio albums under their belts, Hungarian Black/Pagan Metal outfit BORNHOLM are no longer strangers to the scene! Now, the four-piece is ready to present their exciting Napalm Records debut and releases their brand-new studio album, Apotheosis.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Impurity
Destruction
Nachtblut
Manntra
Grima
Avantasia
E-X-E
E-X-E
