Black Metal

Issued in a gatefold cover sleeve, inner jackets features lyrics.

Black Metal

Since their emergence in 2011, HOUSE OF ATREUS have become one of the most singular hordes to hail from North American soil during that time. Across a demo, an EP, and two successive full-lengths, the Minnesota natives have patiently and painstakingly crafted death metal of a most epic order. A veritable riff-machine, HOUSE OF ATREUS are powered by the Greek tragedies and have that very same tragedy (as well as triumph) coursing through their rough ‘n’ rugged veins. Theirs is a sound unapologetically influenced by the ancient Hellenic legends Varathron and Rotting Christ as well as other singular riff-machines like Grand Belial’s Key and Arghoslent, and the earliest and most blackened works of Running Wild. However, HOUSE OF ATREUS handily transcend these influences, as evidenced by their critically acclaimed second album, From the Madness of Ixion, released in 2018 by IRON BONEHEAD. Truly, the quartet managed to add to this glorious lineage rather than merely bottom-feed off it.

Black Metal

Just like debut albums properly should, Godslastering Hymns of a Forlorn Peasantry straddles both HULDER’s past as well as unearthing new paths. Within the eight songs comprising the 40-minute record, Hulder spans myriad generations and idioms of black metal, but all deeply rooted in ’90s classicism: from the paganisms of earliest Enslaved, Ulver, Isvind, and Kampfar to the hypnotizing grit of classic Judas Iscariot and Grand Belial’s Key, on to the mystical majesty of unsung Greeks like Zemial and Kawir and even over to the woodland wonder of old Opera IX. Which is all to say that HULDER here not so much mimic their forebears so much as meld the idiosyncrasies inherent to each into a masterclass in all-caps BLACK METAL songwriting: dynamic, engaging, nuanced, and transportive, but undeniably physical in its pulsing vistas of darkness and mystery. Likewise, Godslastering Hymns of a Forlorn Peasantry is structured like a true album, with Side 1 kicking in an utterly feral manner and cresting along to vicious wanderlust and ending on the eerily restrained near-ambient hymn “De Dijle,” and then Side 2 furthering the synth mysticism and maintaining a more triumphant aspect, with the closing magickal march of “From Whence an Ancient Evil Once Reigned” sounding not unlike a lost relic from Grieghallen circa 1994. And all this is encased in a production that’s rich, robust, and rounded; only the rawness of the performances bleed into the soundfield, a clear division from HULDER’s earlier demo days.

LP size booklet + poster

RAC/Oi!

Demo originally released on BH Scandinavia more than 20 years ago, for the first time on LP sees the light with remastered audio and original layout Hooligan-Rock from Denmark playing for, and supporting B&H Scandinavia and the football team Aarhus AGF and their Hooligan-Firm ‘White Pride’. This was a secret project with members of one of the most well known Thrash Metal bands from Denmark. Members later formed the project Jewthanasia.

RAC/Oi!

Demo originally released on BH Scandinavia more than 20 years ago, for the first time on LP sees the light with remastered audio and original layout Hooligan-Rock from Denmark playing for, and supporting B&H Scandinavia and the football team Aarhus AGF and their Hooligan-Firm ‘White Pride’. This was a secret project with members of one of the most well known Thrash Metal bands from Denmark. Members later formed the project Jewthanasia.

Black Metal

“Drivende i Dødens Æter” is the second conjuration of Í Myrkri.

The lyrical universe dwells into the oblivion, the state between life and death, and the mystical atmosphere of forgotten forests and what dwells within.

Black Metal

Vintervælde is the first track by Í Myrkri, which features new vocalist Skóggangr (Ildskær, Genfærd, Tugt).

Ambient intro track by the Dungeon Synth entity Nortfalke.