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After two excellent demos the Australian solo-project returns with an equally captivating debut album. Mastermind The Seer calls his music Sombre Romantic Black Metal, while we prefer the label Neoclassical Necro Synth for its unique combination of raw vocals and the dominant piano that makes Midnight Betrothed something totally outstanding in today’s scene. If you are a sucker for dark romanticism and want something altogether different that probably hasn’t been done in this fashion before, Midnight Betrothed may be the band for you.

Limited to 199 copies on black vinyl, gatefold sleeve. incl. download.

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Gatefold DLP

A compilation of songs from the releases:

Minenwerfer – Kriegserklärung
Kommandant (2) / Minenwerfer – Paukenschlag / Heimkehr
Minenwerfer / 1914 – Ich Hatt Einen Kameraden
Minenwerfer / Flak (10) – 1914 / 1939

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Since their formation in 2007, MINENWERFER have pursued a proud ‘n’ pure vision of black metal idiosyncratically focused on World War I – idiosyncratic, in the sense that the band hail from America but mostly sing in German. What has resulted is a startlingly accomplished canon that has quietly built itself into prolific proportions, with their first album arriving in 2010, followed by albums in 2012 and 2019, and a slew of split releases and EPs in the interim.

That third album, Alpenpässe, is arguably MINENWERFER’s grandest work yet. While seven years separated it from its full-length predecessor, Nihilistischen, the payoff was well worth it: its six songs in nearly an hour are towers of incomparable might. Everything here is free and flowing, with the bountifully rising/falling melodies pulling at the listener’s heartstrings and casting an ominous (and eminently playable) spell that simply needs to be experienced to be believed. This is MINENWERFER at their most powerful and poignant.

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Since their formation in 2007, MINENWERFER have pursued a proud ‘n’ pure vision of black metal idiosyncratically focused on World War I – idiosyncratic, in the sense that the band hail from America but mostly sing in German. What has resulted is a startlingly accomplished canon that has quietly built itself into prolific proportions, with their first album arriving in 2010, followed by albums in 2012 and 2019, and a slew of split releases and EPs in the interim.

Of those many short-length releases, Der Rote Kampfflieger is the oldest and perhaps most curious. Here, MINENWERFER offered the new track “Ace of Aces,” the reworked “Albatros in Flammen,” and two very surprising covers: deep martial industrial artist Striider’s “Schüzengraben” and legendary shredder Yngwie J. Malmsteen’s early scorcher “I am a Viking.” MINENWERFER for sure have their own identifiable sound.

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Originally released the “Ich hatt einen Kameraden” split with 1914 in 2016. This release evokes the cold winter battles of the early war in the East. These are the first recordings after the band’s short hiatus; leading to a reinvigorated band writing some of the strongest songs in their discography. The four tracks on this release show a maturation in songwriting and clearly lay a path towards 2019’s “Alpenpässe”.

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Originally released in 2017 as a split with Flak. Minenwerfer’s more philosophical side shows the band experimenting with longer and more progressive song structures but not without a bit of irony as found in the choice of cover song.

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Since their formation in 2007, MINENWERFER have pursued a proud ‘n’ pure vision of black metal idiosyncratically focused on World War I – idiosyncratic, in the sense that the band hail from America but mostly sing in German. What has resulted is a startlingly accomplished canon that has quietly built itself into prolific proportions, with their first album arriving in 2010, followed by albums in 2012 and 2019, and a slew of split releases and EPs in the interim.

That first album, Volkslieder, was a throttling first introduction to MINENWERFER’s unique world. Grim and violent but not short on grace, Volkslieder indeed conveyed a folkish element that was by turns tragic and triumphant. And while the duo’s foot was firmly on the accelera to here, it never sacrificed strong songwriting, with those icy-hot melodies searing the soul during every successive spin.

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Stellar Black Metal split release.

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“The second album from Trondheims MISOTHEIST is finally upon us after almost 2 years of various delays, and what a masterpiece it is! The craftsmanship behind these tracks are simply out of this world, and rarely does a band surprise you with twists and turns like Misotheist does. To deliver something as unique as this anno 2020, is a feat in its own right. Rest assured we are still talking Black Metal in its true shape and form, but some releases are just on their own level and this is one for those. For me personally this is among the best albums I have heard in many years!
The anticipation among fans has been extremely high after their stunning debut released back in 2018, and it’s safe to say the band delivers and then some.
If Terratur Possessions ever had a ‘sound’, I would say ‘this is it’.”

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BLACK METAL from Trondheim, Norway.
With no shortage of bands striving for anonymity purely for imagery and the sake of being “mysteriious”, draped in cloth from top to toe, there are still those who prefer lurking in the shadows without documenting it on various social media platforms.

With nothing from the past to reference, with no egos up front and center, and with no previous bands to name drop, Misotheist has only the music to showcase – which speaks for itself. Striking out from the darkness like a razor sharp knife, this sonorous and merciless first release leaves a compulsion for more.