SHADES OF BLACK: BARATHRUM, MARRAS, THYRATHEN, ÄERA

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Sep 152024
 


Barathrum

(written by Islander)

I’ll put my cards on the table (it’s a very weak hand):  I got a late start on this Sunday morning and my beautiful black chariot will turn into a pumpkin very soon, which is to say that very soon I’ll have to leave home for the rest of the day due to other commitments.

Which is to say that, because time is short, I don’t have very much new black metal to recommend today. But I hope that the few things I’ve been able to hurriedly write about below will still succeed in ruining improving your day. Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: MARRAS — “AS NIGHTS GET DARKER”

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Jun 092021
 

 

When last we wrote about the Finnish black metal band Marras the occasion was the premiere of a song from their strikingly good 2019 debut album Where Light Comes to Die. A new album, Endtime Sermon, provides the occasion for us to revisit them, through yet another premiere. Like the first album, this second one will be released by Spread Evil Productions. It’s destined to hit the streets on July 9th.

A story lies behind the song we’re presenting today, “As Night Gets Darker“. It’s a story inspired by Finnish writer Boris Hurtta, who just passed away in February 2021, and thus the song is a tribute to him. The band tell the tale as follows: Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: MARRAS — “SEA OF TREES”

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Oct 182019
 

 

Where Light Comes to Die is the debut album of the Finnish black metal band Marras, whose members have been involved in Vargrav, Förgjord, Nekrokrist SS, and Mimorium. It will be released on November 18 by Spread Evil Productions.

What we’re presenting today is a song from the album name “Sea of Trees“, and Marras have explained that its their oldest song, one which actually pre-dated the band’s formation, and which became the vision for the project as a whole, as members Valgrinder and Obscurus began to discuss it:

“We asked Vilthor from Mimorium to play drums and H from Nekrokrist SS to handle the main vocals. I [Valgrinder] did the bass and some of the synths, Obscurus handled the guitars, and V-khaoz from Vargrav did additional synth compositions. Although the vision was clear from the very beginning, Marras started to sound like a collaboration of its creators.” Continue reading »