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Shaam Larein's new single "Murderer" is out today on Svart Records and to celebrate the release, they have shared a brand new video shot and directed by Gottfrid Åhman, who also directed their previous video for "Aurora". And once again the choice couldn't have been more appropriate, as this new piece of cinematic spectral reverie perfectly conveys the atmosphere of the music and adds even more intensity to the three powerful voices of Shaam Larein's vocalists, which coil together so elegantly. The song escalates in a menacing and captivating feel which keeps the listeners in a sort of suspended moment, while at the same time shaking them with the almost dramatic dark rock sound of the intruments.
"Sticka En Kniv I Världen" cover artwork by Pelle Åhman
Shaam Larein's new album "Sticka En Kniv I Världen" will be out on Svart Records on December 9th, adorned with a splendid cover artwork designed by Pelle Åhman. Pre-orders are already open at the Svart Records webstore!
Today we are treated to a very special surprise: Saturnalia Temple have just released a new official video for their song "Gravity", title-track from their third album (Listenable Records, 2020).
A visually enchanting sequence of images accompanies the listener through a psychedelic journey made of patterns, shapes and colours, shifting and morphing as if actually seen through the gravitational lensing of an unknown central source, alternating with images of the band performing live.
Saturnalia Temple offers an insight to the video and to the song : "'Gravity' was written before all the world went mad, but now seems very prophetic. I aimed to describe and channel the spiritual strife of the initiatory path and how it often is at odds with the mundane world. We are very pleased to release the title song in a powerful and visually engaging as well as hypnotic video made by our talented collaborator M from A Thousand Lost Civilizations. The only way is in, into yourself, all other roads are blocked."
Saturnalia Temple's third full-length "Gravity" is available on different editions and bundles on the Listenable Records' webshop.
Today, we are offered one more glimpse at what is possibly one of the most anticipated albums here at Unearthed Mirrors: we can now watch in fact a new, uncanny video for PÅGÅ's song "Olili", taken from their debut album "The Evil year"!
With a sequence of hallucinatory-like scenes showing a disquieting figure running incessantly, the video builds a thick layer of subtle suspense and looming anticipation, properly introducing the listener into the spectral mood of "Olili", the first purely instrumental -and darkest, so far - song premiered from the album.
PÅGÅ's "The Evil Year" is out on November 27th, 2020 and it can be pre-ordered at the Svart Records webshop: the coloured gatefold vinyl, ltd. to 500 copies, appears to be already sold out at the label [Edit: as of now, it has become availble again; note: release date of the vinyl edition is Dec. 11th], while it is still available on digipak CD (the album will also be available as digital release on all the main music platforms).
In less than a month Henrik Palm's second album "Poverty Metal" is going to be released and today an official new video has been published to premiere the song "Given Demon"!
Starting off with a bold and catchy attitude, the song is a real banger and culminates with a more chill-out, lingering ending which gives the listener the time to fully absorb the music.
The video has been shot and directed by Chris Shonting, edited by Jared Sherbert, features Rachel Bulgach as "Given Demon" and sees also a cameo by Jocke Proos (of Vampire, and also part of Henrik's live band).
The entirely black and white visuals follow the character of Henke through different scenes and show him constantly in company of this female figure who seems to haunt him restlessly, however, only at the end, in a revealing and somewhat bittersweet scene, we find out what she is really there for. The grey tone that runs consistently from beginning to end, not only fits aesthetically but also subtly gives away the underlying noir mood of the video.
"Poverty Metal" is out on October 16th, 2020 on Svart Records and can be pre-saved on all major digital platforms at orcd.co/henrik-palm-poverty-metal, while physical copies are available for pre-order at the Trust No One Recordings webshop and at the Svart Records Store for the CD and on vinyl editions (red or regular black).
Svart Records is also reissuing Henke's debut solo album "Many Days" on clear vinyl and on CD.
Earlier today, Molassess have released the official video for their new single "The Devil Lives", taken from their upcoming debut full-lenght "Through The Hollow". The visuals have been made once again by S. de Jager , and perfectly manage to capture the mood of the song, without interfering with excessive distractions and simply providing a meditative frame for the listeners to immerse completely in the music, following along with the progressive immersion of Farida's figure in the video.
As the title suggests, and as Farida recently explained in her interview on The Obelisk, this enchanting piece of psychedelic rock, is a song that Farida's brother, Selim Lemouchi, began writing back in the days for The Devil's Blood, it was never finished and Molassess have decided to complete it and include it in their album. "That was a Selim song, a Devil’s Blood song, that was never finished. And we tried it. We worked on it many times, but it never was good enough, or it was never appropriate. Then it became just another thing that was thrown on the pile of unfinished stuff. But also it was one of my favorites. " said Farida. "We finished it, but it was Selim’s song. We put it at the end of the album I think too, Through the Hollow is more of a statement like, 'And now for something completely different.' It’s very clear that it’s no Devil’s Blood and we’re doing our own shit, but it felt really good to have him there also. We thought it was a perfect ending of this new beginning."
From their official pages, Mlassess have introduced "The Devil Lives" with this comment: "Our brother left us this diamond in the rough years ago. A riddle that kept resonating and found its way up and into our hearts time after time. It is with great pride, eternal love, an everburning fire and gratitude that we finally managed to climb its stairs. This is what we’ve found along the way, beneath its stirring coils.
THE DEVIL LIVES".
And he lives indeed. In the guitars, in the vocals, in the overall spellbinding atmosphere of the song. It's a charisma which permeates it deeply and can't go unnoticed.
Molassess "Through The Hollow" is out on October 16th, 2020 on Season of Mist and pre-orders can be placed for different editions of the album, as well as for bundles with new merchandise, on Season of Mist's webstore, while on Ván Records' webstore is possible to pre-order an exclusive version on purple and red mixed double vinyl, limited to 200 copies.
A special opportunity today for all of us here who enjoy immersive music matched with equally intense visuals which mutually amplify each other: we are honoured to present on Unearthed Mirrors the premiere of Saturnalia Temple's latest video for the song "Alpha Drakonis", taken from their third full-length "Gravity" (Listenable Records, February 2020).
The visuals for "Alpha Drakonis" have been created by none other than Swedish talented artist and author Michael Idehall, known for his skillful musical, graphic and literary works in the fields of esoterism and magic, who managed to evoke in this compelling video an extremely dense and profound texture which perfectly compliments the song, the most darkly ambient piece on "Gravity", that fittingly closes the album in what could be described as a droning catharsis.
Right before kicking off their European tour with Svartidauði and Almyrkvi, Saturnalia Temple are releasing a new video for their song "Crowned With Seven", taken off their album "To The Other" (Listenable Records/The Ajna Offensive, 2015).
The clip has been created by Forgotten Lights, and through scenes of bonfire dancing, natural landscapes and ritualistic practices, conjures a sense of alchemical and mystical quest, conducted diving into the wilder and untamed lands of the inner and outer world.
All the dates and details of the upcoming Saturnalia Temple European tour can be found at this [LINK].
Teratology Sound & Vision has published today the new official video for Maggot Heart's "Pinned Like a Butterfly", song taken from the recently released album "Dusk to Dusk". The video has been directed by Lewis Lloyd and perfectly matches the gloomy atmosphere of the song with its dimly lit, almost nightmare-like, foggy images. "Pinned Like a Butterfly" can be seen below:
Black Salvation are premiering today on The Obelisk the official video for their song "Breathing Hands", taken from their upcoming album "Uncertainty Is Bliss".
Behind the camera of the video, Pallid Eyes Film, Paul Schleiser's own filming company, who created a perfect frame to the song's atmosphere through a mesmerizing sequence of images.
"Uncertainty Is Bliss" comes out on April 6th, 2018 on Relapse Records (also available on Bandcamp) and "Breathing Hands" can be watched below.
After premiering the new song on Swedish Radio, Watain have revealed today a fiery video for "Nuclear Alchemy", directed by Claudio Marino (Artax Film, also director of "Music, Blood and Spirit", the short documentary-interview about Watain's vocalist and songwriter Erik Danielsson).
Details about the band's upcoming sixth full-length have also been disclosed today: titled "Trident Wolf Eclipse", to be released on January 5th, 2018 through Watain's label His Master's Noise and Century Media, it "contains eight songs and is our shortest and, I suppose you could say, most to-the-point record so far. Out of all the depths explored through our past work, I believe this holds some of our strongest and most relevant material to date.", explains Erik Danielsson on the interview conducted by Bardo Methodology , also published earlier today.
Decibel magazine features today a new song and video by Maggot Heart titled: "Show Them Your Teeth", directed by Sarah Ben Hardouz (also director of Grave Pleasures' "Girl in a Vortex"). Linnéa talks about the idea beyond the video and the song in details on the article,“’Show Them Your Teeth’ is a very angry song, but it also has hope in it. It’s about standing your ground. And it’s about the physical aspect of certain emotions, which we so often are taught to ignore or suppress.”. "The video revolves around oppression and how to break free from it. I chose to exemplify this from a female point of view, you see some common forms of oppression, from domestic abuse to expectations of motherhood, to harassment and so on. All in all, I guess the concept is about putting your foot down and saying ‘Fuck off, I murder!’”.
Full article can be read on Decibel Magazine.
The digital track can be downloaded on Maggot Heart's Bandcamp.
A special opportunity today for all of us here who enjoy immersive music matched with equally intense visuals which mutually amplify each other: we are honoured to present on Unearthed Mirrors the premiere of Saturnalia Temple's latest video for the song "Alpha Drakonis", taken from their third full-length "Gravity" (Listenable Records, February 2020). 
Right before kicking off their European tour with Svartidauði and Almyrkvi, Saturnalia Temple are releasing a new video for their song "Crowned With Seven", taken off their album "To The Other" (Listenable Records/The Ajna Offensive, 2015). 
Teratology Sound & Vision has published today the new official video for Maggot Heart's "Pinned Like a Butterfly", song taken from the recently released album "Dusk to Dusk". The video has been directed by Lewis Lloyd and perfectly matches the gloomy atmosphere of the song with its dimly lit, almost nightmare-like, foggy images. "Pinned Like a Butterfly" can be seen below:
Black Salvation are premiering today on The Obelisk the official video for their song "Breathing Hands", taken from their upcoming album "Uncertainty Is Bliss".
Decibel magazine features today a new song and video by Maggot Heart titled: "Show Them Your Teeth", directed by Sarah Ben Hardouz (also director of Grave Pleasures' "Girl in a Vortex"). Linnéa talks about the idea beyond the video and the song in details on the article,“’Show Them Your Teeth’ is a very angry song, but it also has hope in it. It’s about standing your ground. And it’s about the physical aspect of certain emotions, which we so often are taught to ignore or suppress.”.