On October 31st, Nebulae
Artifacta and King of the Monsters Records
will release a special vinyl version of Boreal's
long-brewing debut album, The Battle of VOSAD.
AEF started the Boreal project
somewhere around 2003, avoiding the spotlight due to a limited discography and
private existence. The Battle of VOSAD was
crafted during a time of turbulence in AEF's life, leading to unexpected
adventures into the wild. Inspired by the wilderness surrounding him in the
Pacific Northwest, AEF would record music intermittently and then drive through
some incredibly far-out places in the wilderness, listening to it over and
over, leading to dozens of in-progress cassettes. A literal life
soundtrack, The Battle of VOSAD evolved
with the struggles AEF endured during that time. Surrounded with loss, AEF
became homeless, delaying the album further. After he finally landed on his
feet again, AEF continued to record the album with borrowed equipment. Upon
finishing the album months later, AEF made ten DIY-style CDs in which the
packaging was coated with ash from the fires he made in the woods during his
period as a vagabond. The CD packaging was coated with ash from the fires he
made in the woods during this period of homelessness and adorned with stones
from nearby water bodies and twigs he gathered for kindling. The Battle of VOSAD was later
released on cassette by Eternal Warfare in 2009.
The Battle of VOSAD will be available on 180-gram red vinyl in a limitation of 300
copies on or around Halloween 2020 through Nebulae
Artifacta and King of the Monsters
Records.
In the meantime, the album can be streamed in its entirety HERE
at Nebulae Artifacta's Bandcamp,
where the forthcoming vinyl version can also be preordered. Cover and
tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting
for Boreal's The Battle of VOSAD
1. The Battle [8:51]
2. The Battle II [11:14]
3. Dawn [8:54]
4. Dusk [6:33]
