About eight years ago, young musicians from the
Ukraine started to meet and compose music. The coming years in the band's life
were spent in being creative and crafting various small releases. Finally, in
2016, this early period culminated in the digital release of "Origins",
a compilation which compiled nearly all songs WHITE WARD had written
until then. Now, four years later, Debemur Morti Productions are proud to announce a proper re-release on CD, tape and vinyl for
these raw and unpolished pearls.
While the nine songs on "Origins"
already breath the vanguard and jazzy air for which WHITE WARD will
become famous in the next years, the Ukrainian musicians undoubtedly were still
heavily inspired by their Black Metal roots. To highlight the quality present
on "Origins", we teamed up with No Clean Singing to
premiere 'Inhale My Despair', the first single from the
compilation. Providing a more than adequate description of the song, it is
mentioned on No Clean Singing that ...
[t]he intensity of the song repeatedly changes,
creating both enticing, dreamlike experiences and ravaging, electrifying ones.
Glistening, romantic chords shimmer over a deep humming bass and an infectious
drum pattern at the outset, but that piece of audio seduction transforms into a
much more adrenaline-fueled rush, an amalgam of hammering drums, roiling yet
splendid riffing, and scorching howls.
These nine tracks evincing their own merits through
an uncompromisingly despondent blend of stygian atmospheric Black Metal, Post
Metal, and Dark Ambient. Moody spoken word and notes of somber Jazz recall
gloomy walls of rain and the rotting thoroughfares of darkened alleyways in a
dismal omnibus which will appeal to die-hard fans and newcomers alike. Opening
with a standout re-recording of “Walls”, the first WHITE WARD
song ever written, and featuring tracks from the 2012 EP “Illusions”
the 2014 split release with SAUROCTONOS and SILENCE OF THE OLD MAN,
and the previously unreleased “Riptide” EP, “Origins”
offers an unfiltered glimpse into the minds that would eventually craft such
masterworks as “Futility Report” (2017), and “Love Exchange
Failure” (2019).
While listening to the final master for the vinyl
re-release, Yurii reflected on the times those songs were crafted with
nostalgia and a feeling of pride:
Just a few weeks ago it was necessary to listen
carefully to the vinyl master a few times. And it was an interesting experience
for me. I have not listened to some songs for a year, and now I felt some sort
of nostalgia while listening and some memories popped up in my head. I still
remember the first rehearsals and “Illusions” recording sessions, even though
it was 8 years ago. Wow! Then I had no idea how important WHITE WARD
would become to me, I just made music I like, as I always did and still do.
Despite the first releases sometimes sounding a
little bit naive and simple to me compared to what we do now, I still like
them. And there are still many really cool riffs and parts. I was surprised
while hearing some guitar parts again. Anyway, it is our history, and history
is always important.
Also, I simply must tell a cool story about the
recordings of the songs "When Gift Becomes Damnation" and
"Inhale My Despair". So, it was September 1st, 2012 and it was
the first school day (I was in my last grade, the 11th). After the first school
day celebration our main classroom teacher decided to take us to church for
blessing. Of course, I asked “WTF?” and made a blasphemous decision – I went
home because in 2 hours I needed to be in the studio to record some Black
Metal!
"Origins" track list:
01. Walls MMXV
02. When Gift Becomes Damnation
03. Inhale My Despair
04. Drowned In Cold
05. Nautical Child
06. Depths Of Arcane
07. Walls
08. Guilty If I
09. World Of The Closed Graves
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