Purity Through Fire is proud to present Order of Nosferat's highly
anticipated third album, Nachtmusik, on
CD, vinyl LP, A5 digipack, and cassette tape formats. The CD and tape versions
shall be released on March 21st while the vinyl version will follow later in
the year.
Just last year, Order of Nosferat emerged
from the shadows with TWO full-lengths, Necuratul and Arrival of the Plague Bearer, both
through Purity Through Fire. Although just four months
apart, both albums were the work of two prolific underground veterans: Count
Revenant on strings, voice, and keys and drummer Anzillu. And while both are no
strangers to black metal, the variety they unleashed with Order of Nosferat was most
definitely OLD, in every sense of the word. Undead vampiric black metal had
truly arisen!
Wasting no time
spreading their infection further, Order of Nosferat return
with another new album, Nachtmusik. Aptly
titled, Nachtmusik is dedicated to
lone night-wanderers and those who dwell in sleepless despair. At times more
beautifully sad and more rabid than its two not-inconsiderable
predecessors, Nachtmusik walks
the fine line between fever dream and sublime paralysis; the black metal is
filthier and more flaying while the oft-isolated segments of synth and/or piano
impart a wounded darkness to the album's overall aspect. Of course, Order of Nosferat remain
ever true to their vampiric vision, and Nachtmusik bears
favorable comparison to vampiric pioneers like America's Black Funeral as well
as France's Vlad Tepes, Mütiilation, Funeral, Blessed in Sin, or any number of
bands orbiting the Black Legions or Concilium collectives. But, with the
welcome integration of somber interludes and even-defter layering of keys, the
duo continue to expand their own, plausibly idiosyncratic version of VAMPIRIC
BLACK METAL.
And just like those
two preceding LPs, Order of Nosferat continue
to feel familiar and nostalgic, and indeed is that the point; black metal
doesn't "need" to be anything else but what it already is...or
already was, more accurately. And the same can be said for the
"vampiric" appellation, before it was ruined by circus clowns and
freaks on a leash as the once-glorious '90s came to a close. Lights out
with Nachtmusik!
Turn out the lights with the brand-new track "My Final Breath" HERE
at Purity Through Fire's official YouTube
channel. Cover artwork, courtesy of Vhan Artworks, and tracklisting are as
follows:
Tracklisting
for Order of Nosferat's Nachtmusik
1. Tunes of Nocturnal Tragedies
2. Strains for the Restless Nights
3. Bloodlust Nightmares Raging Wild
4. For Those who Dwell in Sleepless Despair
5. As the eternal Night fell upon us
6. Floating on the Sea of Drowned Desires
7. My Final Breath
8. A Song for Lilien
9. The Cruel Awakening
10. ...of Mourning and Wintry Melancholy
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