On June 21st, the summer solstice, Amor Fati Productions is
proud to present Nubivigant's
highly anticipated second album, The Wheel and the Universe,
on CD and vinyl LP formats.
During the autumn of 2020, Nubivigant released
their bolt-from-the-blue debut, Roaring Eye, via
the auspices of Amor Fati.
Although brand-new in name at the time, the man behind Nubivigant possessed the
collective experience of over decades in the black metal scene:
multi-instrumentalist Omega, who concurrently helms the well-respected Darvaza
and plays drums in a multitude of hordes, including (but certainly not limited
to) Fides Inversa, Frostmoon Eclipse, Enepsigos, Chaos Invocation, Kult, and
Ukraine's Moloch among many others. Nevertheless, on evidence of the shimmering
& skyscraping Roaring Eye, Nubivigant was undoubtedly
Omega's most personal work to date, handling as does all the instruments as
well as vocals. Its clean-toned timbre in both strings and especially vocals
was stark and stratifying, but portrayed a breathtaking iteration of black
metal both traditional and progressive.
And so Omega keeps apace with Nubivigant's
second album, The Wheel and the Universe.
Much of the album's atmospheric foundation can be found in the title: indeed do
the hypnotizing riffs cycle like a wheel, mesmerizing in their rippling
routine, and the enormity of the minimal-is-maximal songwriting feels like a
universe unto itself. Once again, Omega's soul-stirring vocals are front and
center, and more expressive than ever; whether they strike closer to classic
deathrock than the usual metalized iterations of "clean vocals"
matters not when presented with such poignant, heartstrings-pulling lines. And
those more plaintive lines indeed spread outward to the songwriting itself this
time around, with The Wheel and the Universe painting
Nubivigant in a more
pensive light, the throb still steady no matter the tempo; one could safely say
this album is a wanderer's record, whether he seeks the mysteries of the occult
or the potential within the self or simply some geographical locale on a
distant horizon. At last, that wanderer will arrive with the awe-inspiring closer,
"The Great White Throne." There stands Nubivigant, waiting and
all-knowing: where will this quest take you?
Begin that quest with the brand-new track "Clothed With the Sun" HERE at
Amor Fati 's official YouTube
channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Nubivigant's The Wheel and the Universe
1. Into Eternal Night [5:51]
2. The Mask And The Devil [5:43]
3. The Book Of The Earth [7:05]
4. Clothed With The Sun [8:55]
5. Between The Moon And The Stars [4:03]
6. The Great White Throne [10:36]
2. The Mask And The Devil [5:43]
3. The Book Of The Earth [7:05]
4. Clothed With The Sun [8:55]
5. Between The Moon And The Stars [4:03]
6. The Great White Throne [10:36]
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