KALMHAIN

 

Origen: Bélgica, Antwerp

Formados:?

Estilo: Blackened death, post-black metal

Temática: ?

Enlaces: Bandcamp, facebook, instagram y twitter.

Miembros: 

• Fenrir "FM" Mårtens Todos los instrumentos
• Thomas "DM" Blanc Voces

Discografía:

• Sans Espoir, Pour Toujours Single 2019  
• Sùton Single 2019  
• Eigenlicht CD 2020
• Triest Afscheid Single 2020  
• Shoah EP 2020  
• XXVIII Single 2021
• Thanatos EP 2021  
• Thanatos CD 2021

EIGENLICHT (2020)

Primera entrega para este proyecto belga em el cual Fenrir ejerce a los mandos. Estamos ante una obra épica, casi que mastodóntica con su más de una hora de duración y que ofrece a grandes rasgos una descarga de blackened death metal con influencias de post-metal. Al enfrentarnos a un álbum tan extenso y tan poco ortodoxo en cuanto a estilos, permite al oyente disfrutar de una complejidad de sonidos que se funden de forma más que acertada. Lo cierto es que tal vez, en un primer momento, este sea un trabajo que no anime mucho a darle continuidad, sin embargo se muestra de forma sólida como un trabajo rico en matices, repleto de diferentes estilos y con interesantes cambios de ritmo. Si nos ceñimos al patrón del blackened death este es un trabajo que va mucho más allá, mantiene ese ritmo endiablado y contundente entre voces y black-beasts en un solo paquete con algo de sonidos entre lo melódico y lo sinfónico, pero muy alejado de la vertiente más conservadora, ya que no se ha descuidado por un lado los acertados arreglos de guitarra , muchas veces limpios, que llevan su música a terrenos más folk y melancólicos, al tiempo que los amplios desarrollos ofrecidos en los temas, también dejan paso a elementos más próximos a estilos como el post-black o el depresivo. El álbum suena brutalmente agresivo y directo, no exento de cierta profundidad, pero la riqueza que ofrecen los cambios de registro, muchas veces inesperados, sirven tanto para añadir cierta épica como melodía la conjunto. Si hablamos de la voces, estas adquieren la mayoría del tiempo un carácter agresivo y directo, pero tampoco descartan elementos más propios del death como la brutalidad. Un acertado primer trabajo para los belgas, que no lo tenían sencillo a priori, pero que han logrado convencer. (8,2).

1. Partout où je regarde ... (Introitus) 01:37  

2. Eigenlicht 07:24

Days have turned into nights As I drift into my eigenlicht Extremes of impulse, uprooting minds Grains of the hourglass, fuelling despair, Ticking of clocks as a bane of eternity, The hangman’s noose, a welcome sight The ocean of thoughts, blackened morbid, Waves of madness, gnawing at my sanity My eyes blackened My name forgotten Babbling demons, weeping angels, Friends and fiends, falling to fallow, The breath of life, panting shallow, Black crows, funeral bells tolling Now - as darkness enters the light Hail - the unholy body of inquisition Stand - as the hunted becomes the hunter The reaper’s contract, renewed The vortex within, engulfs all hope A Judas’ kiss on my way to the cage Witness the last grains falling, Embrace the fate of futility, Greet the voices within,
Hush your whimpers for solace Lay your bed, vanish to slumber, Dreaming the end, ahead in wonder...  

3. Mookerheyde (Dit vervloekte huis) 05:52

True heretics will spit at the dogma Imprisoned, with legions on our skin They’ll watch us hang, with smiles on their faces Burning our towns and homes, we die like dogs akin To them, no “us”, just “others” Slaughtering all our brothers We stand or we die trying No vision could enlighten them They hunt us like their cattle, With every passing battle, To them, no benefit Succumb them to death’s rattle You are all apers, The sheep to the wolf, A candlelight to the sun, Seconds to timeless They send us into death Without due diligence They cast us down without thought Kill us with imminence No reason, they want us, taking us without cause Sentence us, unjustly, they read no clause or law Can’t see bigger pictures, no forest for the trees They’re following blindly, bringing us to our knees Treachery, blasphemy none of it true but the rats will lie under the surface Burning our houses, enslaving the masses no freedom and we cannot earn it Death without trial, a king in denial they spill all our blood and then drink it Never be free, it’s a future not seen, we are low level people they think it No will, and no way They are a disease If you want to survive Get on your knees No will, and no way They are a disease If you want to survive Get on your knees Leave your lives, start running We must flee our livelihood We cannot fight the cunning They destroyed where we once stood Not all of us will survive We know our loss is large Our rights, of which we’re deprived And of fake crimes we’re charged There’s not much hope leb burning, Much like our fallen ones Each day the clock is turning We run under the sun Evacuate the masses The subjects of a witch hunt Our feet will bleed from callouses We cannot leave in caskets 

4. Crépuscule aux champs des morts 08:34

   Assourdissants hurlements de folie

Perçant le ciel chargé d’éclairs

Des milliers d'yeux vides contemplent les plaines

Je suis prêt à tuer ou à être tué, oh Odin

Avec Fenrir à mes côtés, ma destinée n’attend que moi

Dans cette bataille finale, les échos des langues vénéneuses

Seront réduits au silence sur ce front meurtrier

Comme la lune a éclipsé le soleil

Au loin, les cloches de la mort sonnent

Ma rage est invoquée ...

Me précipitant à travers ces plaines désolées

C'est un voyage que je dois faire seul

Entrant dans le hall de cet abattoir

Je serre mon épée et je me prépare

A livrer cette bataille acharnée

Mère bien-aimée, père, ne me pleurez pas

Même si mon silence vous sera d’une insoutenable tristesse

Mais quand le crépuscule se couche dans ces champs mortifères

Je serai accueilli dans la maison des Walkyries

Là où je serai enfin libre

5. Le noir 07:07

  J'ouvre les yeux et constate ne pas être plus conscient de ma place qu'avant.

Stimulé par la perspective d'une vue bientôt rétablie,

Conscient qu'il n'y aura peut-être jamais de plus grande récompense.

Que deviendrai-je si je ne renais jamais?

Qu’adviendrait-il si une plus glorieuse destinée m’était réservée?

Enterré sous le sol d'un chemin sur lequel les élus marchent.

Combien d'autres y défileront avant ma mort?

Porté par la fervente conformité de ceux qui sont encore dans la lie,

Ceux qui défient les normes qu'ils fixent resteront en tête.

Combien d’entre nous devront mourir pour qu’ils vivent ?

Alors que les années s’épuisent de plus en plus, je me retrouve enfoncé toujours plus profondément;

Un autre grain de crasse m’éloignant du seul chemin que j'ai vu.

Je salue la chute des pieds fatigués de chaque vagabond,

Chaque chance de ressentir quelque chose au-delà de ce sommeil englouti.

Quand ai-je perdu la volonté d'ouvrir les yeux et de voir

Que si peu de choses autour de moi sont vraiment ce qu’elles semblent?

Étouffé sous les dépouilles de rêves oubliés,

Je crains que ce mouvement ne détruise les murs qui me protègent.

Par une conception qui n'est pas la mienne, chaque mouvement secoue le tas

Bien que chaque grain conserve son espace, convaincu qu’il est unique.

Pourtant, je peux voir le monde au-delà de cette tombe de mémoire;

C'est tout à fait pareil pour moi, et ça le sera toujours.

Pourtant, je me demande si je serai exhumé.

Cette tombe est peu profonde et froide à l'ombre des arbres

Dont les racines resserrent le sol et étouffent ceux qui cherchent à respirer.

Des hymnes bourdonnants et monotones,

La Terre fredonne les hymnes des seuls;

Une chanson de peur et d'os cassés,

Un chœur d'emprisonnement auto-imposé.

Je ne suis qu'un autre dos tourné pour ouvrir la voie,

Assis en silence tandis qu’un chemin est fait de ma propre tombe;

Chaque souffle pour lequel je lutte avec mes frères s'est perdu

Et je ne saurai jamais dans quelle mesure nous sommes semblables.

Des épines pliées dans la même direction et des têtes emplies de honte,

Chaque nouvelle incarnation de culpabilité familière ajoute au poids.

Jamais assez pour satisfaire les doctrines que nous créons,

Nous adorons encore les monolithes sur lesquels nos routes se sont égarées.

Dans la peur, nous ne nous inclinons que devant ce que nous reconnaissons,

Jamais autorisé à regarder en avant avec les yeux ouverts.

Épuisé par les années passées à regarder le temps s’écouler,

Nous devons seulement soutenir les pas de ceux qui nous regarderaient mourir.

Dans la prospérité, nous ne renonçons qu'à ce qui sera rendu,

Jamais décidé à adopter les perspectives que nous avions déjà rejetées.

Avec des esprits desséchés par des années de refus d’apprentissage,

Nous reculons sur toutes les positions que nous avions gagnées.

Devant l'éternelle gratitude, nous nous sacrifions

Au dieu, qu’importe soit sa véritable déclinaison.

A chaque nouvelle manifestation plus fatigué que jamais,

Ses fidèles restent pour que jamais sa flamme ne s’éteigne

6. Sans espoir, Pour toujours 04:43  

  Flânant aux champs des morts

Les hommes hurlant et pendant aux arbres

Trois juges et quatre cavaliers

Dirigent cet abattoir d’injustice

Rampant sur les cadavres et les esprits perdus

Je respire la puanteur de la mort

Mon esprit est maintenant une machine brisé

Comme je fais mes adieux à l'espoir

L'espoir devient un lointain souvenir

Alors qu'ils me traînent sur le champ de bataille

Avec le goût du sang dans ma bouche

Ils m'amènent dans la salle de torture

Un vent de douleur souffle sur ces cellules

Alors que je scrute à travers ce désert de béton

La tristesse sera le linceul de mon destin fatidique

Et pas même la vérité ni Dieu ne m’accompagnent

Alors que je perds mon équilibre, tout le monde me frappe

En route vers la salle d'exécution, je hurle

Vers ces murs silencieux, l'injustice fait écho

Le soleil projette les ombres de mes blessures obscènes

Et cherchant la lumière, j'ai perdu mon éclat

Je resterais sans espoir, pour toujours

7. Abufihamet 07:05

هل أنت اسود ام ابيض

هل أنت موجب ام سالب

هل أنت نور أم ظلام

هل يوجد فيك خير أو شر

حكم عليك يا إنسان لأنك بريء

واتهمت بماذا؟ بما لم تعلم

يقولوا عليك يا إنسان أنت رديء

صفاتك وأعمالك ليست بمعنى

ليس لي لون ولا طعم

ليس لي رائحة ولا شكل

هل تعرفني؟ لماذا تحكم علي؟

كلاهما أوهام، جسمك غير موجود حقا

كلاهما أحلام، روحك هو الحقيقي

هل أنت اسود ام ابيض

هل أنت موجب ام سالب

هل أنت نور أم ظلام

هل يوجد فيك خير أو شر

يأخذنا إلى الأمام، إلى طريق التطور

يأخذنا إلى الماضي، إلى طريق التدهور

حكم عليك يا إنسان لأنك بريء

واتهمت بماذا؟ بما لم تعلم

يقولوا عليك يا إنسان أنت رديء

صفاتك وأعمالك ليست بمعنى

كلاهما أوهام، جسمك غير موجود حقا

كلاهما أحلام، روحك هو الحقيقي

حكم عليك يا إنسان لأنك بريء

واتهمت بماذا؟ بما لم تعلم

يقولوا عليك يا إنسان أنت رديء

صفاتك وأعمالك ليست بمعنى

8. Au bout du bois sombre 07:27

 Une fumée noire émerge à l'horizon

Le cirque de la mort entre dans la vallée

Le meurtre est dans les yeux du clown

Moissonneur impie d’innocentes vies

Ses mains dégoulinent de sang

Devant lui, les impuissants regardent

Derrière lui, la trainée mortifère

Ce cirque ne pourra jamais être arrêté

Maintenant les mers sont remplies de sang

Les plages sur lesquelles nous dormions

Sont maintenant remplies de carcasses

Les oiseaux sont couverts d'huile, hurlant

Les tempêtes de feu rasent des villes entières

Des maladies font souffrir des millions de personnes

Les plantes deviennent du poison

Des mutants naissent en Orient

L'air brûlera vos poumons

Des millions de personnes sont enterrées sous des bâtiments tombés

Mères serrant leurs bébés

Alors que le cirque s'installe…

Alors que nous courons dans ces bois sombres

Personne ne sera jamais revu

Dans le réconfort et dans la douleur

La folie résonne dans ces bois

Pendant que le cirque recueille nos corps

Nous avons atteint la fin de ces forêts

La fumée de ses moteurs

La puanteur de la mort nous enveloppe

Notre temps est venu…

Maintenant que le cirque a quitté la ville

La grande faucheuse fait renaître la vie

Alors que l'obscurité s'estompe

Les forêts redeviennent un havre

Et les mers accueillent la vie

Les loups retournent dans leurs meutes

Et les chevaux sauvages errent à nouveau

Une fois acceptée notre mortalité

Toute l'harmonie a été restaurée

9. Charnier superficiel 05:32

  La mort traverses les rivières

La fureur et le feu descend

Le porteur de faux sourit violemment

Nuages remplis de fumée et de gaz

Brûle mes poumons et espère

La mort devient votre compagnon

Ils nous coupent, ils nous pendent

Ils déchirent nos os de notre chair

Nous ne nous agenouillerons jamais

Mais cette fois, ça devient somber

Des ennemis, meurent devant nous

Le bordel de guerre, sanglant

Nous aurons un impact final

Poussé au bord de l'extinction

Frères et pères disparus

La robe noire nous emmènera tous

N'ose pas abandoner

Alors viens et prends ma main

Nous pouvons les vaincre et on le fait

Fendez-leur la gorge et laissez-les

Les familles les endeuillent

Laissez vos armes dans leurs yeux

Poignardez votre verre dans leurs yeux pendant que vous marchez sur leurs gorges

Si vous voulez survivre, vous devez vivre comme un fantôme

S'il y a une chose que je sais c'est bien sûr

Debout comme un homme, donc tu ne meurs pas comme un cadavre

Nous ne pouvons jamais abandonner, il y a des flèches dans le ciel

Nous tuons et mentons et pillons, nous les laisserons se demander pourquoi

Et comme ils s'agenouillent devant nous, ils n'auront pas le choix de pleurer

Et asseoir leur bouillonnement, saignement, comme leur recroquevillage pour mourir

Si vous voulez de la clémence, vous pouvez vous présenter

Nous ne nous reposerons pas si vous respirez, nous vous poursuivrons

Nous regardons vos corps se décomposer, dans le sang vous vous noierez

Votre famille sait que vous avez disparu, votre roi a été couronné

Nous savons que notre nombre diminue, nous ne perdrons jamais

Dans la mort, nous apprenons une leçon, que vous mourrez aussi

Pas le temps de se confesser, vous allez pourrir en enfer

Vous n'avez aucune importance, nous vous tuerons tous

Peu importe le coût, je me tiens

Ici mais pas perdu, on va gagner

Sur le sombre, le sang, versé

Est-ce du carburant pour nos têtes, tu es mort

Mort, ici mais pas perdu, re - gret

Pouvons pas tous nous tuer, on est un,

Béni par notre perte, devant,

toi à genoux, personne

Ici, nous nous tenons tous, à travers le jour ou l'obscurité de la nuit

Et à votre grande stupeur, on fini le piège

Nous savons que notre nombre diminue, nous ne perdrons jamais

Dans la mort, nous apprenons une leçon, que vous mourrez aussi

Pas le temps de se confesser, vous allez pourrir en enfer

Vous n'avez aucune importance, nous vous tuerons tous

Peu importe le coût, je me tiens

Ici mais pas perdu, on va gagner

Sur le sombre, le sang, versé

Est-ce du carburant pour nos têtes, tu es mort

Mort, ici mais pas perdu, re - gret

Pouvons pas tous nous tuer, on est un,

Béni par notre perte, devant,

toi à genoux, personne

Ici, nous nous tenons tous, à travers le jour ou l'obscurité de la nuit

Et à votre grande stupeur, on fini le piège

10. ... Je vois la mort (Requiem) 05:48  

  01:01:09  

OMEGA INFINITY - INTERVIEW

 

1. The fact of coinciding in Aural Music and Code666 I suppose that it was the germ to form the band, tell us a little why you decided to create the group? What does the name of the group refer to? How does that connection Australia, Germany work?

That is indeed correct. Both our main bands have been on Aural Music/ Code666 at that time and at one point we mailed, basically complimenting each other on the other one’s music. We have been staying in contact ever since and when NE OBLIVISCARIS started touring in Europe we were also able to meet several times. Most of our contact goes via the internet – messages, mail and Skype calls, and the same can be said for our work together. Now we both have very specific main bands in terms of what can be done and what not, and the mutual urge to create something aside or main bands resulted in OMEGA INFINITY (whose name loosely refers to the darkness beyond existence, what we call The Void). We share our vision of what we want from OMEGA INFINITY, neither the distance nor our main bands interfere with our work in this project – it is done aside, whenever we have time, and to-the-point without any big diskussions.

2. Does the need to create Omega Infinity respond a bit to creating a band with a proposal and a darker direction with respect to the bands from which you come, maybe you feel more corseted?

We can say from experience that for any creative person being in just one band for a longer time there will come a point when one looks to side projects, to be free of the restraints of having to compromise, as you surmised correctly, with several other persons. That is a natural developent and doesn’t mean that one is tired of his or her main band – just that another means of venting certain ideas needs to be found to explore all ideas one might have, or rather to have an output for everything; one band rarely is enough, no matter how complex and vast the music is. It’s about being able to work in a different way here (no band discussions about any- and everything for example), but it is also true that both our main bands wouldn’t have been a fit for the darker path we are on with OMEGA INFINITY.

3. How has the process of writing and recording this album been? Maybe with Omega Infinity you let your emotions and influences flow more spontaneously than in your mother bands Todtgelichter and Ne Obliviscaris? What brands of instruments do you use for your recordings?

The writing process for TODTGELICHTER has always been very similar to that of NE OBLIVISCARIS, as in the band meets & arranges everything together. It is a very tedious process because everyone has a saying in everything, and the great songwriting success has always been to compromise each and everyones tastes in the music that has been written. Sometimes you write a song within one day but mostly it takes weeks, several rehearsals, re-writes... With OMEGA INFINITY, that is simply not a problem as only one person arranges everything - Tentakel is writing and producing all of the music for OMEGA INFINITY. Of course Xen has a saying in the final arrangements before we finish an album, but so far that has only happened one time and resulted in a slight alteration of the beginning of a song. Luckily we are on the same wavelength most of the time which makes things a lot easier. As for the recordings: Tentakel is a drummer – so the drum parts have of course been played by him, just over an e-drumkit which allows to choose the fitting sound afterwards without any trouble so the brand is not really of relevance here anyway. And as for the rest – OMEGA INFINITY is a very spontaneous thing and we do indeed go with the flow. Any atmosphere that needs to be created, will be created by any means fitting the music. Let us just say that we will not get limits of what is humanly possible in the way of how we want to sound, and we are not even sure if it would would work that way.

4. "Solar Specter" delivers ten themes each one dedicated to a planet in the solar system. Why did you choose this theme and can we talk about a conceptual story or at least a common thread between the themes? What message does "Solar contain? Specter ”, is it just a description of the solar system or is there a deeper message?

Nine themes, and one is about our star. OMEGA INFINITY has a plan set for the next years and spanning more than one album. The first one, ‘Solar Spectre’ was conceptualized as the start of our journey into The Void. It will give the listener a good feeling of what is to come before we embark beyond our solar system and even time and space. The ‘Solar Spectre’ is the looming shadow of the inevitable death of our sun in a few billion years, a reminder that nothing is forever, that the ‘Omega’ is ubiquitous, like a cosmic sword of Damocles. It also serves as a reminder that stagnation equals death. The journey beyond is a necessity. That journey beyond our solar system will start with the next album.

5. On the other hand you are a band concerned about the ecological issue, in fact part of the first 100 presales of the album were donated to the Wildlife Victoria Organization of Australia, how involved are you with ecological causes? What is your opinion about Covid-19?

I’d say not the ‘band’ is concerned about such issues, as the entity known as OMEGA INFINITY is just a neutral watcher of cosmic events, so to speak. But as we are - though the band needs us mainly as heralds of The Void and the cosmic chasms in our existence - real persons behind it, as such we have our stances and concerns of course, yes. And as those two persons we felt strongly about this tragedy and the repercussions on the wildlife, mostly how man brought this upon the innocent. You could say we are not too fond of our own kind as we are both appalled by the studpidity, greed and and sheer recklessness with which humanity powers the engine that sets us all towards a course to extinction, and we’re not only talking climate change, exploitation of planetary ressources or cruelty towards the weaker entities on the planet we are supposed to share it with. So you can say we are both involved in ecological causes – as everyone should be. We are not talking dogmatic views here but it should be a thing of common sense not to cut the branch you are sitting on and last time we counted, we only had this one planet. 

As for your last question – what do you mean with “opinion”? What should our opinion be, or rather what point is there in having one? It is a virus, now classified as a global pandemic (which, quite frankly, we believe would not care if any of us has an opinion on it). As such, it is something to be taken with the due precautions, respect and seriousness if we want to get over this. That is all there is to it. Now, you could talk in length about the ways mankind deals with it, that is another, quite interesting sociological aspect; and we have do have opinions on that, you can check out episode #35 of “Into The Necrosphere” on youtube for a quite in-depth discussion on that.

6. Unlike many other bands that focus their music on a black theme centered on space and the universe that limit themselves to offering an atmospheric cut black where emptiness is presented as a reference; Omega Infinity does retain that ambient tone, but his music is much more visceral, with interesting changes of rhythm, different styles and preserving a dark tone that adapts to the characteristics of the planets that are present on the album. How do you describe your music? And where have you been inspired both for the texts and for the musical section?

The basic inspiration is Space – and we think the reason why we do not only cover the black ambient tones is because the universe is all but empty and bleak. It is a place of wonders, of multitude, of overwhelming beauty – and at the same time of non-judgemental, cold, apathetic cruelty. For example – all our human bickering and problems is completely void should one of our neighbour stars within a few lightyears of proximity go supernova. We’d all be killed by the Gamma radiation – no escape, and yet it might be the most beautiful sight before we die. The dimensions in which to grasp the universe, be it space or time, are totally unfathomable to the feeble human mind. We are nothing to the universe and yet, it provides us some space to exist in and we should be thankful that it lets us be – for now. That, at the core essence, is the inspiration for the pictures that we paint with OMEGA INFINITY.

7. The album cover shows a kind of connection between the human being and an astral plane, who was in charge of the cover design? And how does it relate to the content of the album?

Due to his work for NE OBLIVISCARIS and a lot of other bands the logical choice for the cover art was of course Xenoyr. Tentakel contributed the planet and space elements through a program called Space Engine (very recommended for meditative trips through the known and unknown universe). The person on the cover is an anthropomorphisation of the “Solar Spectre” – the spectre in this case is the inevitable fact that our sun will perish one day, a foreshadowing of her demise if you will.

8. Both Ne Obliviscaris and Todtgelichter have been around for a few years if releasing new albums, has this made it easier for you to create Omega Infinity? And with regard to these bands, do you already have something recorded for future editions for Ne Obliviscaris, is there a possibility that Todtgelichter will regain activity?

OMEGA INFINITY would not exist if not for our other bands. Basically everything that we learned about being in a band - songwriting, production, label work, promotion and everything else that comes with relasing music – finds its amalgamation in OMEGA INFINITY. This project is kind of “what if we could start a band fresh but with all the knowledge and experience we aquired through learning everything the hard way over several years”. So this makes it incredibly easy for both of us. Xen’s main band is still NE OBLIVISCARIS and a new album is nearly finished, and TODTGELICHTER came together again earlier this year to play a full “Schemen” set, the momentum of those shows and the renewed rehearsing routine to be used for probably another, new full length. And then came the pandemic and fucked everything up. NE OBLIVISCARIS will finish their next album eventually, but we can only see if TODTGELICHTER will find the energy to get into some kind of band groove again which might be a bit more improbable – dont forget they paused for over three years now and right after they wanted to get moving again, Corona hit the world. It’s harder to start after that. We’ll see.

9. Season of Mist has taken care of the edition of “Solar Specter”, how did the possibility of publishing the album through Season of Mist come about? Are you satisfied with the repercussion reached by the album?

NE OBLIVISCARIS are already on SEASON OF MIST and Tentakel has a lot of contact through his job, and then of course the most important thing – Season Of Mist have released a LOT of bands that helped shape both our musical identity. MAYHEM most and foremost, but also bands like ...AND OCEANS, GREEN CARNATION, CARPATHIAN FOREST (the first two with excellent comeback albums and we have high hopes for CARPATHIAN FOREST as well later this year!). Many of the old Norwegian Black Metal heroes but SOM have been opening up a lot to other styles over the course of their history. It is for sure one of the most intriguing rosters of any Metal label out there. We haven’t offered to that many labels, mostly to people we know and respect personally, but you could say that SOM was our favourite and we’re glad to work with them. They do a great job, even in or despite the pandemic, and you can definitely say we are also very happy with the repercussion for a project that came just out of the blue. There have been many reviews, most of them quite positive, and the fans seem to enjoy as well. A good foundation for the next step we are going to take very soon.

10. Coming from Germany and Australia, what can you tell us about the extreme scene in two cities like Hamburg and Melbourne? What was the hardest thing to fit in between you coming from two such distant places in the whole process of creating the band and recording the album?

We’re both not exactly the extoverted scene participants to be honest, and you rarely find us in clubs or pubs from the scene as well. Most of our friends, or our “scene”, are musicians from all over the world, which comes naturally when you are a touring musician – mostly you hang backstage with other musicians waiting for, or celebrating a successful gig. You stay in contact afterwards, check up on each other every so often. And in the internet age this has become pretty easy, which is also why we didn’t really encounter any problems with creating something even with the distance between us. We write, we face time, and we send files, no problems at all.

11. How were your beginnings in music: first albums you bought, first concerts you attended? Why did you decide to dedicate yourself to music?

We started somewhere in the mid nineties with Metal and we wanted the Extremes, so naturally we both were drawn to the Black Metal scene pretty fast. The norwegian classics, DARKTHRONE, MAYHEM, IMMORTAL, EMPEROR and so on... However if you look earlier than that, you can say that we both have been looking for the darker vibes in music from the very beginnings. The eighties have been full of stuff that was even played in the radio, early Dark Wave but also some Pop songs have been pretty dark, so any dark vibe is what we both want. In regards to the dedication: Definitely the Norwegian mid nineties as mentioned above. There is so much raw energy contained within the early stuff that sparked the second and the third wave, so there’s obviously something that connects on a spiritual level and apparently we were not the only ones as the plethora of bands out there prove. 

12. Do you keep up to date with the news that are being released in terms of black metal? What latest albums have you bought?

We do indeed. We can both recommend the latest PANZERFAUST for example and there have been quite a few noteworthy releases this year, then a bit earlier came ORANSSI PAZUZU, and we also loved the NIGHT CROWNED. And one of the latest aquisitions – though just a preorder yet – will be the new ENSLAVED, a band we also both hold dear. 

13. I suppose that Omega Infinity will have continuity in time. Does the possibility of one day offering a concert enter into your plans? Are you already working on new songs?

As much as The Omega is infinite we are also there to stay, don’t worry. Live gigs is not something that we plan. The reason for this band to exist is to be an outlet for our darker side, for us both. Playing live means to plan differently – we would need to rehearse, train stamina and also find suitable live members. All things that are familiar for us due to our main bands but for OMEGA INFINITY it means we’d have to focus on all those things beside our main bands (at least Xen, as TODTGELICHTER are back on ice again after 3 gigs earlier this year – the first coming together for them since 2017) and this would take up too much of our time right now. Then of course there is the logistics involved, as we live on two different sides of the globe obviously. Never say never, but while it is not impossible, at this point in time it is highly improbable. The logistics are not worth it at the moment, and that would even be true without COVID-19 which further complicates things. We rather focus on arranging new tracks and producing them. This is why you will hear about the second album very soon, all that is missing are Xen’s vocals. And, while we can’t disclose too much yet, it is safe to say you don’t need to worry about the next albums and years either. 

14. Thank you very much for taking the time to Black Metal Spirit, if you want to add something for the followers of Omega Infinity, this is the place. I hope the questions are to your liking.

Thank you for an interesting interview! To your readers: If you want to stay informed, visit our facebook page: . We will see you in The Void!

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Obsidian Grave / Unholy Vampyric Slaughter Sect ‎– Lupine Musings Of A Dying Faith 19,99 €

Black vinyl limited to 100 copies. 110g vinyl with 1/0 K labels in a microtene innerbag, housed in a spocket jacket on 300gsm uncoated matte cardstock

AMHERAWDR

 

Origen: U.K., Exeter.

Formados: 2005

Estilo: Black atmosférico

Temática: Misticismo sombrío de la antigua Gran Bretaña

Enlaces: Bandcamp y facebook

Miembros:

• Diwrnach Guitarra y voces
• Ri Orus Guitarra y voces
• Torr Batería
• Wyrtgeorn Bajo

Discografía:

• Adorned with the Figures of Snakes CD 2019

ADORNED WITH THE FIGURES OF SNAKES (2019)

Primer álbum de un solo tema para esta banda inglesa, un álbum de una banda que lleva en activo desde 2005 y cuya grabación estaba lista para 2010 pero que debido a diferencias internas no ha visto la luz hasta el pasado Diciembre El único tema del álbum se acerca a los cuarenta minutos y podríamos definirlo como black atmosférico en cuanto a sonido y también es cierto que podría estar dividido en diferentes canciones, pero hay que reconocer que la fluidez del mismo se amolda perfectamente a esta estructura sin pausas. "Adorned with the Figures of Snakes", crece desde unos inicios casi que acústicos, con mucho peso del componente atmosférico, poco a poco va ganando componentes melancólicos, sin caer en lo depresivo pero su con un peso de los pasaje digamos que tristes. Cuando el tema toma forma más "metal" es cuando comienzan a cobrar vida las guitarras y unas voces desgarradas y agresivas. El sonido de este trabajo también se ve influenciado por estilos como el doom y la faceta atmosférica de su música encierra algunos elementos que podríamos definir como folk, siempre con un ojo puesto en las fuerzas de la naturaleza que combina con ese misticismo romántico ingles que aparece en forma de húmedos bosques y paisajes sombríos. Al ser un tema tan extenso las partes más directas y agresivas se intercalan con otras más lentas y melódicas en donde su música se preña de un componente más melancólico y ofrecen un importante contraste en las composiciones, voces limpias se entremezclan con las más agresivas, la parte más visceral de propuesta cobra forma con unas batería desatada y todo el paisaje sonoro se adentra en terrenos más oscuros. No es seguro que haya una continuidad en forma de un nuevo lanzamiento para la banda, pero lo cierto es que estamos ante un tema muy logrado. (8,1)

Onism Productions

1. Adorned with the Figures of Snakes 38:06  

  38:06

Kosmokrator ‎– First Step Towards Supremacy 16,99 €

Pressed on 180g black vinyl and housed in a fullcolored jacket with printed innersleeve.

Limited to 285 copies.

PORONIEC

 

Origen: Polonia, Kraków.

Formados: 2016

Estilo: Black

Temática: Existencialismo nihilista.

Enlaces: Bandcamp, facebook y spotify

Miembros:

• Ferment Segundas voces y todos los instrumentos
• WrzaaASqn Voces

Discografía:

• Demo Demo 2019
• Demo II Demo 2020
• Moralności Single 2024
• W połogu CD 2024

DEMO II (2020)

Segunda demo para esta bestia polaca que regresa con tres nuevos temas totalmente enfermizos, sorprendiendo desde el primer momento. La demo comienza con una breve intro que pronto da paso a una descarga densa de black metal que atesora en su interior algunos elementos de death metal. Los temas transcurren por un ritmo lento y pastoso que no es óbice para mostrar la densidad y putrefacción que atesoran estas composiciones, capas de riffs superpuestos con un gusto por la profundidad de sonido, acumulando presencia y contundencia y aunque se parte del black no podemos olvidarnos de que aquí tenemos representados otros estilos como el death o el doom. Los temas son extensos y aunque no podemos llegar a hablar de complejidad en los mismos si que se elaboran y muchas veces se transita del rimo más lento y pastoso descrito anteriormente hacia una suerte de black incendiario y visceral, con una batería potente y rápida que imprime mucha fuerza a las composiciones y es aquí donde las voces no sólo ofrecen un tono más agresivo sino que aúnan elementos como la desesperación, sonando muchas veces desgarradas al tiempo que la faceta de dos vocalista dota al conjunto de mayor versatilidad. Tres temas que demuestra una vez más el buen hacer de este combo y que nos ofrece un sonido contundente, repleto de riffs agresivos y que termina con conseguir un sonido oscuro y casi que asfixiante. (7,8).

1. Pyszności 05:11  

2. Przypadłości 06:47  

3. Bezradności 12:55  

  24:53

Human Bodies / Leather Chalice - SPLIT 5,99 €

Boston's Human Bodies, having just completed a full U.S. tour to great aplomb, and NH act Leather Chalice, continually forging nihilistic hymns, now come together for a split release that's not one to miss. Limited to 300 copies on black 7" vinyl.

THE REVENGE PROJECT

 DECEIT - DEMISE (2020)

Nuevo álbum para esta veterana banda búlgara que una vez más regresa con un death metal con elementos progresivos que bebe también de estilos como el black y el thrash.  The Revenge Project son capaces de recoger lo mejor de la tradición del death metal y pasarlo por su visión propia del género, visión que consiste en añadir algunos elementos que suenan más actuales y fusionar otros estilos anteriormente mencionados. Sin llegar a ofrecer un sonido complejo si que es cierto que el sonido suena brutal con elementos un tanto intrincados, al tiempo que hay espacio para los riffs elaboradas, algunos solos de guitarra sin perder de vista la contundencia y "brutalidad" de las voces, que muchas veces se mueven por terrenos entre lo rápido y lo intimista, incluso con aportes más limpios, restando en contundencia pero no en empaque. Batería y bajo van de la mano, construyendo un sonido potente y denso, sin apenas fisuras que acoge a la perfección las líneas de guitarra que aportan un conjunto más amplio al sonido cuando deciden adentrarse por terrenos paralelos al death, más próximos estos al thrash. Prácticamente todos los temas superan los cinco minutos de duración y permiten que estos desarrollen diferentes vertientes que sin llegar al virtuosismo si que se deja mecer por terrenos progresivos. Sin lugar a dudas otra bomba de death metal de los búlgaros. (7,6).

1. Enter Oblivion 01:13   instrumental

2. Unholy Soul 05:07  

3. The Fine Print 05:02  

4. Confess to Sin Again 05:23  

5. You Have to Know 05:05  

6. Prayers Go Unheard 05:44  

7. A Moment of Peace 04:49  

8. My Savior - My Gravedigger 05:12  

9. Against the World 05:37  

  43:12  

Ysengrin – Liber Hermetis (2 LP, blue) 20,99 €

Blue vinyl limited to 100 copies. Housed in a gatefold jacket with a booklet.

CIRCLE OF OUROBORUS

 VIIMEINEN JUOSU (2020)

Decimoctavo álbum para este combo finlandés, con una trayectoria más que extensa en donde han dejado un reguero de buenas obras, siendo este "Viimeinen juoksu" una de sus más logradas. La banda siempre se ha caracterizado por ofrecer un sonido complejo en donde los elementos post de estilos como el punk o el rock se funden con el black como telón de de fondo y algunas influencias también del shoegaze creando un sonido repleto por un lado de melancólica y por otro de agresividad y crudeza.  El álbum comienza con una intro de sonidos intimistas, repletos de sentimientos de soledad y tristeza que a renglón seguido da paso a una explosión de guitarras densas y crudas que tejen un sonido donde hay poca cabida para las alegrías. Circle of Oroboros mantiene un tono como de no presencia, su música casi que tiene un componente lo-fi, no llama excesivamente la atención, pero mientras tanto va añadiendo capas y capas de estilos a su música sin previo aviso, lo que en un primer momento se muestra como una pieza de black de influencias post o shoegaze, al segundo cambia hacia terrenos más raw, punk, noise, rock o incluso, que los hay también, folk. Después de una carrera tan extensa tal vez estemos ante su trabajo más complejo, pero al mismo tiempo seguramente también sea el más definido en cuanto a sonido, mostrando al combo finlandés en plena vorágine compositiva. El tono melancólico de las composiciones con un deje de tristeza cercano a lo depresivo, se completa con un apartado vocal a dos bandas, por un lado tenemos el limpio que se podría aproximar a algo similar al shoegaze, voces que conviven sin problema con otras más rasgadas y agresivas. Tal vez a pesar de ser un álbum corto, de apenas treinta y dos minutos, si que es cierto que peca un tanto de una línea un tanto continuista entre los temas, sin embargo también es una aspecto que no desentona en exceso, sino que consigue imprimir un mayor ambiente de melancolía, soledad y aridez. Sin lugar a dudas, estamos ante un álbum que engrandece la carrera de este combo. (7,8).

His Wounds

1. Yö kestää 02:42  

2. Alaston tietoisuus 04:37  

3. Irti 05:52  

4. Varjonhauta 02:28  

5. Valmiina virtaan 04:09  

6. Auringon portti 04:26  

7. Raunioita ja oksanlehviä 04:14  

8. Viimeinen juoksu 04:30  

  32:58

Khashm  "Asmodeus Rising" (2lp) 19,99 €

12"LP Details:

- 350gsm Gatefold Jacket With Matt Varnish And Inside Flooded In Black.

- 140g Black Vinyl.

- A2 Poster on 150gsm Art Paper.

- Limited To 500 Copies.

7"EP Details:

- 280gsm Cardboard Jacket With Matt Varnish

- 42g Black Vinyl

- Limited To 500 Copies