{"product_id":"ethereal-horizons-2lp","title":"Ethereal Horizons [2LP]","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBlut Aus Nord - Ethereal Horizons [2LP]\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I've learned over the years that, when it comes to my own musical creativity, the truth of today is rarely the truth of tomorrow.\" Vindsval\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wonderful 16th album from legendary Avant Black Metal paragons BLUT AUS NORD is the culmination of a 30-year vision - as mainman Vindsval connects each element of the band's history to launch yet another intrepid exploratory evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ethereal Horizons\" is BLUT AUS NORD fully realised: richer, deeper, grander, more enigmatic and simultaneously more human than ever. Intermeshing the earthen and the futuristic as a vessel for the dark dreamer, soaring and ascending to vivid realms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter spending the preceding few years immersed in the wyrd and uneasy world of Lovecraft, this guitars-forward and melodious new album feels more akin to the organic, intoxicating terrain of 2014's \"Memoria Vetusta III: Saturnian Poetry\" or 2019's \"Hallucinogen\" - a cosmic and consonant antidote to our incessant psychic battering from the bleak, cacophonous biosphere in which we reside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ethereal Horizons\" incorporates otherworldliness from all eras of BAN - traces of churning dissonance, subtle industrialised elements, the weeping of celestial leads, V's spectral \u0026amp;amp; subliminal snarl - but brings in a suite of new and more grounded feels too. Far-reaching melodic themes turn inward and outward, frequently resolving into the swing of classic, prog and post rock. The warmth of swirling psych-organ and expanses of kosmische synth provide a bed for emotive themes to build and release into full-throttle ruthlessness. Vocal stylings are wide-ranging as ever, utilising the distinctive cloudbusting cleans and choirs, but this time with a lazer-focus on wistful transcendent melodies, refrains and even out-and-out hooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEssential.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecommended if you like: ENSLAVED, EMPEROR, ULVER (Bergtatt era), KING CRIMSON... \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePOINTS OF INTEREST:\u003cbr\u003e- 16th album is a striking new chapter in BAN's perpetual metamorphosis\u003cbr\u003e- Heralded by 2 video clips.\u003cbr\u003e- Digital marketing campaigns on Facebook, Instagram \u0026amp;amp; Youtube.\u003cbr\u003e- Ads scheduled in all main Metal Mags worldwide (Legacy, Rock Hard Italy, Decibel... )\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for previous album, \"Nahab\" (2023):\u003cbr\u003e\"... a fascinating and gripping work of Black Metal art that opens up a vortex only Blut Aus Nord could let us access!\" (Metal Injection)\u003cbr\u003e\"... a discordant, slinking beast, one that presents this long-standing act as the masters of their own style!\" (Decibel)\u003cbr\u003e\"... another hallucinogenic instalment from the best Black Metal band on this world, or any other.\" (Metal Hammer UK)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTRACKLIST:\u003cbr\u003e01 Shadows Breathe First 07:16\u003cbr\u003e02 Seclusion 08:18\u003cbr\u003e03 The Ordeal 07:17\u003cbr\u003e04 The Fall Opens The Sky 07:48\u003cbr\u003e05 What Burns Now Listens 06:22\u003cbr\u003e06 Twin Suns Reverie 02:21\u003cbr\u003e07 The End Becomes Grace 12:24\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blut Aus Nord","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62526652744010,"sku":"652733834065","price":11.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1049\/2549\/5626\/files\/652733834065_dfcd7ce6-74f0-4813-ad94-3b998783e021.jpg?v=1782360915","url":"https:\/\/goldenspiraluk.com\/products\/ethereal-horizons-2lp","provider":"Golden Spiral Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}