Dødheimsgard (DHG) – Black Medium Current 2LP

DHG – Black Medium Current

2LP, Black Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve

A JOURNEY THROUGH THE BOUNDLESS LAYERS OF EXISTENCE FOR THE NEW STUDIO ALBUM OF INDRAWN, BROODING BLACK METAL FROM THE NORWEGIAN PIONEERS.

‘Black Medium Current’ is the sixth studio album by longstanding Norwegian avant-garde pioneers Dødheimsgard. From their influential & successful beginnings as a raw & grim black metal outfit established during the ongoing swelling of the “second wave” in the early-mid 90’s, Dødheimsgard has subsequently evolved into a truly eclectic behemoth with each landmark release; a band now undoubtedly adorned with the mastery of mood & texture through intricate, dark metallic wonderment & unnerving eloquence.

‘Black Medium Current’ continues on the path set by 2015’s monumental & universally lauded ‘A Umbra Omega’ album; itself a deeply poignant & potent release of vast maturity & insight. And now mastermind Yusaf ‘Vicotnik’ Parvez returns with this expansive 70-minute venture through the fettered layers of the bleak existential cosmos. The result is an absorbing exploration through the fragility of the mind - nurtured & ultimately unmade through a process of belief & endless turmoil & contradiction & how it sews itself into our reality.

‘Black Medium Current’ also represents a very personal album for Vicotnik, riding the torrents of tribulation & loss, lusciously entwined within creation. Haunting, cathartic & exquisite moments of reflection, dissected & presented as a meticulously woven canvas of masterful & stirring music taking in a whole host of atmospheres & soundscapes encompassing the divine & the bizarre, from the depths of black metal, to sombre more classically centred piano pieces.

‘Black Medium Current’ was recorded & mixed at Top-Room Studios by Matias Aaversen & produced by Vicotnik himself, with cover art courtesy of Lukasz Jaszak. The album is presented in a digipack with a 16-page booklet and on double gatefold classic black vinyl.

Tracklist:
1. Et Smelter
2. Tankespinnerens Smerte
3. Interstellar Nexus
4. It Does Not Follow
5. Voyager
6. Halow
7. Det Tomme Kalde Morke
8. Abyss Perihelion Transit
9. Requiem Aeternum

Label: Peaceville
Released: 2023