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News : Premiere: Nightbringer unleash new single, “Serpent Sun”

By on January 12, 2017
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Photo: Cerin Nelson Gardner (2014)

Here’s a new one for you guys!

US black metal act, Nightbringer have been carving out a path in the American black metal scene since 1999, building a name for themselves, and eventually leading to opening for bands like Watain, Krieg and Profanatica. With four full-length albums under their belt, the band is now gearing up for the release of their fifth studio release, entitled Terra Damnata; a phrase which translates roughly in Latin to “condemned earth”.

We here at Metal Obsession are very proud to present the Australian first track premiere for the band’s new single, “Serpent Sun”. Check it out below!

Terra Damnata will be released on April 14th via Season of Mist.

Track-list 

1. As Wolves Amongst Ruins

2. Misrule

3. Midnight’s Crown

4. Of the Key and Crossed Bones

5. Let Silence be His Sacred Name

6. Inheritor of a Dying World

7. The Lamp of Inverse Light

8. Serpent Sun

Line-up 

Naas Alcameth: guitars, bass, vocals, scripts and ambience

Ophis: guitars, bass, vocals and scripts

Ar-Ra’d al-Iblis: vocals, scripts

Menthor: percussions

Available formats 

CD Digipak

Double Gatefold LP in various colours

** Pre-order HERE **

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‘Terra Damnata’, out April 14 via Season of Mist

NIGHTBRINGER are pushing forward in their fast-track evolution with grim determination. Their forthcoming fifth full-length ‘Terra Damnata’ takes at least as big a step into new musical dimensions as its predecessor ‘Ego Dominus Tuus’ (2014) – yet without straying from the band’s original black course.

While ‘Ego Dominus Tuus’ amalgamated traces of quintessential elements taken as inspiration from EMPEROR, DARK FUNERAL, and DIMMU BORGIR among other black classics into a dark American alloy, ‘Terra Damnata’ seems to systematically sever such ties to the previous orthodoxy found on ‘Hierophany of the Open Grave’ (2011). NIGHTBRINGER have sharpened their claws and unafraid of dissonance dare to take their songwriting where it hurts.

At the time of their founding, NIGHTBRINGER were conceived as a conduit for contemplations on the mysteries of death as it is understood in the tradition of the magical arts. Formed in the year 1999 by vocalist and guitarist Naas Alcameth and former member Nox Corvus, the outfit from Colorado, United States chose Scandinavian black metal as the foundation of their artistic expression. NIGHTBRINGER developed along the lines of second generation Black Metal, while continuously expanding their own unique sinister mark on sound. After unleashing several demos and split releases between 2001 and 2006, their debut album ‘Death and the Black Work’ arrived in 2008. Two years later, sophomore opus ‘Apocalypse Sun’ followed. Erupting from the US underground, NIGHTBRINGER found themselves opening for major scene acts such as WATAIN, KRIEG, and PROFANATICA.

Having firmly established their place within the elite circle of US black metal, NIGHTBRINGER are bound to break through new boundaries with ‘Terra Damnata’.

About

Jonathon is an aspiring fantasy/sci-fi novelist and music journalist. Thanks to the influence of the music he grew up with, he has always possessed a keen interest in metal and rock. He is also a huge fan of mythology, legend, and folklore from all across the world. You should follow him on Twitter.