News : Premiere: Obsidian Kingdom present brand new live video for “The Polyarnik”
Spain’s Obsidian Kingdom is a band that since their inception in 2005 has deliberately avoided the limitations of being labelled as any one metal category. Following the release of their debut album, Mantiis in 2012, Obsidian Kingdom followed that up with the release of A Year With No Summer in March of last year. During their most recent European tour, Obsidian Kingdom filmed a live video for the song “The Polyarnik” (taken from A Year With No Summer) that was filmed at B90 in Gdańsk, Poland on September 11th, 2016.
Featuring Jorge Mur on Live Sound and Production, it also featured Dariusz Felús as Director of Photography and Venue Lighting by Jari Bron. Video production came courtesy of Fractal Videos (www.facebook.com/FractalVideos).
Obsidian Kingdom comment:
“As the echoes of ‘A Year with no Summer’ start to recede, we would like to share with you one last memory of our foregone European tour. ‘The Polyarnik’ was recorded live in Gdańsk on last November 9th before the watchful gaze of a mesmerized crowd. Thank you so much for walking with us through this surly year. It has been a rough journey, but also a wonderful and transformative experience, and now it’s time for us to move onto new territories. Again. See you on the other side!”
Metal Obsession is very proud to present the premiere of “The Polyarnik” official live video below. Check it out!
Video CreditsRecorded at B90 in Gdańsk, September 11th 2016Live Sound and Production: Jorge MurDirector of Photography: Dariusz FeluśVenue Lighting: Jari BronPhotography:Alicja KorusBohumil TruneckaJarek WojciechowskiAdam ZoltanAga FortuniakDariusz FeluśEditor: Dariusz FeluśVideo production: Fractal Videos
Line up
Zer0 Æmeour Íggdrasil: keys and vocals
Ojete Mordaza II: drums
Rider G Omega: guitars and vocals
Seerborn Ape Tot: guitars
Om Rex Orale: bass
Guest vocals
Attila Csihar (MAYHEM) – “The Kandinsky Group”
Kristoffer “Garm” Rygg (ULVER) – “10th April”
Tracklisting
1. A Year With No Summer
2. 10th April
3. Darkness
4. The Kandinsky Group
5. The Polyarnik
6. Black Swan
7. Away / Absent
Available formats
Digipak CD
Gatefold Vinyl LP in various colours
A Year With No Summer is out now. Grab your copy today via Season of Mist!
OBSIDIAN KINGDOM have been cunningly avoiding easy categorisation since their inception in the Catalan capital of Barcelona, Spain, where the band was formed in 2005.
Their sophomore album ‘A Year With No Summer’ is now adding to the eclectic puzzle and a big step in an continuing evolution. To say that the Catalans move further away from their roots in extreme metal and towards a more progressive sound is equally correct as misleading. There are still burning
guitars and harsh riffing to be found, yet there is also simply much more of everything else. Contrasts, shifts, and raw emotions created and guided by intricate rhythm patterns, electronic tapestries as well as highlights are combined into a carefully composed musical painting of monumental dimensions. There are hints of the epic approach offered by such influences as PINK FLOYD and MARILLION, yet OBSIDIAN KINGDOM use a far darker range of colours on their pallet. There is a constant sense of drowning, darkness and depression threading through ‘A Year With No Summer’, which binds the wide stylistic range offered by its diverse song material together.
When the Catalan newcomers self-released their debut full-length ‘Mantiis – An Agony in Fourteen Bites’ in 2012, the 500 copies they had pressed sold out in a blink of an eye. Their conceptual album on a violent crime and its dramatic repercussions features a single song divided into fourteen tracks, which flow through different genres. ‘Mantiis’ progressive character and post-modern approach set against extreme metal prefigures the even larger step now taken by ‘A Year With No Summer’.
OBSIDIAN KINGDOM once again follow new paths in an untiring search for their own unique expression unhindered by conventions or style boundaries. This is a record to get your headphones on and listen with diligence to be rewarded with the pleasure of finding great music off those tracks already taken too many times before.
About Jonathon Besanko
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.Latest News
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