Im April verlor Nihill und DDCHDRN Sänger Michiel Eikenaar den langen Kampf gegen den Krebs der in seinem Körper wütete. "A commanding frontman and fantastic lyricist, a great visual artist, but above all, a big friendly loveable guy. Death comes for all of us. It comes for the strongest, the brightest and the most loved, and Michiel was all of those things and much more." sagt Vince von Nihill.
Michiel stand immer mit Tartarus Records in Verbindung, die "Woestenij" EP von Nihill war die erste Veröffentlichung des Labels. Ebenso gestaltete er die ersten Logos und formte damit das Label zu dem was es jetzt ist.
Um das zu würdigen veröffentlichen Tartarus die "Woestenij" EP erstmals auf Vinyl, bisher war das Werk nur auf Kassette erhältlich. Diese essentielle Platte des holländischen Black Metals erscheint als einmalige Pressung.
Known for their crushing trilogy on Monumentum / Hydra Head Records, Nihill return with “Woestenij”. The waste land these exclusive tracks linger on are framed in “Fantoom” and “Eidolon”, those that dwell between the worlds, and so this tape dwells amongst the ruins the trilogy left behind. “Fantoom” touches upon the words of old, the chants of the forgotten and revered, the slow, dragging rhythms drag the lonely, eerie, guitar line through the voids of lost realms and discarded images. “Eidolon” is a goodbye, a farewell to father and self, the quavering screams of the crowd can be heard in the chaotic squeals and distortion surrounding the looming threat of the gallow's fall. This tape is a farewell, a haunting, a promise. -Johan van Hattum
Pressing info:
300 copies on 180gr black vinyl
Screenprinted B-side
Insert sheet
Logo patch
Digital download
Starts shipping around Oct 21st
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