Something wicked this way comes, wending its way through damp back alleyways and down leafy New England back roads, whispering through still water and dark fog. The clarion call for the next great wave of American black metal has sounded, and VATTNET VISKAR is leading the charge. They've once again followed the open road ahead, and returned bearing their most important work yet.
With the autumn equinox not far off, VATTNET VISKAR has completed work on "Sky Swallower", their debut full-length album. Due out September 9th in Europe, "Sky Swallower" was recorded at Universal Noise Storage under the watchful eye of producer Brett Boland and features eight songs of masterfully executed atmospheric black metal devotion.
Cover art by Bryan Proteau (Pallbearer)
"Sky Swallower" track-listing:
1. New Alchemy
2. Fog of Apathy
3. Monarch
4. Breath of the Almighty
5. Ascend
6. Mythos
7. As I Stared Into the Sky
8. Apex
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Demo (Demo) - 2011
Vattnet Viskar (EP) - 2012
Sky Swallower - 2013
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Hailing from the small town of Plaistow, New Hampshire, VATTNET VISKAR is anything but small. Formed in the fall of 2010, the band has quickly risen amongst the ranks of US black metal acts.
VATTNET VISKAR’s brooding take on blackened atmospheric doom metal perfectly mirrors their organic approach to their craft. Following a well received two-song demo in 2011, they have released a self-titled EP, available at their Bandcamp page (http://vattnetviskar.bandcamp.com/), that has been met with praise from both fans and the press alike. “On their debut EP…they had me hooked in a matter of seconds and salivating by the end of its 27 minutes. It's an assured offering for such a young band,” lauds Brandon Stosuy of Pitchfork.com.
Not content to keep their blackened-doom alchemy confined to the studio, however, they back it up with a thundering live performance. Having already shared the stage with such titans as BLACK ANVIL, INQUISITION and WOODS OF YPRES, they have left their mark with a seemingly endless string of shows.
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