You can support Terra Relicta by donating! Please, do so, and thank you!
Coming from the coldest, windiest, snowiest, and foggiest city in Canada, St. John’s, Newfoundland's Artach is heavily influenced by nature and even takes after the bleak climate they are surrounded by. The result of months of winter provides inspiration for their raw, epic black metal that is in their new album Sworn To Avenge, which is now available via Depressive Illusions Records as of 25 June.
Since the duo's formation in the spring of 2019, Artach has been consistently releasing new music. Sworn To Avenge is its second album, following up 2020s Chronicles Of A Black Winter. Fans can expect more of the same compared to the first, but it pushes the envelope a little bit. Artach embraces evolution and aspire to play tighter, and have a more professional sound, but never sound overly polished. Artach's process is a collaborative one between the duo, the genesis of the songs are arranged on guitar by Sruthán and very roughly recorded at home. After getting together, they record drums and flesh out the song in an afternoon and by then the song is pretty much ready for the studio recording of guitars, then bass, and lastly vocals.
As described by Artach, their music is angry, savage, unhinged, but contains melody and some twists and turns to surprise the listener. Varied song tempos mixing blasting with thrashy, punky, doomy elements keep the sounds interesting and not monotone. They go into further detail about releasing their new music video for "Shimmer" for the full length's release day: "Lyrically, this one is more descriptive and doesn’t have any hidden meanings. Those shimmering and dancing lights of the Aurora Borealis can be seen even here in Newfoundland, but further north they look magnificent. There’s a spoken part in this one taken from a part of a poem by David Vedder (1790-1854) that was written about the Northern Lights. Musically this one is one of the more black metal sounding songs with lots of blast beats but as always, tempered with melody and hand-banging riffage".
Artach is recommended listening for anyone interested in raw black metal and those with an interest in Celtic Frost, Darkthrone and Satyricon. Watch the "Shimmer" video and listen to Sworn To Avenge in the players below. Link
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
