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Purity Through Fire is proud to present Sacrificium Carmen's third album, Nekrognosis - Avain Varjoihin, on CD, A5 digipack, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats. The CD and tape versions shall be released on 12 December while the vinyl will follow in summer 2022.
For over a decade now, Finland's Sacrificium Carmen has become quiet stalwarts of their home country's always-rich black metal scene. From their debut demo in 2013 on to their two full-lengths, 2015's Ikuisen tulen kammiosa and 2018's Hermetica, the band have both embodied the classic Finnish black metal sound - icy melodicism, filthy propulsion, deft atmospheric touches - and put their own diabolic twist to it.
Now aligned with longtime fans Purity Through Fire, Sacrificium Carmen strike with their mightiest and most majestic recording yet: Nekrognosis - Avain Varjoihin. The band's third full-length thus far, Nekrognosis - Avain Varjoihin is a two-themed album where side A ("Varjot") is about a psychological or even "psychedelic" journey into the depths of the occult and shadow-side of the mind, whereas side B ("Kuolemagia") centres around the contemplation of your own death and shamanistic evolving because of that. This two-pronged thematic is further fused together with Castanedan Mysticism and spiritual-like hate against human idiocracy.
Musically, Sacrificium Carmen fire on all cylinders here, taking their ever-sturdy sound into realms somehow simultaneously more expansive and focused. The foundation of Finnish black metal is firm, of course, but the band's evolution here distinctly draws strength from the Scandinavian masters - namely, Nödtveidt and Euronymous - while also finessing their own soundscape which has been shaped over the past decade-plus. More tellingly/provocatively, Sacrificium Carmen skillfully employ synth here for the first time, fulfilling the Satanic atmosphere alongside more harmonically inclined riffs, evoking a sensation that's paradoxically hovering yet grounded in grime. Hear for yourself with the "Erakkotemppelin Ilmestyksiä" track, released about a week ago and available right below. Link
Nekrognosis - Avain Varjoihin tracklist:
1. Fraktaalimessu
2. Baphometin Siemen
3. Ihmiskunnan Inho Seuranain
4. Azrael
5. Demonosofian Houreet
6. Kultasielu Helvetin
7. Erakkotemppelin Ilmestyksiä
8. Mefistofeleen Kuu
9. Haudankajossa, Soturi & Näkijä
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