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Italian atmospheric black metal entity Nubivagant has announced that its second album, The Wheel And The Universe, will be released on the summer solstice (21 June) via Amor Fati Productions on CD and vinyl LP formats.
During the autumn of 2020, Nubivagant released its bolt-from-the-blue debut album, Roaring Eye, via Amor Fati. Although brand-new in name at the time, the man behind Nubivagant possessed the collective experience of over decades in the black metal scene: multi-instrumentalist Omega, who concurrently helms the well-respected Darvaza and plays drums in a multitude of hordes, including (but certainly not limited to) Fides Inversa, Frostmoon Eclipse, Enepsigos, Chaos Invocation, Kult, and Ukraine's Moloch among many others. Nevertheless, on evidence of the shimmering and skyscraping Roaring Eye, Nubivagant was undoubtedly Omega's most personal work to date, handling as does all the instruments and vocals. Its clean-toned timbre in both strings and especially vocals were stark and stratifying, but portrayed a breathtaking iteration of black metal, both traditional and progressive.
And so Omega keeps apace with Nubivagant's second album, The Wheel And The Universe. Much of the album's atmospheric foundation can be found in the title: indeed, do the hypnotizing riffs cycle like a wheel, mesmerizing in their rippling routine, and the enormity of the minimal-is-maximal songwriting feels like a universe unto itself. Once again, Omega's soul-stirring vocals are front and centre and more expressive than ever; whether they strike closer to classic deathrock than the usual metalized iterations of "clean vocals" matters not when presented with such poignant, heartstrings-pulling lines. And those more plaintive lines indeed spread outward to the songwriting itself this time around, with The Wheel And The Universe painting Nubivagant in a more pensive light, the throb still steady no matter the tempo; one could safely say this album is a wanderer's record, whether he seeks the mysteries of the occult or the potential within the self or simply some geographical locale on a distant horizon. At last, that wanderer will arrive with the awe-inspiring closer, "The Great White Throne." There stands Nubivagant, waiting and all-knowing: where will this quest take you?
Begin that quest right below with the brand-new track "Clothed With The Sun". Link
The Wheel And The Universe tracklist:
1. Into Eternal Night
2. The Mask And The Devil
3. The Book Of The Earth
4. Clothed With The Sun
5. Between The Moon And The Stars
6. The Great White Throne
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