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Krvna's second album, For Thine Is The Kingdom Of The Flesh, will be released on 12 December via Third Eye Temple and Ancient Dead Productions in CD format. The tape version will be directly available from the band.
Perhaps laying in wait, below deck on a cursed coffin ship, a vampiric entity stirred and soon spread its black-leather wings in the autumn of 2021: Krvna's debut demo, Long Forgotten Relic, introduced the Australian black metallers in a most auspicious manner. However, that demo was a mere two songs, and a few months later, the band's debut album followed. Titled Sempinfernus, Krvna's first full-length unveiled the full fathom of Krvna main man Vatra's vision. Sempinfernus was a sparkling gem of refreshingly old (and refreshingly vast) air, its black metal laced with mysticism and sumptuousness that could only be likened to purple velvet. Not for nothing was it widely acclaimed.
Now, like (cursed) clockwork, Krvna returns a full year later with arguably an even greater record: the second album, For Thine Is The Kingdom Of The Flesh. The aggression is more tangible and restless, but so is the grandiosity as six equally epic compositions unfold and take flight. The sensation of flight is an apt one; racing and roiling with a blast beaten intensity, there's simultaneously a hovering - if not entirely ethereal - aspect that plays perfect counterpoint to that emphatic violence. Krvna's attack swarms here, sounds rippling and reverberating across a ruined cathedral but executed with startling clarity: you'd be hard-pressed to find a better-produced authentic black metal record these days. While certainly one can't dress up a turd and call it a gem, Krvna Vatra's superlative songwriting prowess receives the proper sonic presentation, and that synthesis of form and content makes all the difference in rendering Thine Is The Kingdom Of The Flesh an engaging and engrossing experience on all levels. That the main man's lyrical themes delve deeper into philosophical concepts surrounding existential dread, vampirism, immortality, and transubstantiation only gives greater weight to making this Krvna's defining statement thus far.
In the meantime, hear the first released album-titled track "For Thine Is The Kingdom Of The Flesh". Link
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