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Danish black/doom metal band The Rite has announced the release of its sophomore album: The Astral Gloom will get out on 11 August via Iron Bonehead Productions on CD and vinyl.
The Rite was formed in the autumn of 2017 when A.th (Black Oath) and Ustumallagam (Denial Of God) joined forces to create a band that exclusively plays morbid black metal, praising complete and utmost darkness. Their influences range from iconic bands such as Mercyful Fate, Death SS, Celtic Frost, Samael, Goatlord, Ripper, and others to occult literature. The music walks a fine line between slow and dreary parts and fast and merciless attacks, but by and large, it falls into the black/doom category.
The Astral Gloom, The Rite's new album, contains ten tracks, proving as dark and dynamic as ever, with creepier excursions into a quieter territory and an even more heightened atmospheric element without losing any heaviness - thus, the title The Astral Gloom is more than fitting. That heaviness is provocatively played to the hilt with this two-guitar line-up, and the lead parts evoke a macabre majesty only hinted at before. Once again, The Rite chose a unique cover - the Lollipops' "Naked When You Come", an eerie psychedelic pop song from 1966 - and truly made it its own.
With this new line-up bolstered and better than ever, The Rite seeks to take its morbid metal to the stage more often and promote The Astral Gloom as fully as possible. The black bells toll more ominously than ever, and the veil between worlds is starting to open... step forth into The Astral Gloom!
In the meantime, hear the brand-new track, "Nosophoros"... Link
The Astral Gloom tracklist:
01. Intro - The Evocation
02. The Spirit of Mendes
03. The Fathomless Dark
04. Under A Lunar Spell
05. Walpurgis Night
06. The Astral Gloom
07. Nosophoros
08. Naked When You Come
09. The Valley of Megiddo
10. Outro - Sheol
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