NEGURÃ BUNGET - Reveals Details About The New Album, Announces European Tour

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Published on Thursday, 28 July 2016 14:18

Written by Tomaz

Romanian ambient/black/folk metal masters Negură Bunget will release their new album entitled ZI on 30th September. ZI is the second part of the group's ambitious "Transilvanian Trilogy", released on the heels of 2015's celebrated album, TAU, a record accurately hailed as "earthshaking" as it focused on unique native, natural landscapes and the mystique, legends, lore and meanings behind them.
In creating its most luminescent recording to date, Negură Bunget has further immersed itself in the traditions and practices of local Transilvanian inhabitants, exploring their connection with nature, and the way this relationship has shaped spiritual horizons. Within this framework, ZI closely examines the core of the most important traditions and rituals connected with the well-being of this community. Life events such as funeral ceremonies, soil tillage, and human growth and evolution (i.e. youth to teen to man to warrior, through to outcast) are spotlighted, in what is undoubtedly some of the most heady, thinking-man's metal produced in recent memory.
Musically, ZI builds upon the hallmarks of Negură Bunget's impressive catalog; the juxtaposition and interweaving of grim black metal elements, ambient soundscapes and acoustic counterparts based on native Romanian folk music, giving life to panoramic atmospheres, intensity and power unequaled in the band's rich discography.
An impressive musical statement and crucial bridge between root-bearing beginning and impending finale of the trilogy (scheduled to be released in early 2018), ZI is a mystical, tension-building recording that mirrors the size and scope of the deep forest fog for which the band is named.
The album was recorded at Negura Music studio between January-June 2016. It was produced and mixed by Negură Bunget and Mihai 'Mtz' Neagoe. Mastering by Alin Luculescu. Cover design was created by Daniel DorobanTu. Outfit design is by Anita Ramona. Tracklist and cover artwork are below.
In other news, Negură Bunget will present live the new album, along with a special anniversary set in a complex tour plan that will spread over the second part of 2016 and all over 2017, with some support for the crowdfungind campaing they have set-up in oder to help them acomplish their goals. Negură Bunget will start the tour in September. Check the dates listed below. Link

ZI tracklist:
01. Tul-ni-că-rînd (Horn-ing)
02. Grădina stelelor (Garden of Stars)
03. Brazdă dă foc (Furrow of Fire)
04. Baciul Moșneag (The Old Shepherd)
05. Stanciu Gruiul (Stanciu Gruiul)
06. Marea Cea Mare (The Vast Sea)

Bonus CD (only artbook)
01. Tul-ni-că-rînd (re-mixed version by Daniel Dorobanțu)
02. Brazdă dă foc (re-mixed version by Silent Strike)
03. Schimnicește (re-mixed version by Tibor Kati & Ionuț Cârja)
04. Baciu moșneag (re-mixed version by Adrian "Oq" Neagoe & Tragacanth)

Bonus DVD (only artbook)
01. ZI - album short film
02. Tul-ni-că-rînd - visual
03. Stanciu Gruiul - visual

Negură Bunget Anniversary Tour 2016: Negură Bunget (RO) + Ossific (CAN) + support:
23/09/2016 - Cluj (RO) - Urania Palace
24/09/2016 - Bucuresti (RO) - Fabrica
25/09/2016 - Brasov (RO) - Rockstadt
22/09/2016 - Sibiu (RO) - Oldies
27/09/2016 - Buzau (RO) - Cafeneaua Artistilor
28/09/2016 - Galati (RO) - Place Pub
29/09/2016 - Bacau (RO) - TBA
30/09/2016 - Suceava (RO) - Pub 31
01/10/2016 - Iasi (RO) - Underground
02/10/2016 - Chisinau (MD) - TBA
03/10/2016 - Botosani (RO) - TBA
05/10/2016 - Oradea (RO) - Abyss
07/10/2016 - Timisoara (RO) - Casa Tineretului
08/10/2016 - Belgrad (SB) - Dom Obladine
09/10/2016 - Zagreb (CR) - Klub
10/10/2016 - Budapest (HU) - Durer Kert
11/10/2016 - Bratislava (SK) - U Očka Club
12/10/2016 - Havirov (SK) - My Rocket Club
13/10/2016 - Praga (CZ) - Modra Vopice
14/10/2016 - Thalheim (DE) -
15/10/2016 - Munchen (DE) - Backstage
16/10/2016 - Oberhausen (DE) - Rezonanzwerk
17/10/2016 - Vordingborg (DK) - Birdhouse
18/10/2016 - Aarhus (DK) - Radar
19/10/2016 - TBA
20/20/2016 - Groningen (NL) - Simplon
21/10/2016 - Utrecht (NL) - DB's
22/10/2016 - London (UK) - Boston Music
23/10/2016 - Paris (FR) - O'Sullivans Backstage
25/10/2016 - Porto (PT) - TBC
26/10/2016 - Lisbon (PT) - RCA Club
27/10/2016 - Salamanca (SP) - Nave Bunker
28/10/2016 - Madrid (SP) - Silikona
29/10/2016 - Zaragoza (SP) - CC Valdefierro
30/10/2016 - Barcelona (SP) - Monasterio
02/11/2016 - Villeurbanne (FR) - L'Hotel de la Musique
03/11/2016 - TBA
04/11/2016 - Zurich (CH) - Werk
05/11/2016 - Torino (IT) - Daevacian
06/11/2016 - Milano (IT) - Blue Rose Saloon
07/11/2016 - Bologna (IT) - Freakout
08/11/2016 - TBA
09/11/2016 - TBA
10/11/2016 - TBA
11/11/2016 - TBA
12/11/2016 - Neaples (It) - Cellar Theory
13/11/2016 - Latina (IT) - Sottoscala9
15/11/2016 - Padova (IT) - Grind Zone
16/11/2016 - Udine (IT) - Cas'apua
17/11/2016 - Nova Gorica (SL) - Ali
18/11/2016 - Wien (AT) - Escape
19/11/2016 - Innsbruck (AT) - Livestage

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