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German dark metal pioneers Bethlehem will release their self-titled new album, Bethlehem, on 2nd December via Prophecy Productions. Produced by the band and Markus Stock (Empyrium, The Vision Bleak) at Klangschmiede Studio E (Helrunar, Secrets Of The Moon), Bethlehem is the band's eighth full-length record, and its release celebrates the 25th anniversary of the award-winning group, who features in its ranks bassist Bartsch, drummer Wolz, guitarist Karzov and new singer Onielar, from none other than German black metal stalwarts Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult. In advance of the record's release, Bethlehem is streaming the new song "Kalt' Ritt in leicht faltiger Leere", which according to Bartsch, could be translated to "Cold Ride in Flimsy Wrinkled Void". Experience Bethlehem's "Kalt' Ritt in leicht faltiger Leere" in the player below.
"Kalt' Ritt in leicht faltiger Leere", "lyrically, as well as musically, stands for the transcendental range of Bethlehem in 2016", comments Bartsch. “Onielar's unique and completely insane vocals put the finishing touch to it. Something wicked this way comes!”
Bethlehem is the follow-up to Bethlehem's 2014 LP, Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia, which was hailed as strange, heavy, explorative, and dark. Self-titled albums usually suggest either a questionable "return to the roots" or a band reinvention of sorts. For Bethlehem, however, the release of the eponymously titled Bethlehem is a welcome rejuvenation in every respect. After long-standing drummer Wolz returned to the fold, Bartsch recruited Russian guitarist Karzov (who took on a major role in Bethlehem’s songwriting) and a new singer. Onielar’s deranged vocals add to the deranged morbidity of Bethlehem, an album that conjures a fresh take on Bethlehem’s mid-to-late-90s sound that Bartsch calls "anarchic as always.
Ultimately, Bethlehem encompasses everything the progenitors of dark metal are about, combining the group’s early harshness with an outrageous catchiness and the experimentalism Bethlehem has always boasted, all crowned with a production that perfectly balances both rawness and power. The album is already available for pre-orders at this location. Link
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