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Veilburner: annunciano il settimo album “The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom”; due brani in anteprima

Di Orso Comellini - 8 Settembre 2024 - 9:13
Veilburner: annunciano il settimo album “The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom”; due brani in anteprima

Gli statunitensi Veilburner hanno annunciato il loro settimo album, intitolato “The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom”, in uscita il 15 novembre per Transcending Obscurity Records. Del nuovo lavoro, il successore di “VLBRNR” del 2022, sono disponibili due brani in anteprima al seguente link.

Veilburner are in a league of their own and every new album of theirs can only be rightfully compared to the other ones in their discography. On this one, they have somehow managed to take the sound further still and even aesthetically they’re on a different level now. It’s all just ridiculously charming. Listen to a couple of tracks, all being exactly 7 minutes long, from the album AT THIS LINK.

“The number seven has held special significance throughout human history. It has been revered in theology and the arts across many cultures over many eras and observed as a recurring foundational number in the study of the natural world.

With Veilburner’s seventh album, they have seized the opportunity to celebrate this numerological cornerstone with a musical work exalting the number seven in its basic blueprint. Seven songs, exactly seven minutes each, with additional tributes to be found in the titling conventions and lyrical structure. Thematically, the character(s) at the center of the Veilburner universe continue a journey into the abyss that began in their previous album, “VLBRNR,” exploring the shadows and secrets that we keep from ourselves and embracing the idea of Rahu and Ketu (the head and the body). From this exploration, Leviathan is revealed both as the almighty “tail-eater,” that which has no beginning and no end, and that which is Egregore, the very thing that has been us all along.

One cannot be whole until a weight is lifted off the shoulders; the weight of the world, our egos, our spirits, and our souls. We must lose our heads to gain enlightenment. In less experienced hands, a work with such an amassment of ambitions would represent a bite more than many could chew. Fortunately, Veilburner have always remained steadfast in their insistence on cohesion and balance as they continue to walk their musical tightrope at the point between experimentation and tradition, mad science and convention, like the seasoned craftsmen they have become over the course of seven albums to date.

The title of this newest evolution, “The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom,” perfectly epitomizes Veilburner’s modus operandi of seamlessly blending juxtaposing forces in a coalescence of unification and realized vision. The horror of visceral violence and the tranquility of understanding are intertwined in a captivating absurdity that demands to be experienced.”

For fans of – Blut aus NordAkhylsDeathspell OmegaOranssi PazuzuAkercockeVenomous Echoes

Line up –
Mephisto Deleterio – Music and production
Chrisom Infernium – Vocals and album design

Cover artwork by Luciana Nedelea

Track listing –
1. Tem Ohp Ab in Mysticum 07:00
2. III Visions of Hex-Shaped Hiss, Behead the Howling Spirit 07:00
3. The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom Part I 07:00
4. The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom Part II 07:00
5. Shadows of a Shadow 07:00
6. Woe Ye’ Who Build these Crosses…Are Those Who Will Serve Us Death 07:00
7. V.I.I. (Voured Ichneumous Icon) 07:00

Release date – November 15th, 2024