Up For Pre-Order – AVERSIO HUMANITATIS & PURE WRATH

Spanish Black Metal heavyweights AVERSIO HUMANITATIS and Indonesian Black Metal entity PURE WRATH proudly announce their forthcoming works which will be released on April 24th:

• AVERSIO HUMANITATIS "To Become the Endless Static"
• PURE WRATH "Bleak Days Ahead"

Find more info and a first single from each release below - please note that videos for the tracks will be premiered by AVERSIO HUMANITATIS on February 24th (click here) and PURE WRATH on February 25th (click here).

Pre-orders for both albums are possible via our EU, US and Bandcamp shops.

AVERSIO HUMANITATIS

Madrid's AVERSIO HUMANITATIS follow-up 2020's white-hot "Behold the Silent Dwellers" with another stunning slice of unrelenting, modernist and oft-dissonant Black Metal. Third full-length "To Become the Endless Static" finds the band teeth-clenched, razor-sharp, galvanised with self-belief and fortified by a characteristically immaculate production from the band's own Simón Da Silva (CANCER, MARTRÖÐ, SELBST).

Tracklist:

01. Long Stretch the Shadows
02. To Become the Endless Static
03. Blackened Mold Marrow
04. Strange Angles
05. The White Noise is Calling
06. Collapsing into the Resonance

Cover artwork designed by Alex Moreán.

Guitarist, songwriter and producer Simón comments on "To Become the Endless Static":

"The songwriting process for this album was certainly arduous. I can't say it was something fluid; so many riffs and almost full songs were thrown into the trash in the process. Some songs came out very naturally, while others were much harder to shape. I guess it's always like that, but at some points I felt a bit lost and kind of hating the album, I may have become too obsessed with certain expectations or with an idea of what the album "had to" be, instead of simply letting things take their own course, which is what finally happened in the end. Now I can say I fucking love it.

Half of the songs were composed by me at home or in the studio. For the other half, I brought several structural riff ideas that we later developed together in the rehearsal space. The lyrics were also shaped there, as Alex has an amazing ability to write on the spot."

Check the title track via Bandcamp for a first glimpse into the forthcoming album – a relentless exploration of psychological erosion and collapsing identity, forged with crushing precision.

Vocalist & bassist Alex states:

"We chose this song because we feel it's the most representative of both the lyrical concepts of the album and the compositional formulas you can find in it. This track, which gives the title to our new work, was the second one to be composed back in 2021 and though it has been a slow-burn process that evolved through the years we feel it is the most fitting one to be unveiled first."

Check here for an alert to the YouTube premiere of the video for 'To Become the Endless Static'!

"To Become The Endless Static" will be released on CD and vinyl (including an exclusive DMP vinyl edition), a special t-shirt design will also be available. Pre-orders are possible via our EU, US and Bandcamp shops.

PURE WRATH

PURE WRATH were formed 2014 in West Java, Indonesia as the anguished, atmospheric and affecting Black Metal project of multi-instrumentalist Januaryo Hardy.

Year-on-year the raw, visceral and tangible have seeped further into the band's music, culminating in fourth full-length "Bleak Days Ahead", recorded together in Bekasi with drummer Yurii Ciel (ex-WHITE WARD) for the first time. The result is a stridently modern and characteristically emotive record exploring the despair of living under uncertain conditions in dismal industrialised environments.

Tracklist:

01. Bleak Days Ahead, Pt. I
02. Bleak Days Ahead, Pt. II
03. Haven of Echoes
04. Spectral Insomnia
05. Opaque Mist

Cover artwork designed by Aghy Purakusuma.

Mastermind Ryo had this to say regarding "Bleak Days Ahead":

"Four years. I hadn't planned for it to take this long, but the songwriting became very difficult due to my drained energy from daily life matters and the lack of inspiring input from what I would call the dark times we are currently living in. In the end, every hour of phone calls with Yurii, not only as fellow musicians but also as best friends, was truly meaningful in shaping this album, both musically and philosophically. This time, I am deeply grateful that we were able to share the same air, laughter, and voices in the same studio while recording the album together."

PURE WRATH offer 'Spectral Insomnia' as an intense first impression of the new album – atmospheric Black Metal collides with raw emotional force, as panoramic melodies rise over a relentless rhythmic attack. Check out the song via Bandcamp:

Ryo comments:

"Apart from how important the entire album is, 'Spectral Insomnia' has always given the most straightforward answers to my personal questions about the album itself. I feel that this song connects deeply with me and with Yurii after we have listened to the album so many times. The lyrics are as meaningful as the others, since they are all connected to each other. Perhaps this song, in particular, carries the essence of everything we do on the album."

Go here for an alert to the YouTube premiere of the video for 'Spectral Insomnia'!

"Bleak Days Ahead" will be released on CD and vinyl (including an exclusive DMP vinyl version), alongside an exclusive t-shirt, on April 24th. Pre-orders are possible via our EU, US and Bandcamp shops.