{"product_id":"blut-aus-nord-ethereal-horizons-double-lp-gatefold-coloured","title":"Blut Aus Nord - Ethereal Horizons - DOUBLE LP GATEFOLD COLOURED","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I've learned over the years that, when it comes to my own musical creativity, the truth of today is rarely the truth of tomorrow.\" Vindsval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wonderful 16th album from legendary Avant Black Metal paragons BLUT AUS NORD is the culmination of a 30-year vision - as mainman Vindsval connects each element of the band’s history to launch yet another intrepid exploratory evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ethereal Horizons\" is BLUT AUS NORD fully realised: richer, deeper, grander, more enigmatic and simultaneously more human than ever. Intermeshing the earthen and the futuristic as a vessel for the dark dreamer, soaring and ascending to vivid realms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter spending the preceding few years immersed in the wyrd and uneasy world of Lovecraft, this guitars-forward and melodious new album feels more akin to the organic, intoxicating terrain of 2014’s \"Memoria Vetusta III: Saturnian Poetry\" or 2019's \"Hallucinogen\" - a cosmic and consonant antidote to our incessant psychic battering from the bleak, cacophonous biosphere in which we reside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ethereal Horizons\" incorporates otherworldliness from all eras of BAN - traces of churning dissonance, subtle industrialised elements, the weeping of celestial leads, V's spectral \u0026amp; subliminal snarl - but brings in a suite of new and more grounded feels too. Far-reaching melodic themes turn inward and outward, frequently resolving into the swing of classic, prog and post rock. The warmth of swirling psych-organ and expanses of kosmische synth provide a bed for emotive themes to build and release into full-throttle ruthlessness. Vocal stylings are wide-ranging as ever, utilising the distinctive cloudbusting cleans and choirs, but this time with a lazer-focus on wistful transcendent melodies, refrains and even out-and-out hooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecommended if you like: ENSLAVED, EMPEROR, ULVER (Bergtatt era), KING CRIMSON…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSide A: 01 Shadows Breathe First 07:16 \/ 02 Seclusion 08:18\u003cbr\u003eSide B: 03 The Ordeal 07:17 \/ 04 The Fall Opens The Sky 07:48\u003cbr\u003eSide C: 05 What Burns Now Listens 06:22 \/ 06 Twin Suns Reverie 02:21 \/ 07 The End Becomes Grace 12:24\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecord 1: green marble heavy vinyl. Record 2: yellow marble heavy vinyl. Side D contains no music but features a digital print. Comes with a 16-page booklet and a download card. Colors on final records may vary to a degree from the mockup.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Season of Mist - International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53391574597975,"sku":"P-170856-","price":32.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/6500\/8471\/files\/Blut-Aus-Nord-Ethereal-Horizons-DOUBLE-LP-GATEFOLD-COLOURED-170856-1-1757669568.jpg?v=1778305324","url":"https:\/\/shop.season-of-mist.com\/products\/blut-aus-nord-ethereal-horizons-double-lp-gatefold-coloured","provider":"Season of Mist - International","version":"1.0","type":"link"}