Schammasch will issue the next entry in their ‘The Maldoror Chants‘ series this October. The Swiss blackened avant-garde metal band will be putting out “The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean” through Prosthetic on October 25th. A music video for the first single, “They Have Found Their Master” was launched online today, August 13th, you can give that a watch below. The band collectively stated of it:
“They Have Found Their Master‘ is the looming of a tempest wave closing in, the destructive force of a monolithic wall of water, swallowing everything in its way to culminate in the melodic furiosity of classic 90s black metal towards the end, additionally embellished by Kathrine Shepard’s hauntingly beautiful vocal contribution.”
Inspiration for this series of records is drawn from the 1860s French poetic novel ‘Les Chants de Maldoror‘ penned by Comte de Lautréamont.
“The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean” track listing:
01 – “Crystal Waves”
02 – “A Somber Mystery”
03 – “Your Waters Are Bitter”
04 – “They Have Found Their Master”
05 – “Image of the Infinite”
06 – “I Hail You, Old Ocean”
Look for pre-order options through lnk.to/Schammasch.
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