Category: Gurthang
Gurthang’s ‘Shattered Echoes’ Out Now: Exclusive Stream Of Video For “Closure” At Legacy Magazine
Release Date: January 20 2017
Genre: Black Metal
Locale: Lublin, Poland
Formats: CD Digipak/Digital
Exclusive Premiere Of “Closure” at Legacy
Gurthang is a blackened doom metal band from Poland created in 2010 by A.Z.V., its lyricist and main composer. The group immerses itself in the black depths of doom, using this unique atmosphere. A bewitching alliance of sharp guitars, the atmospheric keyboard and released, depressive vocals. Highly atmospheric and desolate dark journey to the inner world of your own, desecrated and shattered soul…
Line-up:
A.Z.V. – throat, whispers, clean & distorted guitars, all music & lyrics
Stormalv – bass guitars
G.H. – ambience & effects
Vojfrost – keys & effects
Turenn – drums & percussion
Biography:
Gurthang was founded by A.Z.V. on the 8th of January 2010 as one-man death/doom project. Its style later evolved into blackened doom metal with some death metal touches. In 2011 bassist Stormalv and keyboardist Sam joined the band. With this lineup the band released their first EP and debut album ‘Desolated in Darkness’. At that time, Gurthang’s music turned into darker, more desolate regions of doom. The year 2012 brought another lineup change: keyboardist Demon ov Darkness joined the band to release their second long-play entitled ‘Infinite Void’ and another EP ‘Forgotten Deity’. The third album, released in 2013 marked leaving funeral style and going deeper into blacker spaces. However not for long, because the band’s fourth release entitled ‘I Will Not Serve’ brought music more powerful, full of anger, yet still in the blackened doom vein. A B-side from the album has been released on 7” vinyl split with Moloch in 2016. Gurthang returns in early 2017 with their newest album entitled ‘Shattered Echoes’ to be released by Cimmerian Shade Recordings.
Album info:
‘Shattered Echoes’ is a big step forward from Gurthang’s previous material, yet still has the feeling of previous releases making it a natural progression in the band’s evolution. Haunting keyboard passages, powerful guitars and drums with Luciferian vocals create a unique atmosphere of Hell and devastation; ‘Shattered Echoes’ moves into a more melodic blackened death vein. The album introduces both Polish and English lyrics, more usage of lead guitars and for the first time: clean vocals. It also has the most powerful and polished production in the band’s history.
The scheduled release date for the 6-panel digipak with booklet and slip cover is January 20 2017.
Discography:
Melodies Of Sorrow (split with Beyond Life) (2015)
I Will Not Serve (2015)
V: Appolyon (2015)
Excruciato Anima Immortali (2013)
Infinite Void (2012)
Forgotten Deity (2012)
Desolated In Darkness (2011)
Gurthang EP (2011)
Gurthang’s ‘Shattered Echoes’ Now Available For Preorder
Gurthang is a blackened doom metal band from Poland created in 2010 by A.Z.V., its lyricist and main composer. The group immerses itself in the black depths of doom, using this unique atmosphere. A bewitching alliance of sharp guitars, the atmospheric keyboard and released, depressive vocals. Highly atmospheric and desolate dark journey to the inner world of your own, desecrated and shattered soul…
Line-up:
A.Z.V. – throat, whispers, clean & distorted guitars, all music & lyrics
Stormalv – bass guitars
G.H. – ambience & effects
Vojfrost – keys & effects
Turenn – drums & percussion
Biography:
Gurthang was founded by A.Z.V. on the 8th of January 2010 as one-man death/doom project. Its style later evolved into blackened doom metal with some death metal touches. In 2011 bassist Stormalv and keyboardist Sam joined the band. With this lineup the band released their first EP and debut album ‘Desolated in Darkness’. At that time, Gurthang’s music turned into darker, more desolate regions of doom. The year 2012 brought another lineup change: keyboardist Demon ov Darkness joined the band to release their second long-play entitled ‘Infinite Void’ and another EP ‘Forgotten Deity’. The third album, released in 2013 marked leaving funeral style and going deeper into blacker spaces. However not for long, because the band’s fourth release entitled ‘I Will Not Serve’ brought music more powerful, full of anger, yet still in the blackened doom vein. A B-side from the album has been released on 7” vinyl split with Moloch in 2016. Gurthang returns in early 2017 with their newest album entitled ‘Shattered Echoes’ to be released by Cimmerian Shade Recordings.
Album info:
‘Shattered Echoes’ is a big step forward from Gurthang’s previous material, yet still has the feeling of previous releases making it a natural progression in the band’s evolution. Haunting keyboard passages, powerful guitars and drums with Luciferian vocals create a unique atmosphere of Hell and devastation. The album introduces both Polish and English lyrics, more usage of lead guitars and for the first time clean vocals. It also has the most powerful and polished production in the band’s history.
The scheduled release date for the 6-panel digipak with booklet and slip cover is January 20 2017.
Releasing January 20: Gurthang’s ‘Shattered Echoes’
Gurthang is a blackened doom metal band from Poland created in 2010 by A.Z.V., its lyricist and main composer. The group immerses itself in the black depths of doom, using this unique atmosphere. A bewitching alliance of sharp guitars, the atmospheric keyboard and released, depressive vocals. Highly atmospheric and desolate dark journey to the inner world of your own, desecrated and shattered soul…
Line-up:
A.Z.V. – throat, whispers, clean & distorted guitars, all music & lyrics
Stormalv – bass guitars
G.H. – ambience & effects
Vojfrost – keys & effects
Turenn – drums & percussion
Biography:
Gurthang was founded by A.Z.V. on the 8th of January 2010 as one-man death/doom project. Its style later evolved into blackened doom metal with some death metal touches. In 2011 bassist Stormalv and keyboardist Sam joined the band. With this lineup the band released their first EP and debut album ‘Desolated in Darkness’. At that time, Gurthang’s music turned into darker, more desolate regions of doom. The year 2012 brought another lineup change: keyboardist Demon ov Darkness joined the band to release their second long-play entitled ‘Infinite Void’ and another EP ‘Forgotten Deity’. The third album, released in 2013 marked leaving funeral style and going deeper into blacker spaces. However not for long, because the band’s fourth release entitled ‘I Will Not Serve’ brought music more powerful, full of anger, yet still in the blackened doom vein. A B-side from the album has been released on 7” vinyl split with Moloch in 2016. Gurthang returns in early 2017 with their newest album entitled ‘Shattered Echoes’ to be released by Cimmerian Shade Recordings.
Album info:
‘Shattered Echoes’ is a big step forward from Gurthang’s previous material, yet still has the feeling of previous releases making it a natural progression in the band’s evolution. Haunting keyboard passages, powerful guitars and drums with Luciferian vocals create a unique atmosphere of Hell and devastation. The album introduces both Polish and English lyrics, more usage of lead guitars and for the first time clean vocals. It also has the most powerful and polished production in the band’s history.
The scheduled release date for the 6-panel digipak with booklet and slip cover is January 20 2017.
CSR Is Proud To Announce The Upcoming Release Of A Gurthang Full-length In Early 2017
Gurthang is a blackened doom metal band from Poland created in 2010 by A.Z.V., its lyricist and main composer. The group immerses itself in the black depths of doom, using this unique atmosphere. A bewitching alliance of sharp guitars, the atmospheric keyboard and released, depressive vocals. Highly atmospheric and desolate dark journey to the inner world of your own, desecrated and shattered soul…
Line-up:
A.Z.V. – throat, whispers, clean & distorted guitars, all music & lyrics
Stormalv – bass guitars
G.H. – ambience & effects
Vojfrost – keys & effects
Turenn – drums & percussion
Biography:
Gurthang was founded by A.Z.V. on 8th January 2010 as one-man death/doom project. Its style later evolved into blackened doom metal with some death metal touches. In 2011 bassist Stormalv and keyboardist Sam joined the band. With this lineup the band released their first EP and debut album ‘Desolated in Darkness’. At that time, Gurthang’s music turned into darker, more desolate regions of doom. The year 2012 brought another lineup change: keyboardist Demon ov Darkness joined the band to release their second long-play entitled ‘Infinite Void’ and another EP ‘Forgotten Deity’. The third album, released in 2013 marked leaving funeral style and going deeper into blacker spaces. However not for long, because the band’s fourth release entitled ‘I Will Not Serve’ brought music more powerful, full of anger, yet still in the blackened doom vein. A B-side from the album has been released on 7” vinyl split with Moloch in 2016. Gurthang returns in early 2017 with their newest album entitled ‘Shattered Echoes’ to be released by Cimmerian Shade Recordings.
Album info:
‘Shattered Echoes’ is a big step forward from Gurthang’s previous material, yet still has the feeling of previous releases making it a natural progression in the band’s evolution. Haunting keyboard passages, powerful guitars and drums with Luciferian vocals create a unique atmosphere of Hell and devastation. The album introduces both Polish and English lyrics, more usage of lead guitars and for the first time clean vocals. It also has the most powerful and polished production in the band’s history.
The scheduled release date for the 6-panel digipak with booklet and slip cover is January 20 2017.
Gurthang/Beyond Life ‘Melodies Of Sorrow’ Review in Legacy : “Solid”
Review from Legacy Magazine in the original German:
Die beiden polnischen Bands gingen etwa vor fünf Jahren an den Start, und es gibt personelle Überschneidungen. Die beiden Musiker mit den vielsagenden Pseudonymen G.H. und A. agieren parallel
in GURTHANG und BEYOND LIFE. Die ersteren blicken trotz des überschaubaren Existenzrahmens auf zahlreiche Veröffentlichungen zurück. EPs, Singles und Kompilationen gehören dazu. An dieser
Stelle ist natürlich Skepsis angebracht, denn Quantität und Qualität schließen sich bisweilen aus. Allerdings nichts in diesem Fall. GURTHANG bieten drei schleppende Kompositionen an
der Schnittstelle von Depressive Black Metal und Funeral Doom, während BEYOND LIFE einen etwas avantgardistischeren Ansatz präferieren. Insofern macht die Unterscheidung zwischen beiden Projekten durchaus Sinn. ‚Heavy Rain’ deklamiert zu einer elektrisch verzerrten Gitarre verzweifelte Verse. Das würde auch außerhalb des Black Metal-Kontext funktionieren. Ohnehin trauen sich BEYOND LIFE mehr und benötigen keine genretypischen Arrangements, um ihre Klage der Welt zu bemühen. Definitiv der stärkere und mit vier Songs auch gewichtigere Beitrag auf der Split-LP. – FSH 10 Points
Terrible fucking translation:
The two Polish bands were about five years ago at the Start, and there are staffing overlaps. The two musicians with the eloquent pseudonyms G.H. and A. act in parallel in Gurthang and BEYOND LIFE. The former look, despite the manageable existence frame on numerous publications back. EPs, singles and compilations belong. At this Point is, of course skepticism mounted because quantity and Quality close out sometimes. However, nothing in this Case. Gurthang offer three sluggish compositions the interface of Depressive Black Metal and Funeral Doom, BEYOND LIFE while a little more avant-garde approach prefer. In this respect, the distinction between the two projects makes sense. , Heavy Rain ‘declaimed to an electrically distorted guitar desperate verses. That would also outside the Black Metal context function. In any case be BEYOND LIFE longer and do not need any genre typical arrangements to to seek its action in the world. Definitely the stronger and with four Songs also weighty contribution to the split LP – FSH 10 Points
Gurthang/Beyond Life Split ‘Melodies Of Sorrow’ Now Streaming In Its Entirety At No Clean Singing
Officially released July 14, the Gurthang/Beyond Life split ‘Melodies Of Sorrow’ CD is now available. The digital version will be available Friday July 17.
Presently, Beyond Life’s track “Heavy Rain” is playing at Puregrainaudio.com
And the entire split can be found for your streaming pleasure at No Clean Singing
GURTHANG was founded by A.Z.V. on 8th January 2010 as one-man death/doom project.
In 2011 bassist Stormalv and keyboardist Sam joined the band. In this lineup group released their first EP and debut album “Desolated in Darkness”. At that time, Gurthang’s music turned into darker, more desolate regions of doom.
The Year 2012 brought another lineup change – keyboardist Demon ov Darkness joined the band to release their second long-play entitled “Infinite Void” and another EP “Forgotten Deity”.
Third album, released in 2013 marked leaving funeral style and going deeper into blacker spaces.
However not for long, because group’s 4th record entitled “I Will Not Serve” brought music more powerful, full of anger, yet still in the blackened doom vein.
Discography:
2011 – Gurthang EP
2011 – Desolated in Darkness (full length)
2012 – Forgotten Deity EP
2012 – Infinite Void (full length)
2013 – Excruciato Anima Immortali (full length)
2015 – I Will Not Serve (full length)
2015 – Melodies Of Sorrow (split)
Material presented on the split has been recorded by A.Z.V. back in 2013, and floats around black/death metal style with some industrial touches. Low tuned guitars, powerfull riffs and distorted vocals.
GURTHANG Facebook
GURTHANG Bandcamp
BEYOND LIFE was created in 2009 by G.H. In the beginning it was solo dark ambient project, however it changed in 2010 when M. and N.W. joined the group.
At that time the first demo “Three Steps of Human Life” was recorded. It combined DSBM with dark ambient.
Year 2011 was a breakthrough, when EP “Prayers of Madness and Grief” was released. It was ritual dark ambient combined with heavy, improvised guitars and screams of V.O.S.
The same year brought another EP “Wastelands” presenting post-apocalyptical dark ambient side of band and showing the direction the group chosed for their first full length entitled “Blackened Sky”, which was released in 2013 and it’s the first release that included new guitarist A.
Currently Beyond Life is working on two new black metal and post metal albums, alongside with few smaller releases.
Discography:
2010 – Three Steps of Human Life (demo)
2011 – Prayers of Madness and Grief (EP)
2011 – Wastelands (EP)
2011 – Ravens (EP)
2012 – Everything Dies (EP)
2013 – Blackened Sky (full length)
2014 – Mors malum non est, sola ius aequum generis humani (Demo)
2015 – Melodies Of Sorrow (split)
Gurthang/Beyond Life’s ‘Melodies Of Sorrow’ Now Available For Pre-order
Officially releasing July 14, the Gurthang/Beyond Life split ‘Melodies Of Sorrow’ is now available for pre-order.
Presently, Beyond Life’s track “Heavy Rain” is playing at Puregrainaudio.com
GURTHANG was founded by A.Z.V. on 8th January 2010 as one-man death/doom project.
In 2011 bassist Stormalv and keyboardist Sam joined the band. In this lineup group released their first EP and debut album “Desolated in Darkness”. At that time, Gurthang’s music turned into darker, more desolate regions of doom.
The Year 2012 brought another lineup change – keyboardist Demon ov Darkness joined the band to release their second long-play entitled “Infinite Void” and another EP “Forgotten Deity”.
Third album, released in 2013 marked leaving funeral style and going deeper into blacker spaces.
However not for long, because group’s 4th record entitled “I Will Not Serve” brought music more powerful, full of anger, yet still in the blackened doom vein.
Discography:
2011 – Gurthang EP
2011 – Desolated in Darkness (full length)
2012 – Forgotten Deity EP
2012 – Infinite Void (full length)
2013 – Excruciato Anima Immortali (full length)
2015 – I Will Not Serve (full length)
2015 – Melodies Of Sorrow (split)
Material presented on the split has been recorded by A.Z.V. back in 2013, and floats around black/death metal style with some industrial touches. Low tuned guitars, powerfull riffs and distorted vocals.
GURTHANG Facebook
GURTHANG Bandcamp
BEYOND LIFE was created in 2009 by G.H. In the beginning it was solo dark ambient project, however it changed in 2010 when M. and N.W. joined the group.
At that time the first demo “Three Steps of Human Life” was recorded. It combined DSBM with dark ambient.
Year 2011 was a breakthrough, when EP “Prayers of Madness and Grief” was released. It was ritual dark ambient combined with heavy, improvised guitars and screams of V.O.S.
The same year brought another EP “Wastelands” presenting post-apocalyptical dark ambient side of band and showing the direction the group chosed for their first full length entitled “Blackened Sky”, which was released in 2013 and it’s the first release that included new guitarist A.
Currently Beyond Life is working on two new black metal and post metal albums, alongside with few smaller releases.
Discography:
2010 – Three Steps of Human Life (demo)
2011 – Prayers of Madness and Grief (EP)
2011 – Wastelands (EP)
2011 – Ravens (EP)
2012 – Everything Dies (EP)
2013 – Blackened Sky (full length)
2014 – Mors malum non est, sola ius aequum generis humani (Demo)
2015 – Melodies Of Sorrow (split)
‘Melodies Of Sorrow’ Split CD With Gurthang And Beyond Life Arrived: Pre-orders Start Tomorrow
Release date Tuesday July 14
6-panel digipak.
$8.00 pre-orders start tomorrow, Saturday July 11. The price will be $10.00 after July 13.
Presently, Beyond Life’s track “Heavy Rain” is playing at Puregrainaudio.com
GURTHANG was founded by A.Z.V. on 8th January 2010 as one-man death/doom project.
In 2011 bassist Stormalv and keyboardist Sam joined the band. In this lineup group released their first EP and debut album “Desolated in Darkness”. At that time, Gurthang’s music turned into darker, more desolate regions of doom.
The Year 2012 brought another lineup change – keyboardist Demon ov Darkness joined the band to release their second long-play entitled “Infinite Void” and another EP “Forgotten Deity”.
Third album, released in 2013 marked leaving funeral style and going deeper into blacker spaces.
However not for long, because group’s 4th record entitled “I Will Not Serve” brought music more powerful, full of anger, yet still in the blackened doom vein.
Discography:
2011 – Gurthang EP
2011 – Desolated in Darkness (full length)
2012 – Forgotten Deity EP
2012 – Infinite Void (full length)
2013 – Excruciato Anima Immortali (full length)
2015 – I Will Not Serve (full length)
Material presented on the split has been recorded by A.Z.V. back in 2013, and floats around black/death metal style with some industrial touches. Low tuned guitars, powerfull riffs and distorted vocals.
GURTHANG Facebook
GURTHANG Bandcamp
BEYOND LIFE was created in 2009 by G.H. In the beginning it was solo dark ambient project, however it changed in 2010 when M. and N.W. joined the group.
At that time the first demo “Three Steps of Human Life” was recorded. It combined DSBM with dark ambient.
Year 2011 was a breakthrough, when EP “Prayers of Madness and Grief” was released. It was ritual dark ambient combined with heavy, improvised guitars and screams of V.O.S.
The same year brought another EP “Wastelands” presenting post-apocalyptical dark ambient side of band and showing the direction the group chosed for their first full length entitled “Blackened Sky”, which was released in 2013 and it’s the first release that included new guitarist A.
Currently Beyond Life is working on two new black metal and post metal albums, alongside with few smaller releases.
Discography:
2010 – Three Steps of Human Life (demo)
2011 – Prayers of Madness and Grief (EP)
2011 – Wastelands (EP)
2011 – Ravens (EP)
2012 – Everything Dies (EP)
2013 – Blackened Sky (full length)
2014 – Mors malum non est, sola ius aequum generis humani (Demo)
2015 – Melodies Of Sorrow (split)
The Gurthang Interview On Occult Black Metal Zine
The Full Interview on Occult Black Metal Zine
1. Can you give us an update on what has been going on with the band since the recording of the new split?
The music for this split has been recorded back in autumn 2013 so there’s been quite a lot going on since then. We’ve recorded and released our 4th album entitled “I Will Not Serve” this year. Also another split should be released within months, with Ukrainian band Moloch. It includes a b-side track from aforementioned album. We’ve also changed the lineup a bit, Turenn became our new drummer and we’ve started working on some new material together.
2. You have a split album coming out this July, how would you describe the musical sound that is presented on the recording and also how does it differ from the stuff you have released in the past?
The musical sound differs from all of our material. Previous works were focused on funeral doom or black metal style. The music I wrote for this album wasn’t supposed to be released anywhere until G.H. heard it and persuaded me into releasing it on split as Gurthang. Material on the split is more death or even blackened death oriented. It’s more similiar to our latest album, however it has much more industrial touches, and the sound is noisy, harsh and raw.
3. What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?
It depends on the time in my life when I wrote those lyrics. Older lyrics were much more depressive and dark. Later they evolved into something more powerful, they’re more personal, deeper yet they’re still quite dark, but in a different way. I was always inspired by works of H. P. Lovecraft, and that’s also type of “doom” that I often include in my lyrics, but I’m giving them more personal view. They’re usually not just about one thing. There’s much more in every single song than it’s possible to hear at one single spin.
4. Originally the band started out as a solo project, what was the decision behind forming a full line up?
When I started the band, it was just a side-project. At that time my main band and main focus was Cosmic Despair, and Gurthang was just something else I did in the meantime. After we recorded debut album and before it’s been released, we decided that Cosmic Despair will disband and that we’re not going to do anything more with it, so I asked Stormalv and Sam to participate in recording sessions for new Gurthang releases, because this “project”, as I wouldn’t call it a band at that time, was getting more and more important to me. I started calling it a band when we were recording our third album, “Excruciato Anima Immortali”, beacuse that was the time that I let everyone arrange their own parts. Before that I was telling everyone what exactly I wanted them to play. After I let everyone do their own in composing area it turned out this was the best possible decision. Everyone does their best to make their parts as good as possible and I just control if it goes in the direction that I want it to go. And so far I didn’t have to ask anyone to rearrange their parts.
5. I know that the bands name came from the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, how does this name fit in with the musical style that you play?
Gurthang was the sword of Turin, it was a witness of its master’s disaster, madness and failure. It was a blade that took away his life. This story reflects into lyrical themes of our band. It’s about insanity, despair, self-destruction and suicide. You can find all those elements in some of our songs.
6. So far the band has yet to do a live show, are there any plans for any shows in the future?
No, there are no plans for that. Maybe someday, but definitely not now. It’s impossible to arrange, as all of us live in different places, we all have our jobs and responsibilities. I can’t expect everyone in the band to leave their lives and do a tour. I’ve had an idea to organize one show in my town, with different people, but I just didn’t feel like it would be Gurthang anymore so I gave it up.
7. You are on a split with ‘Beyond Life’ a band that shares 2 of the same members, how would you sat their musical style differs from the one that is presented with ‘Gurthang’?
Beyond Life performs completely different style of music that Gurhang. While Gurthang is more doom/black oriented, Beyond Life is much more about improvisation, experimenting and emotions coming from the music than the music itself. Keep in mind, that it evolved from dark ambient genre which has its own rules and reasons. Also I am not in charge of Beyond Life, I joined it long time after the band was formed. G.H. joined Gurthang some time later, first as rhythm guitarist, but now he’s in charge of ambient parts we use in our music. Basically saying, in Beyond Life I’m just doing what I’m asked to do. Of course, if you listen carefully you’ll find some similarities in my songwriting, but for me it’s just two different things.
8. On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by fans of black and doom metal?
I’d say we get a great feedback and interest from different places in the world. Definitely much bigger that we’d expect. I remember when I was looking for a label to release our third album and I wrote to some Japanese label. I’m still surprised that they’ve already knew who we were. Although we didn’t have much promotion at that time. Sometimes I get messages or emails from people around the world saying that they bought our CD and they really liked it – and that’s always great to hear. In the beginning I didn’t mean to make Gurthang recognized or famous, and I still don’t care that much about it. We did it for ourselves, but it’s always great to hear that somebody somewhere likes it and wants to hear some more.
9. What is going on with some of the other bands or musical projects these days that some of the band members are a part of?
Two years ago Stormalv recorded an album with Syrian gothic band Ecliptic Dawn, who’s ran by our first keyboardist. He also had some solo projects I don’t know much about it. Vojfrost keeps running his both projects, atmospheric black Voin Grim, which is also the reason I got to know him and folk Voin. Tureen keeps playing with his band Unbowed and has a couple of more projects going on I think. Me and G.H. have a couple of side projects going on. The biggest one is Beyond Life of course, but there’s also Czarna Rozpacz, about which you should hear some more in the near future. I also perform vocals in Polish black metal band Man o’Moon Faces.
10. Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
We will go more into maybe a bit simplier but definitely deeper and more complex sound, it’s hard to explain. We have a concept and a couple of new songs written, and we will see how it ends up. I really can’t say anything more about it right now.
11. What are some of the bands or musical styles that have had an influence on your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
Biggest impact on our music had Finnish doom metal band Dolorian, which I’m a huge fan of. Of course it would be a crime if I didn’t mention the masters of Thergothon. But apart from that we listen to and get inspired by some music that’s not related to metal, for example Pink Floyd, which I consider as the greatest band of all time, Dead Can Dance or some classical music, like Wagner, Chopin or Beethoven. As for now apart from what I’ve already mentioned, I’m getting more into some Polish post-black and recently I’ve returned to some funeral doom bands that I haven’t listened to for quite a long time.
12. Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
Support the underground, there are lots of great bands that are still there undiscovered and waiting for their moment. Thanks for the interview!
Beyond Life’s “Heavy Rain” Now Streaming At Puregrainaudio.com
“Heavy Rain”, from the upcoming (July 14) split with Gurthang (‘Melodies Of Sorrow’) is now streaming at Puregrainaudio.com: Heavy Rain Stream
BEYOND LIFE was created in 2009 by G.H. In the beginning it was solo dark ambient project, however it changed in 2010 when M. and N.W. joined the group.
At that time the first demo “Three Steps of Human Life” was recorded. It combined DSBM with dark ambient.
Year 2011 was a breakthrough, when EP “Prayers of Madness and Grief” was released. It was ritual dark ambient combined with heavy, improvised guitars and screams of V.O.S.
The same year brought another EP “Wastelands” presenting post-apocalyptical dark ambient side of band and showing the direction the group chosed for their first full length entitled “Blackened Sky”, which was released in 2013 and it’s the first release that included new guitarist A.
Currently Beyond Life is working on two new black metal and post metal albums, alongside with few smaller releases.
Songs on the split have been recorded between 2013 and 2014. It’s weird, 20 minute journey showing different style of Beyond Life, from cold industrial, through mixtrure of black metal and noise, to jazz.
Discography:
2010 – Three Steps of Human Life (demo)
2011 – Prayers of Madness and Grief (EP)
2011 – Wastelands (EP)
2011 – Ravens (EP)
2012 – Everything Dies (EP)
2013 – Blackened Sky (full length)
2014 – Mors malum non est, sola ius aequum generis humani (Demo)
2015 – Melodies Of Sorrow (split)
BEYOND LIFE Facebook
BEYOND LIFE Youtube
GURTHANG was founded by A.Z.V. on 8th January 2010 as one-man death/doom project.
In 2011 bassist Stormalv and keyboardist Sam joined the band. In this lineup group released their first EP and debut album “Desolated in Darkness”. At that time, Gurthang’s music turned into darker, more desolate regions of doom.
The Year 2012 brought another lineup change – keyboardist Demon ov Darkness joined the band to release their second long-play entitled “Infinite Void” and another EP “Forgotten Deity”.
Third album, released in 2013 marked leaving funeral style and going deeper into blacker spaces.
However not for long, because group’s 4th record entitled “I Will Not Serve” brought music more powerful, full of anger, yet still in the blackened doom vein.
Discography:
2011 – Gurthang EP
2011 – Desolated in Darkness (full length)
2012 – Forgotten Deity EP
2012 – Infinite Void (full length)
2013 – Excruciato Anima Immortali (full length)
2015 – I Will Not Serve (full length)
2015 – Melodies Of Sorrow (split)
Material presented on the split has been recorded by A.Z.V. back in 2013, and floats around black/death metal style with some industrial touches. Low tuned guitars, powerfull riffs and distorted vocals.
GURTHANG Facebook
GURTHANG Bandcamp
