BRUME - Marten · HARDCOVER BOOK+CD

Jewelcase CD. “Spell Shock” is a blazing return for Portland Satanic Speed Metal invocators and provocateurs, BEWITCHER. In a decade of manifesting musical darkness and riding roughshod over the groundwork laid by Motörhead and Venom, BEWITCHER has proven itself one of the underground's most buzzed-about propositions, churning up the pavement with the likes of Cavalera, Municipal Waste and Creeping Death (to name a few). “Spell Shock” is where the threesome not only go back to throttle-down basics on tracks like the bombastic opener, "Starfire Maelstrom" but also revel in the rock with "Out Against the Law" or wax liturgical on the elegiac "We Die In Dust". This time, BEWITCHER enlisted none other than legendary guitarist, songwriter and metal-punk fanatic Lars Frederiksen (Rancid, Old Firm Casuals) to help conjure their hell-and-back chaos and the results are nothing short of furiously irrelevant and utterly unholy. Hellfire rarely sounds this good. Starfire Maelstrom 00:04:28 Lavish Desecration 00:03:18 Spell Shock 00:04:57 Out Against the Law 00:03:07 Dystopic Demonolatry 00:03:50 Seasons of Foul Harvest 00:04:27 We Die in Dust 00:04:26 The Harem Conspiracy 00:04:18 Pagan Shadows 00:01:50 Ride of the Ironfox 00:05:42 About the album Jewelcase CD Manufacturer: Century Media Records GmbH, Schäferstr. 33a, 44147 Dortmund, Germany, Contact: www.centurymedia.com

CD hardcover book (18x18 cm, 36 pages, front cover with UV spot varnish finishing) incl. preface by Raven van Dorst, essay, additional artwork and drafts by Metastazis, and additional photography. Everything flows, nothing ever stays the same. The same can be said about the third studio album of the fast-rising Dutch rock band DOOL. Aptly entitled "The Shape of Fluidity" there is not just musical innovation but the full-length revolves around themes of personal change, physical change, psychological change, and the ever-changing world around us. DOOL and particularly singer and guitarist Raven van Dorst ask questions: How does change affect us? How do we keep being ourselves in a world that is so incredibly demanding and aggressive towards the individual? We must be as fluid as water to navigate ourselves through this ocean of possibilities and uncertainties – and make peace with chaos and impermanence. Musically, DOOL continue on the path laid out on the two previous studio recordings of heartfelt rock music with added metal elements, while displaying a maturity and focus in songwriting that has grown out of experience. "The Shape of Fluidity" exhibits an eclectic yet seamless amalgamation of progressive and post-rock as well as doom and heavy metal in combination with an inherent catchiness and a dynamic backdrop. It is hardly surprising that the theme of the album that pitches the concept of identity against the backdrop of a world in constant flux connects the album's lyrics to the biography of lead vocalist Raven. Born intersex, doctors at the time assumed that they could surgically determine which kind of life the infant should lead and decided that the child should be a girl. This has led to a life full of soul searching, fighting taboos and breaking boundaries, until recently Raven decided to reclaim that which others have tried so hard to take away from them, and finally embrace their hermaphroditic nature. The band derived the name DOOL from the Dutch word for 'wandering'. When their debut album "Here Now, There Then" was released in 2017, it became an instant success. Their fresh and wild rock and metal sound received "Album of the Month" titles in the renowned German magazines Metal Hammer and Rock Hard as well as the "Best Debut Album 2017" award from the former, while Vice (US), Aardschok (NL), and De Volkskrant (NL) happily chimed in with heaping praise on the young Dutch band. With their sophomore full-length "Summerland" released in 2020, DOOL successfully exceeded the already sky-high expectations and scored even more "Album of the Month" awards in German Rock Hard (10/10) and Sonic Seducer magazines as well as #2 soundcheck positions in Metal.de, Metal Hammer (DE) and another #1 in the Polish edition – with a pile glowing reviews on both sides of the Atlantic. With "The Shape of Fluidity", DOOL offer so much more than just damn cool music. These extra dimensions of depth and meaning are all part of their unique appeal and come out clearly on the new album. May all those who wander gather under the fluid flag of DOOL! Tracklist: Venus in Flames Self-Dissect The Shape of Fluidity Currents Evil in You House of a Thousand Dreams Hermagorgon Hymn for a Memory Lost The Hand of Creation More about 'The Shape Of Fluidity' CD hardcover book (18x18 cm, 36 pages, front cover with UV spot varnish finishing) incl. preface by Raven van Dorst, essay, additional artwork and drafts by Metastazis, and additional photography Manufacturer: ProMedia GmbH, Im Gartenfeld 1, 54516 Flußbach, Germany, Contact: prophecy.de