NECHOCHWEN - Kanawha Black · CD

Jewelcase CD with 12 page booklet.

About the album

Nechochwen is an artistic force dedicated to preserving the past through sound. With "Kanawha Black", the West Virginia duo delves deeper into the folklore, war, and generational wisdom of Appalachia, transforming history into music that is both urgent and timeless. This is an album shaped by the land itself – its rivers and ridgelines, its battles and buried secrets, its ghosts and forgotten voices. Melding intricate folk passages with the might of black metal, "Kanawha Black" is a work of contrasts: the tangible and the spectral, history and legend, past and present.

The doomed last stand of Chief Cornstalk in "I Can Die But Once" and the ancestral scars of "Generations of War" stand alongside the mythic – the great horned serpent of "The Murky Deep", strange omens of "Visions, Dreams, and Signs", and meditative moments like "A Cure for the Winter Plagues", a tribute to nature’s quiet resilience. The further one listens, the more these lines blur until history and folklore become one. More than an album,"Kanawha Black" is a testament to Appalachian customs' unbroken lineage. With this reissue through Nordvis – now available on CD for the first time – its themes remain vital as ever.

Track listing

1. The Murky Deep
2. I Can Die But Once
3. Generations of War
4. Visions,Dreams,and Signs
5. A Cure for Winter Plagues
6. Eastern Hemlock Medicine Song (Bonus Track)
7. Across The Divide (Acoustic Version) (Bonus Track)

Manufacturer: Nordvis Produktion, Garvaregatan 6, 93332 Arvidsjaur, Sweden, Contact: www.nordvis.com