Imagine my giddiness this morning when not one, not two, but three of my favorite metal acts have put forward new material! I'm a little late to the party with the new Solstafir song 'Lágnætti', which debuted a few days ago via SoundCloud, but 'Lágnætti' is just as beautiful and emotional as you'd expect from the band at this point. The song revolves around a heart-wrenching, minimalist piano until the song's three minute mark, when droning post-metal elements make their return. It sounds almost as though the band are using an E-bow at times, and as the song crescendoes, the piano making a return, I can't help but get more excited for Otta. Stream 'Lágnætti' via Terrorizer here.
Otta will be released via Season of Mist on September 2nd.
Arkansas' Pallbearer, two years after their monolithic debut full-length Sorrow & Extinction are gearing up for their newest release Foundations of Burden, which will be released this August via Profound Lore. I was lucky enough to see the band play 'The Ghost I Used To Be' live with Deafheaven a few weeks ago (to a crowd of apathetic hipsters, but I digress), and the band have debuted the track for everyone to hear. 'Ghost' maintains Pallbearer's mighty traditional doom riffing, interspersed with sparkling psychedelic solos, and in its latter minutes moves into a moodier, more subdued passage. As with everything else the band have debuted, it's well-worth a listen if only for its sheer intricacy. Foundations of Burden will be released via Profound Lore on August 19th via Profound Lore.
You can stream 'The Ghost I Used to Be' below:
Lastly, and ironically enough the shortest song, Wolves in the Throne Room have debuted a new song from their upcoming EP Celestite, entitled 'Initiation at Neudeg Alm'. At a little over five minutes, 'Initiation' seems a much more straightforward thought, veering between thick, stormy guitars that Greg Anderson would salivate over and ritualistic synths that add more color. Nevertheless, 'Initiation' remains just as cosmic and trance-inducing as Wolves in the Throne Room's previous black metal material - and the addition of distorted guitars contributes heavily to this. Celestite will be released via the band's own Artemisia Records on July 9th.
Stream 'Initiation at Neudeg Alm' below:
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