Nachtmystium - Nightfall

Today I got a bit inspired to listen to a "Skull", what skull, you say, yes it is so that there is a blog, where an amazing artist "Slusk" who paints a "skull" of the week, and this week he has been extra good and painted three skulls.

The first skull is one of the band "Death In June" uses.

The second is from Agoraphobic Nosebleeds EP "A Clockwork Sodom."

The third skull is from Nachtmysiums Assassins: Black Meddle, Part 1, which also is a band that we pick today's tune.

Nachtmystium is an American psychedelic black metal band formed by Blake Judd, formerly known as Azentrius, and Pat McCormick. The band's name is derived from the German word Nacht meaning "night", and the made-up term mystium which resembles the Latin adjective mysticum. Judd and McCormick combined the words to create the band's name, which they state means "Encompassing Darkness."

Todays tune "Nightfall" is taken from the fifth full-length album "Addicts: Black Meddle, Pt. II"  It was released on June 8, 2010.

Todays clip is Live in Englewood, CO - Feb. 18th, 2011



A little story:

At the Georgia Scion Rock Fest on Saturday February 28, 2009, Nachtmystium was forced to cancel at the request of the festival's promoters, and sponsors, Toyota, on Tuesday February 23, 2008 due to an unnamed source, who believed the group was a "Nazi" band. Judd promptly released a statement after the incident, stating, "We will be taking legal action against the people who slandered us in this situation, and in the future will file defamation / slander charges against any person or organization who attempts to prevent us from performing anywhere, especially in the United States. So - let it be known loud and clear for the LAST TIME, we ARE NOT a Nazi band, ARE NOT political, are certainly NOT racists and DO NOT support that world or any band, person or business affiliated with it." He also apologized to Nachtmystium fans who traveled to the concert to support the band.


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Official Nachtmystium Web
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High Spirits - Full Power

 

High Spirits is a High-Energy Rock band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 2009. "Another Night" is the "proper first album" that was released in the end of last year. The "first non proper album" selftitled "the white album" was only a collection of demos of the very beginning. High Spirits is a band that actually just have one member, Chris Black (Nachtmystium, Dawnbringer), plays bass and sings. The rest of the band is comprised of live members.

Another Nights sound like you would expect from a Heavy Metal (Hard Rock) band in the early eighties, a straight forward rock with all the traditional early foundation. If you are into early Hard Rock or NWOBHM then this is something for you, check it up! And hell yes, it's released on Vinyl! (The Vinyl Version, HRR 191, limited to 750 copies, 250 x solid purple + 500 x black vinyl, lyric sleeve, poster)

Todays tune "Full Power" is taken from album Another Night, released 2011




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Official High Spirits MySpace
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Listen to ”High Spirits - Full Power" on Spotify here!

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