No Clean Singing premieres the next single from the project, featuring anonymous musicians from long-running and acclaimed black metal bands. Debut album A Darkness of the Ancient Past to be released 30 September. Pre-order available via Cult Never Dies.
Mysterious black metal project Achathras has unveiled the third track off its forthcoming debut album A Darkness of the Ancient Past, which will be released on 30th September through Cult Never Dies. The new single “Emanation of Chaos” has been premiered via the esteemed metal portal No Clean Singing.
Listen to “Emanation of Chaos” over on their site
“Emanation of Chaos” follows the previously released singles “Anointed With Moonfire” (YouTube, Spotify) and “The Despiser Triumphant” (YouTube, Spotify) and showcases the project’s embrace of the genre’s golden era: the early to late-90s European black metal sound.
While many newer bands claim to draw upon “true” and “old school” black metal, this often involves recycling the template set by the same three or four early 90s Norwegian acts. With A Darkness of the Ancient Past, Achathras instead offer a much broader embrace of those glory years, resurrecting the values of the early to late 1990s European black metal scene, a period when aggressive riffs, atmospheric songwriting, caustic vocals, and otherworldly synth work provided an alternative to the mainstream.
The band’s debut album can be described as epic and, at times, melodic. The songwriting recalls acts such as early Gehenna, Odium, Emperor, Hecate Enthroned, Obtained Enslavement, Taake, Old Man’s Child, Ancient, Dimmu Borgir, Abigor, Covenant, Forefather and Mork Gryning.
Achathras features anonymous musicians from acclaimed and long-running black metal acts.
A Darkness of the Ancient Past is available to pre-order now via Cult Never Dies (UK & ROW store / EU store).
