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After more than eleven years since the release of Enthroned Is the Night, the legendary beast of Demoncy rears its ugly head once more—in league with Dark Descent Records—and perhaps at the top of its malevolent powers. Led by illustrious founder Ixithra, upcoming fifth album Black Star Gnosis is a true testament to constancy and vision in the name of evil. With this new offering, Demoncy deliver the record most sonically akin to 1999’s Joined In Darkness since the turn of the century. The primitive reverb-laden production seamlessly complements the songcraft of unfathomable darkness, resulting in an inimitable hellish soundscape unique to Demoncy alone. The crushing compositions are accompanied by a commanding subterranean bass frequency, as well as Ixithra’s uniquely coarse vocal performances—which also bear a striking resemblance to the second album. Having formed in 1989, Demoncy are among the eldest US black metal bands in existence.
After more than eleven years since the release of Enthroned Is the Night, the legendary beast of Demoncy rears its ugly head once more—in league with Dark Descent Records—and perhaps at the top of its malevolent powers. Led by illustrious founder Ixithra, upcoming fifth album Black Star Gnosis is a true testament to constancy and vision in the name of evil. With this new offering, Demoncy deliver the record most sonically akin to 1999’s Joined In Darkness since the turn of the century. The primitive reverb-laden production seamlessly complements the songcraft of unfathomable darkness, resulting in an inimitable hellish soundscape unique to Demoncy alone. The crushing compositions are accompanied by a commanding subterranean bass frequency, as well as Ixithra’s uniquely coarse vocal performances—which also bear a striking resemblance to the second album. Having formed in 1989, Demoncy are among the eldest US black metal bands in existence.
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While the word “evil” is used in nearly every description or review of every metal record, in the case of Demoncy’s classic “Joined in Darkness” album, there is simply no more appropriate adjective to describe the sounds within. From the ominous intro track entitled “Hymn to the Ancients” to the melancholic chord progressions of “The Ode to Eternal Darkness,” this album distills evil into its most elemental forms. “Joined in Darkness” also stands out as one of the comparatively few highly successful albums written and executed by a lone musician. For Demoncy, that musician is the enigmatic entity known as Ixithra. While the vast majority of “one-man projects” fall limp, there are some, such as “Joined in Darkness”-era Demoncy, that achieve a sound every bit as powerful as could be attained by a full line up. It could convincingly be argued that the solitary nature of Demoncy lends to the desolate and alien atmosphere that “Joined in Darkness” evokes. Even the use of a drum machine on this album (before the drum machine became the subject of nearly universal derision) enhances the inhumanly cold feeling of the music. This is representative of Ixithra’s tendency to employ only the simplest tools, but to extract from them their maximum potential. The riffs and song structures, while basic, are executed with precision and exactness. The songwriting evinces a truly visionary ability to piece together instruments and riffs in a masterfully dark manner. Ixithra demonstrates his unique ability to generate fast, low-end minor key melodies that crash suddenly into walls of blackened doom on tracks such as “Winter Bliss” and “The Dawn of Eternal Damnation.” In doing so, “Joined in Darkness” emerges as a harrowing manifestation of the psychosis of possession–perfectly capturing the morbid ecstasy of blasphemic and profane wisdom in the service of infinite evil. “Joined in Darkness” has long been among the most highly regarded works of U.S. Black Metal. As such, this dismal opus should be easily available to all adherents of evil. NWN! is honored to present this new vinyl edition of this highly respected work and to continue the proliferation of Demoncy’s pernicious curses upon the pious.
Joined In Darkness, the time has come yet again for the rise of Demoncy. Stronger than ever they summon the power of darkness. Raising The banner of dark black metal again where so many have forgot and left behind its essence. Will those once loyal followers of the black arts again be driven into blackness where they once dwelled? In complete ecstasy we will once again cower in wait, for the night to rear us another moonlit ritual. "Enthroned Is The Night" will bring back the essence of true black metal
