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Depressive Black Metal outfit Ghost Bath return from touring Europe and North America in support of Starmourner (2017) and the vice-like grip of the pandemic with striking new album, Self Loather. In many ways, Self Loather, the group’s 4th album, represents Ghost Bath’s forward trajectory (musical) and continued exploration of antipathy of the self (lyrical), but unlike any album before it and as the final piece in the Moonlover-Starmourner-Self Loather triptych, it’s the group’s most destructive yet contemplative record to date. While that might have something to do with everyone contributing - though founding member Dennis Mikula remains the visionary core - the unquestionable allure of Self Loather is its songs. From the raw strength of opening track “Convince Me to Bleed” and the melancholy of the strings/piano-driven “Sanguine Mask” to the grandiose horror of “Hide from the Sun” and the slow-burn groove of “Unbearable,” this is Ghost Bath at their creative best

Collector's Edition in 4-panel Digipack with 8-page booklet, limited to 500 copies.

'Kingdom of Misery' is a reflection of the world we live in today.

A world drowning in fear, agony, suffering and decay.

A society imprisoned by the deception of their own minds.

Consumed by the falseness of one's own egotistical agenda.

We watch hopelessly as our planet deteriorates before our eyes.

Track 1. From Nattens Madrigal off Vargnatt 1993 demo.
Track 2. From A Memorable Fancy Plates 21-22 off Themes from Wiliam Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell 1998.
Track 3. From Silence teaches you how to sing off Silence teaches you how to sing ep 2001. Mixed in Oslo and Bergen Dec. 2002
Track 4. Off Lyckantropen Themes 2002. Mixed in France Oct. 2002.
Track 5. From Lost in moments off Perdition City 2000. Mixed in Stovner, Oslo Sept. 2002.
Track 6. From The Voice of the Devil off Themes from Wiliam Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell 1998. Bogdan recommends: Cut thinly one medium sized potato and fry in pan with olive oil. Once browned, sprinkle chopped basil and curry powder until smiling. Eat well.
Track 7. From Speak dead speaker off Silencing the singing ep 2001. Made in Wallpaper 2002
Track 8. From Not saved off Silencing the singing ep 2001. Produced and remixed at the Neotropic Media Center. UK 2002. Publ.: Big Orange Cat Music.
Track 9. Various off Perdition City 2000 with samples from renaissance string remake off Nattens Madrigal. Made in Adam's big house, Bruxelles, Belgium 2002. Publ.: BMI.
Track 10. Various off Perdition City 2000. Recorded at Friseur Julie, Austria Nov. 2002. Publ.: Touchmusic [mcps].
Track 11. Various off Perdition City 2000. Publ.: Mego
Track 12.Various off Bergtatt 1994. Mixed in Oslo and Trondheim Nov. 2002.
Track 13. Various off Nattens Madrigal 1996. Publ.: V/Vm Test.
Track 14. Various off Bergtatt 1994 and Nattens Madrigal 1996. Recorded and mixed in bedroom, Tokyo Oct. 2002. Publ.: Merzbow

The heathens of Kampfar give us yet another black metal masterpiece, following up the success of Mare and Djevelmakt.
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CURRENT REPRESS

2018 re-release in black gatefold vinyl by AOP Records.
Artworks are done from the original photo used on the highly limited digipack from 2012