MORK
Dypet (silver vinyl)

Dopo l'EP ""Pesta"" del 2020, giustamente intitolato, i norvegesi Mork riprendono la loro ascesa tra i ranghi della scena BLACK METAL scandinava con il quinto capitolo, ""Katedralen"", avventurandosi sempre più lontano dalle primitive fondamenta dei primi Darkthrone, pur mantenendo viva la fiamma cupa della vecchia scuola nel suo DNA. “Katedralen” è senza dubbio il lavoro più completo dei Mork fino ad oggi, spingendo nuove frontiere creative con un approccio più dinamico alla composizione delle canzoni e un'ampiezza estesa ai riff e alle melodie, tessendo un nuovo capolavoro di groove, durezza, grandiosità, tristezza, bellezza e potenza. “Katedralen” è stato eseguito, registrato e mixato dal leader Thomas Eriksen, con il mastering ancora una volta effettuato da Jack Control a Enormous Door (Darkthrone). L'album include anche notevoli apparizioni di Nocturno Culto dei compagni di etichetta Darkthrone, Dolk dei connazionali Kampfar, e infine Eero Pöyry dei maestri del doom Skepticism. L'artwork adeguatamente oscuro appare ancora una volta per gentile concessione del riverito artista francese David Thiérrée. Un album assolutamente imperdibile per i fan di Darkthrone, Taake, Burzum, Kampfar, Craft, Satyricon, Sarke e Aura Noir!"

‘Den Svevende Festning’ features six tracks and over 32 minutes of raw and atmospheric Norwegian black metal, most notably containing exclusive and unreleased material recorded during the ‘Katedralen’ album sessions, in the shape of the title track (also the theme for the cover image, an old drawing of Fredriksten Fortress in Eriksen’s home-town of Halden), and ‘Ormtunge’. Side A is completed by the alternate arrangement of the track ‘Født Til Å Herske’, previously only available digitally. Side B contains a selection of live tracks from Mork’s recent shows, featuring a series of tracks from the ‘Katedralen’ opus.

A DEEP, INNOVATIVE & ECLECTIC CONCOCTION OF NORTHERN MAJESTY, FOR THE SEVENTH STUDIO OPUS IN THE MORK SAGA, AS THE BAND MARKS THE MILESTONE OF TWENTY YEARS OF EXISTENCE.

Following on from mastermind Thomas Eriksen’s self-titled Udåd project debut earlier this year; a dark release which explored the more underground & murkier-sounding waters of primitive black metal from a by-gone era, ‘Syv’ emerges as the new pinnacle of Mork’s and Eriksen’s ever-evolving journey, as well as a creative expansion both sonically & compositionally over all prior works.

A DEEP, INNOVATIVE & ECLECTIC CONCOCTION OF NORTHERN MAJESTY, FOR THE SEVENTH STUDIO OPUS IN THE MORK SAGA, AS THE BAND MARKS THE MILESTONE OF TWENTY YEARS OF EXISTENCE.

Following on from mastermind Thomas Eriksen’s self-titled Udåd project debut earlier this year; a dark release which explored the more underground & murkier-sounding waters of primitive black metal from a by-gone era, ‘Syv’ emerges as the new pinnacle of Mork’s and Eriksen’s ever-evolving journey, as well as a creative expansion both sonically & compositionally over all prior works.