photo by Blanka Slana Heine
(written by Islander)
The Slovenian black/death metal band Cvinger will have a new album named Rites ov Flesh released on August 20th by Void Wanderer Productions. It adds to a discography that began to take shape in 2013 and now includes three previous albums and a few shorter releases. Void Wanderer provides this advance description about the new record’s themes:
On the new album, Cvinger is deeply exploring the ritualistic and spiritual practices found within the left-hand path traditions of Slavic and Indian nomadic tribes. The album delves into themes of inner transformation and sacrifice—not physical, but spiritual—through meditation, spiritual visualization, extreme fasting, the use of so-called sacred plants, and the exploration of Aghori sexual rites as symbolic acts of transcendence.
Rites ov Flesh includes nine songs, each of them identified as a “Rite”, and today we’re premiering a lyric video for the third of those — “RITE III – Mass Incineration for the Divine Resurrection“.
Based on the name of this Rite you would expect incinerating music and blasphemous lyrics, and you won’t be disappointed. Lyrically, the song imagines the mass cremation of deluded believers in livid detail, and an even more horrid path forward, with the words viciously howled with cruel intensity. Musically, the song mounts a furious assault.
The drums methodically hammer, spit bullets at merciless speed, and quickly execute acrobatic fills. The fleet-fingered bass ruinously rumbles and thunders. And the layered guitars generate feverishly roiling and savagely eviscerating experiences, with a shrill lead guitar spiraling high in manifestations of searing derangement.
The high-speed drum variations provide an exhilarating element of dynamism, but Cvinger never pull back from the firebrand fury of the riffing, which creates non-stop mayhem and madness — violent and breathtaking chaos captured in sound. No doubt, the song will also ignite a mosh pit whenever it’s played live. Gulp some air and press Play below.
CVINGER LINEUP:
Lucerus: vocals
Morgoth: Drums
Nord slayer: guitar
Ichor: Guitar
Corvus: Bass
Rites ov Flesh was recorded at Studio 369, and it was mixed and mastered by Tim Draksler. The cover art was created by Dhomth Art.
Void Wanderer will release the album on vinyl LP and CD formats and recommends it for fans of Gorgoroth, 1349, Kampfar, and Morbid Angel. Pre-orders can be placed now:
PRE-ORDER:
LP: https://voidwanderer.com/product/cvinger-rites-ov-flesh-lp-preorder/
CD: https://voidwanderer.com/product/cvinger-rites-ov-flesh/
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