AN NCS PREMIERE: GVORN — “NECROMANTIC DREAM”

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May 062025
 

(written by Islander)

Roughly three years on from their debut album Keeper of Grief, the Russian band Gvorn will have a new EP named Lovecromancy released on May 13th by Satanath Records. It reflects a change in the band’s stylistic creativity as compared to that first full-length, a change heralded by the EP’s ghastly cover art.

While the debut of this group from Yekaterinburg included ingredients of funeral doom, they have mostly put those aside in favor of traditions of old school death/doom. But in case you assume they are merely plodding along in well-worn ruts, you will learn differently when you hear “Necromantic Dream“, the song we’re premiering today from the new EP. Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: GVORN — “DEMONS IN ME LAUGH”

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Apr 012022
 

 

The Russian band Gvorn have made their home in the towering black castle of death-doom. They have become very comfortable there, confidently settling into a place that harbors discomfort and downfall.

The first single from their debut album Keeper of Grief showed just how comfortable and self-assured they have become. “Sounds From the Crypt” rings and rumbles, like the sounds of eerie celestial bells chiming and swirling over a monstrously heavy machine crossing a landscape of skulls. Commanding roars utter dismal proclamations from a deep abyss as the rhythm section slowly stomps and crushes and the chords wail and moan.

Agony spreads from the music like viscous leaking blood, but the band also create visions of cold, imperious cruelty and of soaring but chilling splendor and lonely grief. In its closing minutes, accompanied by the sharp crack of the snare, it becomes vast and utterly spellbinding. Continue reading »