AN NCS PREMIERE: KA’APER — “A REASON TO GO INSANE”

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May 292026
 

(written by Islander)

For the second year in a row we’re premiering a song by Ka’aper, a collective of musicians who now call Cyprus their home. It is happening for a second year in a row because Ka’aper have quickly followed their 2025 debut album While Flows the Nile with a second album titled When Gods Walked the Earth that’s set for release on June 12th by Satanath Records.

As described by the label, the new album encompasses “ten heavy and melodic stories about life and death, love and betrayal, the fleeting and the eternal,” moving “between visions of ancient mythology and reflections on the present day seen through its prism.”

For those visitors here who are familiar with While Flows the Nile, the new album includes similar musical ingredients, but with further variations and iterations. Some might call it melodic death metal, some might use the more amorphous term “dark metal”, but it’s probably better for us to use the song we’re premiering today as a more concrete representation of Ka’aper’s musical proclivities. Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: KA’APER — “EYES OF KA’APER”

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Apr 102025
 

(written by Islander)

Today we encounter once again the term “dark metal“, which is how two labels are describing a debut album they’re releasing from the Cypriot band Ka’aper. It is one of the most amorphous genre descriptions you can find in the realms of metal, most often used (it seems) when none of the other more established and more descriptive labels fit very well, even the multiply-hyphenated ones.

What it means in the case of Ka’aper and their first full-length While Flows The Nile is a subject we’ll explore today through our premiere of a song from the album named “Eyes Of Ka’aper“. But first, a bit of background about what has motivated the band. Continue reading »