Norwegian black metal band NEKYIAN will release their debut album, "Impure Stargazing", on December 9 via Terratur Possessions. The record is coming out on CD and vinyl LP, with worldwide distribution handled by Amor Fati Productions.
NEKYIAN hail from Trondheim, the city behind much of Terratur's catalog, and the label points to the band's deep ties to its roster. Terratur sells the album as relentless, scourging and transcendental black metal: unsettling, straight to the point and played with the gloves off. In the label's words, in a scene that is losing itself to outside factors, it is a breath of fresh air to get a proper punch in the face again. The album's motto is a single line: "Sin begets sin begets sin begets sin."
The artwork and the band logo are by Metastazis, the Paris design studio behind a long line of black metal covers.
"Impure Stargazing" runs six tracks, from the four-minute opener "Hemlock" to the eight-and-a-half-minute "Hevn" ("revenge" in Norwegian), and closes with the short "Majestic Desolate Being".
"Impure Stargazing" tracklist:
- Hemlock
- Hykler
- Timeless and Unbound
- Impure Stargazing
- Hevn
- Majestic Desolate Being
Label: Terratur Possessions