US black metal innovators Nachtmystium
The band commented:
“The song A Slow Decay deals with the disintegration of society that is going on all around us”, mastermind Blake Judd muses. “It does not even matter which side you are on. We are all being played.”
About the upcoming album:
With their ninth studio album Blight Privilege, Nachtmystium are once again presenting a masterpiece that can even compete with the trilogy of albums that many view as the peak of the earlier career of the American black metal (USBM) trailblazers: Instinct: Decay (2006), Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. I (2008), and Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. II (2010). Like an infernal sniper, every song on Blight Privilege hits straight on target. All the darkest elements, required and longed for, are there: harsh, rasping vocals, the fierce hum and whirr of guitars burning with an ice cold fire, moments of ecstatic and exalted beauty in hellish soundscapes.
Yet, there are still those fine details the musically well-versed Judd has always cunningly hidden in the general sonic onslaught! Such as post-punk and wave elements, and now even a knife-tip of outlaw country. Blight Privilege connects the band to its glory-days! Not as a nostalgic reminiscence, but as a forward-looking continuation and next evolutionary step. If anything, this ninth album is marked by a maturity derived from experience and learning. Judd‘s often diabolically catchy tunes are sharper than ever and have lost none of their bite.
Tracklist
1. Survivors Remorse
2. Predator Phoenix
3. A Slow Decay
4. Conquistador
5. Blind Spot
6. The Arduous March
7. Blight Privilege
Blake Judd – vocals, guitars, keyboards, all compositions, lyrics
Guest contributions
Matt Thomas – console steel guitar, additional guitar solos
Ken Sorceron – bass guitar
Francesco Miatto – drums
Andrew Marksuzewski – about half of the lyrics
