BLACKBRAID Announces Los Angeles Album Release Show. The last chance to catch Blackbraid out West this year! ‘Blackbraid II’ is now available everywhere!
“To get right to it, Blackbraid II is an early contender for black metal record of the year… able to take the traditional sounds of black metal and then further shape and move them in a very distinct and novel direction.” – Metal Injection (10/10)
Nothing Less Booking & Night of the Palemoon presents “An evening celebration of ‘Blackbraid II’ with support from the Circle of Shadows.” Indigenous force Blackbraid will once again perform on Tongva territory bringing the true nature spirit of the lands. The performance will take place on Saturday, August 10, at 1720 in Los Angeles, CA and ticket pre-sales will be begin this Friday, July 14! This will be Blackbraid’s final West Coast performance of this year!
In addition, The raw melodic vampyric horde, Mäleficentt will perform ‘Night of Eternal Darkness’ it its entirety. Righteous pure and true Black Metal comradery, Gudsforladt, will make its live debut.
Join the band for a celebration of Black Metal magick, friendship, love and Indigenous might!
‘Blackbraid II’ can now be streamed everywhere or ordered via Bandcamp or The Official Blackbraid Merch Store.! The album will be available on CD as a 6-panel digi-sleeve, cassette, and two vinyl variants – a marbled emerald green “Moss” edition and golden/earth marbled “Spirit” edition.
Nothing Less Booking & Night of the Palemoon presents “An evening celebration of ‘Blackbraid II’ with support from the Circle of Shadows.” Indigenous force Blackbraid will once again perform on Tongva territory bringing the true nature spirit of the lands. The performance will take place on Saturday, August 10, at 1720 in Los Angeles, CA and ticket pre-sales will be begin this Friday, July 14! This will be Blackbraid’s final West Coast performance of this year!
In addition, The raw melodic vampyric horde, Mäleficentt will perform ‘Night of Eternal Darkness’ it its entirety. Righteous pure and true Black Metal comradery, Gudsforladt, will make its live debut.
Join the band for a celebration of Black Metal magick, friendship, love and Indigenous might!
‘Blackbraid II’ can now be streamed everywhere or ordered via Bandcamp or The Official Blackbraid Merch Store.! The album will be available on CD as a 6-panel digi-sleeve, cassette, and two vinyl variants – a marbled emerald green “Moss” edition and golden/earth marbled “Spirit” edition.
Blackbraidis a solo indigenous black metal project from from the depths of the Adirondack wilderness creating music as raw and powerful as the mountains from whence it came…
“…you can hear a delicately strummed acoustic guitar here, a traditional flute there. Catchy riffs, most notably on the single ‘The Spirit Returns,’ coexist with ambitious tracks like the 13-plus-minute ‘Moss Covered Bones on the Altar of the Moon,’ which waxes and wanes like an epic saga.” – The New York Times
“To get right to it, Blackbraid II is an early contender for black metal record of the year… able to take the traditional sounds of black metal and then further shape and move them in a very distinct and novel direction.” – Metal Injection (10/10)
“…one of the finest albums to grace black metal in years and you just get the feeling there is still more to come from this truly special band.” – Distorted Sound Magazine (10/10)
“Sgah’gahsowáh channels his heritage and love for the earth through his music, and with that, he also brings a certain energy that conjures up desert dunes and rolling planes from North America just as well as a Norwegian black metal band conjures up snowy, bleak hills.” – Metal Sucks (4.5/5)
“…forging a new path forward for black metal in 2023, one that will likely continue to set him apart from his contemporaries and become one of the biggest new faces in the genre for years to come.” – Heavy Music HQ (4.5/5)
‘Blackbraid II’ follows up the solo black metal project’s critically-acclaimed debut, which was named among one of the best metal albums if 2022 by Rolling Stone (#14), Decibel Magazine (#4), Metal Hammer UK (#7), and more!
‘Blackbraid II’ Track Listing:
01. Autumnal Hearts Ablaze (2:10)
02. The Spirit Returns (4:37) [WATCH]
03. The Wolf That Guides the Hunters Hand (7:34)
04. Spells of Moon and Earth (2:24)
05. Moss Covered Bones on the Altar of the Moon (13:30) [WATCH]
06. A Song of Death on Winds of Dawn (11:04)
07. Celestial Passage (2:24)
08. Twilight Hymn of Ancient Blood (6:59)
09. Sadness and the Passage of Time and Memory (7:02)
10 . A Fine Day to Die (8:15)Total Running Time: 65:59
Following the band’s album release show, Blackbraid will headline the Kaupangr stage at this year’s edition of the mighty Midgardsblot Festival in the Viking Gravemounds at Norway’s iconic Borre Park from August 16-19. All upcoming dates can be found below!
Blackbraid Live Dates (US):
08/10: Los Angeles, CA @ 1720
Blackbraid Live Dates (EU): 08/16-18: Midgard (NO) @ Midgardsblot [TICKETS]
ICYMI: BLACKBRAID recently unveiled a brand new music video for the single “The Spirit Returns,” which can be seen at THIS LOCATION
Creator of Blackbraid: Sgah’gahsowáh
‘Blackbraid II’ Album Credits:
– Composed & performed by Sgah’gahsowáh
– Drums, recording, mixing & mastering by Neil Schneider
– Visual development & graphic design by Wolf Mountain Productions
– Guitar solo in “Twilight Hymn of Ancient Blood” performed by Randy Moore
– “A Fine Day to Die” originally composed by Quorthon (Bathory)
Album Art: Adrian Baxter
Photographer: Wolf Mountain Productions
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