Noekk - Waltzing In Obscurity - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

CD hardcover book (18x18cm, 60 pages) incl. Additional artwork, background info and bonus track. Ten years had to pass until Empyrium's Helm and Schwadorf again took on their alter egos Funghus Baldachin and F. F. Yugoth to pay tribute to classic prog rock in their own special way (think King Crimson channeled through Dead Can Dance) with InchCarol Stones And Elder RockInch in 2018. Showing a new tack on Noekk's trademark style - largely more pensive, making the heavy parts seem even punchier -, the 7-inch single foreshadowed the duo's fourth full-length InchWaltzing In ObscurityInch. Not so close on the heels of the neat threesome that were InchThe Water SpriteInch (2005), InchThe GrimalkinInch (2006) and InchThe Minstrel's CurseInch (2008), this latest album is getting personal - albeit in the words of another, for Noekk's rebirth would not have happened without the poems of reclusive artist Peter Wolfgang Kassel (alias PWK), which were set to music after they had triggered the writing process in the first place. InchThe songs just flowed out of me when I read his texts, they needed no further explanation from him,Inch says Baldachin. InchI only had to create a fitting atmosphere that reflected the content, which led to music that was more open and stylistically diverse in comparison to our first three albums.Inch While maintaining their pastoral ambience, folk-tinges and organ-flourishes, Noekk have thus taken a step back from their erstwhile doom riffery and mythical lyrics, forward to a more mature incarnation of their old gnarly self. InchIn a nutshell,Inch the composer and singer concludes, Inchthe record invites you to amble through the shoals of human existence with us.Inch InchWaltzing In ObscurityInch comes out via Prophecy Productions exclusively on black vinyl and as a 60-page hardcover book (18x18cm) with bonus track, containing preface and liner notes b