Stillborn - Netherworlds - VINYL LP

BOTANIST are different. When composer, lyricist, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Otrebor created the San Francisco based band in 2009, he already had a specific lyrical concept in mind that has persisted to permeate all releases until and including today. The songs of this project are told from the perspective of a protagonist called InchThe BotanistInch, who is characterised as a crazed man of science that lives in self-imposed exile, as far away from Humanity and it's crimes against Nature as possible. In his sanctuary of fantasy and wonder, which he calls InchThe Verdant RealmInch, InchThe BotanistInch surrounds himself with plants and flowers to find solace in the company of the Natural world, while he envisions the destruction of mankind. BOTANIST's lyrics are equally informed by scientific nomenclature as they are inspired by Romantic-era poetry, art, and philosophy. BOTANIST are different also in musical terms. In a striking departure from traditional metal instrumentation, Otrebor uses distorted hammered dulcimers instead of guitars. This also makes BOTANIST the first band to adapt magnetic pickups to hammered dulcimer, and perform on stage. Stylistically, the Americans pay tribute to the mentality of some of the pioneering Scandinavian black metal bands' connection to nature, before spinning the dark yarn into new sonic and emotional fabrics. To BOTANIST, the black metal trope about misanthropy and of being alone in the forest is in fact about the woods and it's floral inhabitants themselves. Each named plant becomes it's own character in the ever growing pantheon of the project's Inchgreen metalInch discography. BOTANIST sprouted from the seed of their debut double-album InchI The Suicide Tree / II A Rose from the DeadInch (2011) into a tripartite sapling with the addition of InchIII Doom in BloomInch (2012). From this early growth, their sprawling di

Following the monumental success of their previous album InchNocturnalsInch, the band unleashes an even darker opus that pays homage to their cult classic InchNecrospiritualsInch while carving out new realms of sonic exploration. With InchNetherworldsInch, Stillborn propels their distinctive sound to new heights, crafting songs that are both hauntingly beautiful and crushingly heavy. Album Tracks 1. Neophyte 2. Children of Darkness 3. Dead Black Woods 4. Katharsis 5. Abigail 6. Albino Flogged in Blue 7. Lusus Naturae 8. Motherland 9. We Monkey 10. When the End Begins

Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 . In 1989 the Swedish band Stillborn released an album called Necrospirituals. Today it's seen as a cult classic and probably the first gothic metal album ever made. In fact, the term gothic metal was not even invented at that time. However, it's far from what today could be labeled as gothic metal. The one who managed to best describe the band is probably the signature Zodijackyl at the Metal archives InchStillborn meld the gloomy horror film origins of doom metal with the morbid aesthetics of gothic rock and create something special..Inch Although the band is relatively unknown to the vast majority, it has influenced important artists such as Paradise Lost, Entombed and Cathedral. During 2016 and 2017, the band's original members got together and recorded 10 new songs (47 min) in the spirit of their debut Necrospirituals. The songs were recorded and mixed at studio Juicy Halftone in Copenhagen by Henrik Stendahl. The band are also planning to do a reunion tour in the autumn of 2017. On their new album Nocturnals, the band has refined their sound and style even more but old fans will still recognize the original essence of Stillborn. The lyrics are still sinister and eerie with a subtle twist. The music is loud, sturdy, dark and heavy as a monolithic stone. Since the band announced that they will play again and giving hints that they will a new record, they have received a very positive response. Many fans have contacted them to tell how excited they are. Album Tracks 1. 1917 2. Dresden 3. Oblivion Reloaded 4. The Animal Within 5. They Forgive Nothing 6. Lorelei 7. Maaemo 8. Fata Morgana 9. Anathema 10. The Walking Dead