Sunless - Ylem - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

With Sun Of The Sleepless and Nachtmahr, we offer you two explorers of the night side - the night side which inspired foreboding characters such as Lord Byron and Georg Trakl to put their confrontations with death and the devil into verse. Sun Of The Sleepless, already thought lost by some, are featured with four stylistically diverse, but always pitch-black compositions, adding a mighty Burzum interpretation in keeping with tradition ('Dunkelheit') and a unique Dark Throne cover version. Nachtmahr contribute three scruffy tracks to this split CD that speak for themselves. Album Tracks 1. A Wolf in Sheep's Skin Clad 2. Romanze Zur Nacht 3. Dunkelheit 4. Neunter November 5. Tausend Kalte Winter 6. Spring '99 7. I 8. II 9. III

The men behind Sun Of The Sleepless and Cavernous Gate are no strangers to split releases; in fact, they were united before on the split EP of Helrunar and Nachtmahr in 2005. Schwadorf singing and playing on the Nachtmahr contribution, S.K. being multi-instrumentalist for Helrunar. For Sun Of The Sleepless, teaming up with a long-time friend, who also plays guitar at the group's shows, suggested itself. InchWe make a good match,Inch explains Schwadorf. InchEach of us is a multi-instrumentalist with deep roots in the 1990s but also open to fresh inspiration.Inch His contribution, a song cycle titled InchThe Lure Of Nyght,Inch deepens the concept of InchPoetic Black Metal Dirges,Inch the group's raison d'être since it's foundation in 1998. While the lyrics are, in part, literal translations from German Expressionist and Romantic works, the band leader even sees the tracks as a continuation of Empyrium's classic InchSongs Of Moors And Misty Fields,Inch being equally impetuous and evocative - a valid description of Cavernous Gate's doom death as well. InchI wanted to create otherworldly, ghostly, soundtrack-like music without clinging to just one style,Inch says S.K. about his solo project. InchIt came together intuitively from different areas, also what's called dungeon synth these days.Inch Regarding the lyrical content, S.K. keeps his cards close to his chest, but the name Cavernous Gate is telling enough, meaning Incha gate into unknown realms, dark and forlorn.Inch Similar to Schwadorf, he audibly draws from the likes of early Ulver, Emperor or Katatonia - and within this triangle, their split album might be the most vintage Prophecy Productions of late... InchSun Of The Sleepless/Cavernous GateInch is available as Digipak CD and on vinyl. Album Tracks 1. Sun of the Sleepless - Wovon Wölfe Träumen 2. Sun of the Sleepless - the Lure of Nyght 3. Sun of the

Classic Swedish black/death metal. Album Tracks 1. Black Horizons 2. Somberlain 3. Crimson Towers 4. Land Forlorn 5. Heaven's Damnation 6. Frozen 7. Into Infinite Obscurity 8. In the Cold Winds of Nowhere 9. Grief Prophecy / Shadows Over a Lost Kingdom 10. Mistress of the Bleeding Sorrow 11. Feathers Fell