Dutch Black Metal Paganists ISKANDR Announce Cauterizing New LP Euprosopon
Dutch atmospheric black metal infidels ISKANDR are proud to announce the second full-length offering, Euprosopon, which will be released Oct. 12 in North America (Sept. 28 in Europe) via Eisenwald.
As the album’s title expresses the impossibility of an ideal man, formulating new concepts of heroism is necessary to preserve ideas of strife and longing in an age of eternal devaluation. Euprosopon departs from previous works in its more pronounced songwriting, confrontational attitude and triumphant regal flourishes. Evoking medieval symbolism, the album takes cues from Norwegian classics, such as Enslaved’s Eld, Hades’ …Again Shall Be and Aeternus’ Dark Sorcery EP.
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Clocking in at a respectable forty-five minutes, Euprosopon consists of four tracks of battle-worn blackened hymns. The tortured and scarred vocals tell of defiance in the face of mortal odds, as well as the impermanence of kingly might, banishment under pain of death and the resurgence of a new age. ISKANDR‘s second full-length also displays an increased complexity in the band’s composition, range and atmospheric elements. Supported by the production assistance and session drumming of M. Koops of Fluisteraars, Euprosopon is a definite leap in an attempt to chart a path of noble and austere black metal.
To complement the next step in ISKANDR‘s evolutionary saga, multi-instrumentalist O. forged an alliance with the esteemed Eisenwald Tonschmiede to release Euprosopon on 180-gram black vinyl and venerable digipak editions. A limited-edition cassette edition, featuring lush risograph-printed artwork, will be available under the sigil of Haeresis Noviomagi.
ISKANDR is:
O. – vocals, guitars, bass
M. Koops – drums