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ALBUM RELEASE: Norilsk - Weepers of the Land

Posted by Nick Skog on Friday, October 12, 2018, In : Album News 
Norilsk’s new mini-album “Weepers of the Land” is now officially released! The album is available in digipack format with a bonus track exclusive to the CD version of the album. You can also pick up a Trails of Doom pack which includes three CD's, a shirt, a patch, and a sticker. 

The main bulk of the album is streaming in full on Bandcamp and available as a “Name-Your-Price” download. 
"Coming off the heels of their latest full-length album, this fall the Canadian Death-Doom act Nori...

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Norilsk Interview with Doom-Metal.com [November 10, 2017]

Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 12, 2017, In : Interviews 
Norilsk Interview with Doom-Metal.com
Published: November 10, 2017
Interview by: 
Comrade Aleks Evdokimov
Original Link

 "There are a few bands in the world that use a Russian city as their name: Finnish Doom crew KYPCK, American outfit Minsk, Canadian sludgers Astrakhan, and not forgetting Leningrad Cowboys and Radio Moscow. All of them have reasons to wear such names, and Norilsk is no exception. The band, whose goal is to create a deadly cold atmosphere of desolation and everlasting frosts, cho...

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Doom-Metal.com streams NORILSK's new song 'Ghosts of Loss' (feat. Pim Blankenstein)

Posted by Nick Skog on Friday, November 3, 2017, In : Album News 
Hypnotic Dirge Records is set to release Norilsk's new album Le passage des glaciers (The Passage of Glaciers) on November 24. The Canadian metal outfit invites Winter and darkness into our homes this month, carrying the cold touch of doom and death.



Norilsk's latest offering will feature guest vocal appearance from Pim Blankenstein (Officium Triste, The 11th Hour, Extreme Cold Winter, Clouds) on song 'Ghosts of Loss.' Nic Miquelon comments: “When I wrote 'Ghosts of Loss', I had in mind band...

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Lyricist : Episode 1 : Norilsk​

Posted by Nick Skog on Thursday, December 22, 2016, In : Interviews 
Presented by Wikked Twist Films, filmmaker and HDR videographer Erik Labossiere begins a series of video interviews with various lyricists.



Norilsk is the subject of the premier episode of this new series, with some thoughts from Norilsk bassist / vocalist Nicolas Miquelon about the band's history, lyrical themes, etc.

This video interview was filmed outside Regina, SK during Norilsk's cross-country Canadian tour in October 2016.


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Norilsk Interview with Decibel Magazine [November 14, 2016]

Posted by Nick Skog on Wednesday, November 23, 2016, In : Interviews 
Norilsk Interview with Decibel Magazine
Published:
November 14, 2016
Original Link



After returning from tour, Norilsk’s Nicolas Miquelon barely has time to put up his feet and relax before we hit him with an interview request. Although he has nobody but himself—and his bandmate, drummer/fellow renaissance man Nick Richer—to blame for all the attention his band's been getting. Because Norilsk are a peculiar band. They’re the kind of band whose music demands attention, but promotes curiosi...

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HDR02_The Idea of Norilsk (Norilsk)

Posted by Nick Skog on Monday, October 3, 2016, In : Features 
From the HDR Video Vignette Series:
Episode 2: The Idea of Norilsk - Norilsk

As Norilsk​ prepares to embark on its first long trek across much of Canada in October, and just a few short days after re-releasing their debut "The Idea of North" on vinyl (through Sunmask​ / War on Music Records​) what better time to showcase these Gatineau-area Doomsters in this introductory video!



Additional Links:
Norilsk Facebook
Norilsk - "The Idea of North" CD
Norilsk - "The Idea of North" Download

Credit: E...

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Norilsk - "The Idea of North" Vinyl Release Date Set

Posted by Nick Skog on Wednesday, September 7, 2016, In : Album News 
Vinyl Fanatics take note! Norilsk's brilliant debut album "The Idea of North" will see a vinyl release on September 30, as a co-release between War on Music Records / Sunmask!!



"In case you missed our post this week, we have announced September 30th as the release date for the vinyl version of The Idea of North. The band will have copies, so if you live in the Gatineau/Ottawa area, you can hit us up (we may also drop copies at local record stores), and you'll be able to grab your copy at our u...

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Norilsk to release "The Idea of North" on vinyl via War on Music Records and Sunmask Records!

Posted by Nick Skog on Saturday, June 18, 2016, In : Album News 
Some big news for those who have wanted Norilsk's debut album "The Idea of North" on Vinyl!
Below is the official press release from Sunmask Records and War on Music Records.
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Named after Siberia’s northernmost city, home of a famous heavy metal smelting complex, Norilsk is a doom-death band from Gatineau/Ottawa, Canada. Characterized by slow and crushing riffs, death growls, and atmospheric arrangements, its music draws com...

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Norilsk's "The Idea of North" album featured on numerous year-end lists!

Posted by Nick Skog on Friday, January 15, 2016, In : News / Studio Updates 
At the end of each year comes various year-end lists from many music blogs. Norilsk's debut album "The Idea of North" which was released in March 2015 was included in many writer's lists. Below is a list of Norilsk's mentions in year-end lists for 2015, with links in the titles.

(New Band Recommendations)

Doom/Death Metal meshed with Post Metal seems to only be expanding in Canada. Norilsk have crafted an interesting work w...

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VIDEO PREMIERE: Norilsk - Nature Morte

Posted by Nick Skog on Thursday, September 3, 2015, In : Music Videos 
NEWS: Quebec doom-death band Norilsk unveil new music video for the track "Nature Morte"
September 3, 2015

Quebec's doom-death band Norilsk has unveiled the second music video off their first full length album, The Idea of North, released earlier in 2015 on Hypnotic Dirge Records. An unorthodox folk-inspired deconstruction, the spooky "Nature Morte" (Still Life) represents Norilsk's atmospheric side. The dark and melancholic images of the video were shot in the haunted woods north of the Ottawa...

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Norilsk Interview with Lords of Metal Webzine [May 15, 2015]

Posted by Nick Skog on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, In : Interviews 
Norilsk (Nic Miquelon) Interview with Lords of Metal
Interview by: Pim B. (From Officium Triste)
Published: May 15, 2015

Canada’s Norilsk already impressed with their first demo ’Japetus’. I was very curious about the other new material by this band. This now has surfaced in the form of ‘The Idea Of North’. An album on which Norilsk shows there’s still room for new ideas within doom metal. When bands show they are redefining a genre an interview is always mandatory. Sing...

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Norilsk Interview with Extreme Metal Voyager [April 16, 2015]

Posted by Nick Skog on Friday, April 17, 2015, In : Interviews 
Norilsk (Nic Miquelon) Interview with Extreme Metal Voyager
Interview by: Fróði Tórálvsson Stenberg
Published: April 16, 2015

Norilsk debut album “The Idea Of North” left me greatly satisfied. This band is taking an interesting route with their acrid Doom Metal, welcoming both sludgy tempos and lovely Post Metal sections that aren´t lengthy as they tend to be normally. I caught up with bandmember Nicolas Miquelon and threw some questions at him. If you want to educate yours...

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Norilsk Interview with Metal Voice Magazine [April 5, 2015]

Posted by Nick Skog on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, In : Interviews 
Norilsk (Nic Miquelon) Interview with Metal Voice Magazine
Published: April 5, 2015

I love Canadian Metal. Why you may ask. Because I am Canadian, that's why! For those unfamiliar with Norilsk, they hail from Gatineau, Quebec. Playing a Sludgy, Doomy Death Metal style that everyone is really digging. I have not seen a negative review as of yet and there is a reason for this, they sound amazing! I had a moment to talk with front mand Nicolas Miquelon who is very busy promoting their...

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Norilsk Interview with Doom-metal.com [March 12, 2015]

Posted by Nick Skog on Friday, March 13, 2015, In : Interviews 
Norilsk (Nic Miquelon) Interview with Doom-metal.com
Interview by: Mike Liassides
Published: March 12, 2015
Original Link

With their debut full-length 'The Idea Of North' released this week through Hypnotic Dirge Records, we thought we'd like to hear a little more about how Norilsk have been getting on in recent times.



(1) Greetings, Nic, nice to renew our acquaintance, and many thanks for agreeing to be interviewed for Doom-Metal.com. Could we start with a formal introduction to our readers: who ...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Norilsk - The Idea of North

Posted by Nick Skog on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, In : Album News 
ALBUM RELEASE: Norilsk - The Idea of North
March 10, 2015

Norilsk's "The Idea of North" is now released! Hopefully it is still cold and miserable wherever you are! 

"Remote is the North and long are its nights.
Solitude is every man's friend and doom is his lullaby"

The digipack CD is available from us, alongside some remaining copies of a beautiful 43cm x 28cm full-color Norilsk poster, as well as a Norilsk sticker. Alternatively, a limited run of 50 tapes are available from Dwyer Records, and if...

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