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ALBUM NEWS: Obsidian Tongue - “A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time” to be re-released ...

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 23:51:55 +0100

Originally released through Hypnotic Dirge in the summer of 2013, Obsidian Tongue's stellar second opus “A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time” will finally be repressed again this winter. In what can only be considered a testament to the duo’s power and authenticity, the original pressing sold out within a year, and remained one of Hypnotic Dirge's most defining release.

“A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time” is an introspective journey through the collective unconscious of Man and the dark half of the emotional spectrum; a sonic depiction of the spiritual affirmation and personal evolution attainable only through sorrow, anger and disillusionment. The album comprises six songs and nearly one hour of raw and primal yet sacred and ethereal music of the highest caliber, easily ranking among the best atmospheric black metal albums coming from the American Northeast, and a praised jewel for fans of Enslaved, Wolves In The Throne Room, Agalloch, Alda, Panopticon, Falls of Rauros, and Skagos. A noteworthy contribution to this musical odyssey has been made by John Haughm of the legendary dark metal outfit Agalloch, taking lead vocal duties for the album's climatic title track.

Of course, this would not be a proper re-release without a few upgrades: In order to refine the sound of the album and match it to Obsidian Tongue’s current production values, “A Nest of the Ravens in the Throat of Time” has been remastered at Studio Wormwood in Connecticut and beyond that, the new pressing of the album will be released in a 6 panel digipack rather than the standard jewel case the original press was released on.

Tracklisting:

1 - Brothers in the Stars (9:28)

2 - Black Hole in Human Form (8:41)

3 - My Hands Were Made to Hold the Wind (7:47)

4 - The Birth of Tragedy (8:51)

5 - Individuation (8:35)

6 - A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time (8:46)

Total Time: 52:08

Obsidian Tongue - A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time LIVE [ft. John Haugm of Agalloch]

Wed, 09 Jul 2014 18:06:32 +0100

Obsidian Tongue - A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time LIVE [ft. John Haugm of Agalloch]

Recorded July 1, 2014

Brighton Music Hall, Boston MA, USA

Serpens in Culmination Tour 2014

Video Link

Thanks to "Jim Hayter" for the original upload!

New Obsidian Tongue shirts available soon!

Tue, 08 Jul 2014 23:46:17 +0100

Obsidian Tongue is pleased to introduce their 3 new T-shirt designs, fresh off the presses.

- "A Nest..." Album shirt. This image is an alternative version of the album cover by Jake Kobrin. He drew this as a "concept sketch" for the album artwork prior to the final version, but we liked this stripped-down version so much that we just needed it printed on a shirt!

- "Crossing Over": This is the first piece we commissioned artist Nate Burns to do for us earlier this year, after seeing his work for our friends in Panopticon and Heron, among others. I just told him to choose his favorite song from "A Nest..." and draw what the song brought to mind. The song was Brothers in the Stars.

- "A Feral Wisdom": Our second piece provided by Nate Burns. Inspired by the title track from "A Nest...", the image is a man being ripped apart by a flock of Ravens, his soul escaping the body and stretching upwards to the full moon cloudy sky. A look of acceptance and even joy of the mutilation is on his face. The back features the final phrase of lyrics to the song.

All shirts will be available in sizes S-XL, and Obsidian Tongue will be setting up a new webstore with these shirts available soon! When the shirts are available, we (HDR) will notify you where you can place your order for them. It is possible that we will have a limited selection available directly on the HDR webshop but the majority will be available directly from the band!

Obsidian Tongue Tour Update - July 2, 2014

Thu, 03 Jul 2014 08:21:48 +0100

Boston, we had an amazing time playing for you all once again last night. We can't tell you how good it felt to meet up with the Agalloch crew one more time and put on a show for the town that made us who we are. Truth be told, it was the encouragement and enthusiasm given to us right off the bat by everyone in the New England Metal scene that gave us the confidence and motivation to do much of anything with this band. Thank you all so much!

Endless gratitude once again to Agalloch - The Official Page for inviting us on their Serpens in Cvlmination trek. Thanks for giving us this opportunity, for being awesome people and for performing so amazingly every night. Such a killer set! Special thanks of course to John Haughm for coming onstage to sing "A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time" last night, you killed it man!

We're slowly starting to arrange plans for our next recording venture(s) now, 2 potential split releases with some artists we respect very much. We hope to have new music out by the end of the year. We'll share news as it develops.

Cheers to you all!

Obsidian Tongue Tour Update - June 23, 2014

Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:33:20 +0100

We have successfully returned home after our 5 dates with Agalloch in Minneapolis, Madison, Chicago, Cleveland and Newport, thank you all SO much for your warmth and enthusiasm for our appearances. Your reception exceeded our expectations by leaps and bounds! It was a true honor to play for all of you, especially alongside one of our favorite bands ever. We go back to our day jobs in the morning, but we'll be compiling all the photos we can in the next couple of days to share this amazing experience with everyone.

Thank you once again to Agalloch for inviting us on this tour. To say we are grateful doesn't begin to justify what our hearts are feeling.

Plenty of posts coming soon.

Obsidian Tongue interview with Aristocrazia Webzine [September 30, 2013]

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:35:09 +0100

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Obsidian Tongue have released their second album, "A Nest Of Ravens In The Throat Of Time", and Aristocrazia took the opportunity to offer, in addition to the review, also a look into the duo formed by Brendan Hayter and Greg Murphy.

Hi Brendan, let's start jumping unnecessary preamble and I immediately ask to you: who are Obsidian Tongue and What are your goals?

Brendan: Obsidian Tongue consists of myself and drummer Greg Murphy. Our goal is simply to make the most emotional and melodically rich extreme metal we possibly can.

Your atmospheric black seems to have more points of contact with the one proposed by the cascadian scene, and it is impossible not to mention Agalloch and Wolves In The Throne Room. Do you feel some spiritual contact between your proposal and the way in which those bands express themselves?

I have heard the word "cascadian" thrown around a lot recently, especially by people talking about Obsidian Tongue. However since we live on the other side of the country it is hard to feel connected to the scene coming from Cascadia. I also have not heard a lot of bands from this scene, other than Wolves in the Throne Room. I can say though that WITTR and Agalloch have been influential on Obsidian Tongue in the sense that I really hope to make other people feel similar feelings to the ones that those bands have made me feel over the years.

I got the opportunity to listen "Volume I: Subradiant Architecture" and, after I have received a copy of the new album, I have noticed a better and deeper approach to the melodies, an atmosphere that evoke more feelings and flashes of psychedelia that have enriched your music. Did you changed your songwriting process? Did you get inspiration from some new sources?

There was no change in the songwriting process between albums, there was just the creation of new songs that developed the band further. "Subradiant Architecture" was the first few Obsidian Tongue songs written, and the album is really just a foundation to build our future music off of. Writing those songs made it possible for the new songs to be written.

On the record the presence of several clean vocals sections feeds a kind of feeling that, in some epic moments, carries the songs in a dimension outside the normal flow of the time. In the titletrack the guest vocalist is the Agalloch's singer, John Haughm: how did you get in touch with him and why have you choose this song to take advantage from the collaboration?

We met John Haughm at a festival here in New England that both of our bands played in October 2012. We talked for a while at the show and then kept in touch online after that. I had the titletrack written and always felt like I wanted somebody else to sing it. I imagined that John's voice would serve the song well, perhaps because the song was inspired by Agalloch in the first place. I sent him the demo and asked if he would be interested in singing it, and he accepted.

What meaning do you give to the artwork of "A Nest Of Ravens In The Throat Of Time" and to the Friedrich Nietzsche's quote included in the booklet?

The meaning of the artwork is basically an extension of the band's aesthetic that I really wanted to get across. Psychedelia has been a huge inspiration for Obsidian Tongue since the beginning, and while our album doesn't sound extremely psychedelic, the aesthetic of psychedelic metal was driving all of the writing sessions. After our first album was presented, it was time to let our real mission statement be known. I told the artist Jake Kobrin what the album meant to me and without hearing any of the music he came up with the design for the cover. His design truly encapsulates what the music means to me, and even at a first glance of the art you can see this is not just a standard black metal offering. The Nietzche quote on the inside is just another extension of the record's vibe and the band's aesthetic. He speaks of music coming to you when your will is at its lowest point, it offers healing powers and an opportunity to form a new perspective on existence now that you have experienced the loss of our will to live. That is an underlying concept running through the album that will be extended into our future releases. The idea of depression as a catalyst for mental and spiritual development, that is, if you have the enchantress that is Music holding your hand and guiding you through the abyss.

Nick Skog and Hypnotic Dirge Records are often guests in Aristocrazia. He is a serious and reliable guy, and he has so far produced good albums. How did you meet him and how did you decide that this label was the right one for Obsidian Tongue?

I found Hypnotic Dirge Records online some time last year. I was searching for new and interesting labels that I might like working with for either of my bands, Obsidian Tongue or Truthseeker. Hypnotic Dirge is a purveyor of both black metal as well as post rock and doom metal, so I sent him both of my projects at once to see if they were interested in either. Nick was really into both of the projects and the first thing we did together was actually re-release the debut Truthseeker EP on his Bandcamp, supported by a new press release. We then agreed to release the next Obsidian Tongue album together. I feel connected to the aesthetic of Hypnotic Dirge and I am happy to be working with an independent label run by such trustworthy and dedicated individuals.

The release of this second album was a co-production between Hypnotic Dirge and your label, Dissociation Records. You can provide us some news about the work you are doing with this label?

Dissociation Records is not a fully functional record label, it is more just an "umbrella" under which my musical offerings can be found under. I will not be releasing anyone else's work. When you see the name Dissociation Records that simply means it was funded and released by me personally. Hypnotic Dirge and myself split the manufacturing costs and I paid for the recording and artwork costs, while Hypnotic Dirge executed the PR and digital distribution. It has been a great co-operation.

Did you already presented the new songs on stage? Do you think it is always essential to be active in live or the music can safely remain something personal and not necessarily repeated thousand times in front of unknown people?

Yes, we just returned home last week from one month on the road performing songs from the new record every night. Some musicians function differently, but for us it is indeed essential to be active in live performance. You can write and practice a song one hundred times and experience your own personal catharsis through that process, but to really give your songs the gift life and nurture them as living creatures (in our case our songs are ravens in our perspective), they should be brought out into open air and granted the opportunity to grace the senses of other people. If a song was deeply moving to you when you wrote it, that means it can be deeply moving for others. You owe it to yourself and to your creation to offer exhibition to a willing audience, in hopes that you all can share a moment of rejoice for the power of music together.

It is difficult to manage your participation in Obsidian Tongue, in Blood Of The Gods and in Thrawsunblat, avoiding a band steal other resources to the others? And there is some news about the second and the third band?

It has not been difficult at all so far. We all just work around each other's schedules, and in the case of Thrawsunblat I just had to rehearse and record the bass lines over the course of a few months last year, which was after the Obsidian Tongue album was done and we were not performing very much. As far as news of those bands, Blood Of The Gods has a new EP coming out very soon, and Thrawsunblat just released an acoustic EP called "Vast Arboreal Sky" on Bandcamp recently. I am not sure when the next Thrawsunblat project will take form at the moment, but knowing Joel's creative pace I'm sure he'll have a whole new batch of songs for me to learn soon enough!

If I'm right, you have known David Gold of Wood Of Ypres, he was one of those characters who was carving out an important space in the metal scene. What memories do you have of this artist who prematurely died?

Yes, I met David in March of 2011 when Woods Of Ypres came to play in Massachusetts. Obsidian Tongue opened for them and I made acquaintances with David and Joel at the show because they enjoyed our set and I was already a fan of theirs. We kept in touch on the Internet after the show, and in the fall of 2011 I learned they were in search of a new bass player for upcoming tours they had planned. I inquired about the position and showed them some previous bass work, and after some more talking they gave me the gig. Unfortunately, David passed about three weeks before we were supposed to meet up and rehearse for the tour. It was still an honor to have been offered the gig, but sadly I do not have many memories of David because we did not get to spend the time together that we were going to.

In this historical period seems nations, one way or another, try to block or monetize the art with a series of ridiculous impositions. The latest news comes from Canada that has decided to include a two hundred seventy-five U.S. dollars surcharge for any musician who comes from abroad and the situation weighs heavily on underground bands - which certainly can not afford that outlay - and on the cost of the tickets, because the bands will increase their cachet to not miss anything. There is no way to mediate politics, economy and culture?

I only heard about Canada's new bill very recently, and I am quite bewildered. Just the fact that they think the majority of traveling musicians can really afford these costs? As if we are riding in our vans with tens of thousands of dollars in a box under the seat? I don't know. I still can't believe it honestly, it is too stupid to believe right away. I will have to read about this issue more before I can say anything else.

What are your favorite albums? If you had to choose an album, a book and a movie to devour in one single day what would be your choices and why?

Album: Tool's "Lateralus". This album is my foundation as a musician. I got it when I was thirteen and since then my life's mission has been to make music that makes me feel the way that album made me feel. Book: "The Complete Works Of Edgar Allan Poe". I have had this compilation of all of Poe's work for about eleven years now and he remains my favorite author. There's just no explanation for the affect his writing has on me. Movie: I'm afraid I haven't delved into the world of great cinema as much as I should have yet. If I were to pick a movie of the ones I've seen, I would either say "Forrest Gump", "What Dreams May Come", or "Legends Of The Fall". Yes, I am a cornball.

What relationship do you have with nature? It happens sometimes you leave the city to spend the day into the nature looking for inner peace?

I have never lived in the city and don't plan to, for the sake of keeping as close with nature as I can. My relationship is constantly growing, yet stays the same, in the sense that desires and ideas and people come and go, but the silence of a forest always brings your deeper self to the surface. Where I live, my relationship with the ocean and lakes/ponds is one of my strongest connections. I stare at the ocean until my vision starts to adjust and my mind slows until nothing is real except the water's motion, the water's sound, and my spirit's fulfillment.

What will be the next Obsidian Tongue's steps?

I am working on an exceptionally long composition for a 4-way split album we are doing with three other New England bands. We are still shopping around for the right label to release it under, but we are all very excited about this undertaking. After that, Obsidian Tongue will put out an EP that expands on the hidden conceptualization of "A Nest of Ravens In The Throat Of Time".

And the interview is over, then I leave you the word one last time to send a greeting or a message to our readers.

Thank you for inviting me to talk, it is quite flattering to know anyone cares enough to hear what I have to say! To everyone, keep listening to music, keep creative and face your fears.

Obsidian Tongue - 'A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time' available now!

Wed, 31 Jul 2013 23:54:36 +0100

Obsidian Tongue - A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time available now!

CD order, $5 download, free streaming

The latest album from the massachusetts-based atmospheric black metal duo Obsidian Tongue entitled "A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time" is now available to order from Hypnotic Dirge Records. As usual, the album is available to order in both CD and digital version and is also available for free streaming in its entirety on both Bandcamp and Youtube.

We are also giving away Obsidian Tongue stickers for free in the first few orders of the album. However, since the pre-orders went better than expected, we only have 7 stickers left and those will go out to the next 7 people to place an order for the Obsidian Tongue CD!

"After releasing a brilliant debut album “Subradiant Architecture” last summer, the massachusetts-based duo Obsidian Tongue is back with their second installment “A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time.” Cold, unwavering, primal black metal with a rich organic sound and real melodic sensibilities, Obsidian Tongue has been praised for their exceptional balance of the melodic and raw aspects of black metal, and that is certainly apparent in the new material.

....err fuck the specifications, for black metal fans in GENERAL."

"A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time" has received some nice feedback from the press so far, including the following from these 'zines:

Their ability to not stick to a regular formula is catching. It keeps the flow of the songs moving. Be it from the solo leading to dream space on ‘My Hands Were Made to Hold the Wind’ or the up and down tempos of assault to phased out, atmospheric almost, glory on ‘Individuation’. On the closing title-track (which includes vocals from Agalloch’s John Haughm) is drenching in melancholy and slowly plucked guitars set to make the cloud seem extra gray when listening. The song’s later half pulls out a driving beat and what may be the most depressive three-plus minutes of the record. And the soul twisting solo is like a knife in the heart as is weaves all around you. The band doesn’t pull the plug at the end; they just simply fade out, leaving you staring at your shoes while the rain pours around you.

-Echoes and Dust Webzine

As with any good atmospheric black metal album this has the ability to cradle you in it’s mist filled haze and lull you off into a gentle trance and for me that is the mark of a truly impressive record. Peaceful and calming one moment, aggressive, pleading and raw the next and always charming!

-Destructive Music

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Bandcamp Player: <a href="http://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-nest-of-ravens-in-the-throat-of-time">A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time by Obsidian Tongue</a>

Obsidian Tongue - "A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time" available to pre-order ...

Mon, 22 Jul 2013 22:33:57 +0100

Obsidian Tongue - A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time pre-orders begin today!

New track "My Hands were made to hold the wind" available to stream and download!

Today, pre-orders start on the new Obsidian Tongue album "A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time"! As well as this, a new track from the album, "My Hands were Made to Hold the Wind" has been made available to stream and download.

PRE-ORDER CD
LISTEN TO NEW TRACK: "MY HANDS WERE MADE TO HOLD THE WIND"

After releasing a brilliant debut album “Subradiant Architecture” last summer, the massachusetts-based duo Obsidian Tongue is back with their second installment “A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time.” Cold, unwavering, primal black metal with a rich organic sound and real melodic sensibilities, Obsidian Tongue has been praised for their exceptional balance of the melodic and raw aspects of black metal, and that is certainly apparent in the new material.

In May 2013, Obsidian Tongue returned to the analog Mystic Valley Studios in Medford, Massachusetts to record the new album. Consisting of 6 songs averaging 9 minutes in length, “A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time” is a psychedelic and introspective journey through the collective unconscious of Man and the dark half of the emotional spectrum; A sonic depiction of the spiritual affirmation and personal evolution attainable only through sorrow, anger and disillusionment. A noteworthy contribution to this musical odyssey has been made by John Haughm of the legendary dark metal outfit Agalloch, taking lead vocal duties for the album's title track. Released in an appropriately minimalist fold out booklet with all lyrics included, Obsidian Tongue’s second release is the perfect sonic catharsis for fans of Enslaved, early-Opeth, Wolves in the Throne Room, Agalloch, Alda, Panopticon, Falls of Rauros, and Skagos.

Listen to the new track "My Hands were Made to Hold the Wind" here:
&amp;lt;a href="http://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-nest-of-ravens-in-the-throat-of-time"&amp;gt;A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time by Obsidian Tongue&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;
"We took a slower and less aggressive, spacey kind of approach with the new album. We wanted to conjure a hypnotic atmosphere that perpetuates through the record, yet we wanted to cover a lot of ground within that atmosphere, conceptually and emotionally. We infused a lot of very personal ideas and feelings into these songs, almost too much to list. It’s almost unnecessary to list…all I can really tell people is, A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time is our lifeblood, our mission statement, and really the only thing we give a fuck about right now.”

-Brendan James Hayter, May 2013

The first 25 orders including either or both Obsidian Tongue albums will receive a free 12.5cm x 9cm sticker
(pictured below)

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Obsidian Tongue - Volume I : Subradiant Architecture available on CD and digital format

Mon, 22 Jul 2013 22:26:07 +0100

Obsidian Tongue's debut full-length album "Volume I: Subradiant Architecture" self-released last summer by the band is now available from Hypnotic Dirge as well. The CD version is available to order by itself or as a combo with the new album "A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time" for a lower price. ($21 in North America, $24 Elsewhere) As well, the album has been uploaded to the HDR bandcamp page where it's available for streaming for free or to download for $5.

ORDER CD
FREE STREAM / $5 DOWNLOAD
OBSIDIAN TONGUE 2 CD COMBO (scroll to bottom of the page)

Their name illustrates the key principle that unites all of their songs into an expansive narrative of personal evolution through introspect, spiritual development and the incredible power of music. Obsidian is a pitch-black volcanic glass that is used traditionally to absorb negative energies, and encourage mental/spiritual clarity. Music is widely considered a universal language, and for band members Brendan James Hayter and Greg Murphy, their musical ritual is The Obsidian Tongue.

After 2 demos (2010 Demo and the 2011 Subradiant Architecture Demo), their debut album “Volume I: Subradiant Architecture” was recorded and mixed onto vintage tape machines in March 2012 at Mystic Valley Studio in Medford by Alex Garcia-Rivera. The sound is organic and raw, allowing the compositions to speak for themselves.

The record was graced with the artwork of Norwegian artist Namtaru, of “Namtaru Creations”. Her grayscale illustrations provide 3 key visuals to guide the listener through the musical journey. The connection between these 3 illustrations is left for the listener’s imagination to create.

Founding member and guitarist/vocalist Brendan James Hayter:
“The first string of compositional attempts I made in the extreme metal style, naturally congealed into a 50 minute record named Volume I: Subradiant Architecture. These songs truly came together in a connected fashion, so it was only proper to call it a Volume. Furthermore, Subradiant Architecture is a term for the imaginary “Shadow World” that much of the music takes place in, the consistent closed-eye visuals this music has given me since I first began to explore it. It suggests that the gods designed and built this lightless realm in our psyche like a piece of architecture, for Man to explore the origins of his despair and draw wisdom and power from symbolic images. In this life such emotions as despair, anxiety, abhorrence for mankind, and the uncertainty of my fate both in this world and the next, have been my greatest guides. It is like a sense of duty to honor the evolution I have undergone through these chronic internal storms, and through the catharsis of extreme metal music.”

Listen here:
<a href="http://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com/album/volume-i-subradiant-architecture">Volume I: Subradiant Architecture by Obsidian Tongue</a>

Obsidian Tongue signs with HDR; New album on the way!

Sat, 29 Jun 2013 19:35:14 +0100

Obsidian Tongue signs with Hypnotic Dirge Records

Second album "A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time" to be released: July 29, 2013

The track "Individuation" now available for streaming/download

The Massachusetts-based Black Metal duo Obsidian Tongue has signed with Hypnotic Dirge Records for the release of their forthcoming second album "A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time" which will be released in late July 2013 on Hypnotic Dirge Records as well as the band's own imprint Dissociation Records in both CD and digital formats.

Obsidian Tongue was founded in January 2009 by Brendan James Hayter as a solo project. It transformed into a 2-piece band with the addition of Greg Murphy in November 2009. After 2 demos and about 2 dozen live shows in New England, they self-released their debut album “Volume I: Subradiant Architecture” in May 2012, a 50 minute-long album of cold, organic, melodic Black Metal recorded and mixed entirely analog at Mystic Valley Studio in Medford, Massachusetts.

A year has passed and these 2 men are ready to offer their next collection of introspective Black Metal Dirges to the metal underground.

In May 2013, Obsidian Tongue returned to Mystic Valley Studios to record their second installment named “A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time”. 6 songs averaging 9 minutes in length, the album is a psychedelic and introspective journey through the collective unconscious of Man and the dark half of the emotional spectrum; A sonic depiction of the spiritual affirmation and personal evolution attainable only through sorrow, anger and disillusionment.

Cold, unwavering, primal black metal with a rich organic sound and real melodic sensibilities, Obsidian Tongue has been praised for their exceptional balance of the melodic and raw aspects of black metal, and that is certainly apparent in the new material.

“We took a slower and less aggressive, spacey kind of approach with the new album. We wanted to conjure a hypnotic atmosphere that perpetuates through the record, yet we wanted to cover a lot of ground within that atmosphere, conceptually and emotionally. We infused a lot of very personal ideas and feelings into these songs, almost too much to list. It’s almost unnecessary to list…all I can really tell people is, A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time is our lifeblood, our mission statement, and really the only thing we give a fuck about right now.” -Brendan James Hayter, May 2013

A noteworthy contribution to this musical odyssey has been made by John Haughm of the legendary dark metal outfit Agalloch, taking lead vocal duties for the album's title track.

Released in an appropriately minimalist fold out booklet with all lyrics included, "A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time" is the perfect sonic catharsis for fans of Enslaved, early-Opeth, Wolves in the Throne Room, Agalloch, Alda, Panopticon, Falls of Rauros, and Skagos.

The album's release date in late July 2013 will be just in time for their tour with fellow New England Black Metal horde Autolatry, with whom they will be traversing across North America for the entire month of August.

For the time being, you can stream and download the track "Individuation" from the upcoming album on the Hypnotic Dirge bandcamp page. At the time of release, the full album will be available for free streaming and $5 download.

Links

Stream/Download "Individuation" - Bandcamp

Stream/Download "Individuation" - Soundcloud

Obsidian Tongue Facebook

Obsidian Tongue profile

Listen to Obsidian Tongue - Individuation
&lt;a href="http://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-nest-of-ravens-in-the-throat-of-time"&gt;A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time by Obsidian Tongue&lt;/a&gt;