Novarupta to Release Marine Snow Nov. 13
You won’t have to go terribly far into Novarupta‘s 2018 debut, Disillusioned Fire, to hear the Swedish project of Alex Stjernfeldt (ex-The Moth Gatherer) pushing the outer reaches of post-metal extremity, but there’s more to that record than a single texture, and one expects the same applies to the upcoming sophomore LP, Marine Snow, which Suicide Records will issue this Fall. Like the preceding full-length, the new one will feature a range of guest vocalists, giving all the more sonic variety to what’s already a broad reach on Stjernfeldt‘s part. If you have a minute and haven’t heard it yet, it’s at the bottom of this post via Bandcamp.
No audio from the album as yet, but there’s some explanation below of the project and its multi-record intention, and you can see who’s taking part this time around. A significant assemblage.
From the PR wire:
NOVARUPTA announce release details of “Marine Snow”
So the story of Novarupta continues!
This time Alex pulls us down into the darkest depths known to mankind. On the 13th of November Suicide Records will release “Marine Snow.”
It all started with a fire! Disillusioned, but still a fire. Novarupta was created as something other than just a band, a collective concept spanning the elements that creates the essence of life. In 2018 the recording of ”Disillusioned Fire” began, and that was only the beginning. 2020 will see the release of the second chapter in this journey through fire, water, air and finally earth. Each part contains concepts connected to the element and each album is by itself a conceptul album with a life of its own, yet also a smaller part of a bigger picture, that will be completed when the 4 albums come together.
Marine Snow is a vertical journey from the false and stressful land down into the darkened embrace and pressure of the deepest parts of the ocean.
Tracklist:
1. Broken Blue Cascades
2. Every Shade of Water
3. Trieste
4. No Constellation
5. 11°22.4?N 142°35.5?E
These are the featured vocalists:
Josh Graham (A Storm of Light/ex. Red Sparowes)
Lea Amling (Besvärjelsen)
Robert Lamu (Skraeckoedlan)
Martin Persner (Magna Carta Cartel/ex. Ghost)
Mike Paparo (Inter Arma)
Arvid Hällagård (Greenleaf).
The main constant in NOVARUPTA is Alex Stjernfeldt. In his broken past he has played in bands like The Moth Gatherer and Mr. Death, which both have critical acclaim in the international press. He has also collaborated with Terra Tenebrosa on their album The Reverses. When he left The Moth Gatherer, Stjernfeldt stood disillusioned while facing an uncertain and bleak future. Fueled by depression and frustration and a need to explore a deeper and darker musical direction while also returning to the roots from which he came, the foundation of NOVARUPTA was born.
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