Coltaine Announce Forgotten Ways Out Sept. 6
September, huh? That’s definitely far enough away to feel like the future, and I imagine more word on the issue will make its way down the PR wire between now and then, but Coltaine‘s new album, Forgotten Ways, will be released on Sept. 6 as the band’s first outing through Lay Bare Recordings, which I’m pretty sure is what they mean by “debut album” below. You might recall their Afterhour in Walhalla (discussed here) came out in 2020, and I’m pretty sure that wasn’t their first long-player either — Mutter Morgana came out in 2016, but that might’ve been under their original moniker, Witchfucker — though that and the rest of the odds and ends along the way have been taken down from their Bandcamp. At very least, call it a fresh start with the new label.
Their 2023 single “Gorit” (video premiere here) is still on there, Russian lyrics and all, and that’s enough to get the point across that you don’t quite know what’s coming from them before you’re through whatever it is you happen to be hearing at the time. Note also that Forgotten Ways was recorded by Jan Oberg, who in addition to playing in EarthShip and Grin, running his own studio and label, has tracked offerings for Daevar, Downfall of Gaia and plenty of others whose names begin with other letters.
The announcement came through to Bandcamp followers, including what I’ll assume is the cover art:
Our debut album, ‘Forgotten Ways’ will be released on Friday, September 6th, 2024, via Lay Bare Recordings.
In a long-gone world where life has faded, “Forgotten Ways” leads through landscapes of desolation. It is a hopeful search for light and a new existence in a decaying reality that knows neither beginning nor end.
Credits:
Produced by Coltaine
Mixed and Masterd by Jan Oberg, Hidden Planet Studio
Album cover credits:
Photo: Jonas Berg
Tourdates will be announced shortly.
— Coltaine is the keyword to an adventure in sound. Formed in 2022 in the mystic atmosphere of the Black Forest, Germany, Coltaine transport their intuitive creations into unusually exciting and diverse microcosms of dark, atmospheric psychedelia whose feeling is that of foggy, post metal-tinged acid rock with the sombre hues of blackgaze.
Coltaine:
Julia Frasch – vocals
Moritz Berg – guitar
Benedikt Berg – bass
Amin Bouzeghaia – drums
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