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Krigsgrav to Release The Sundering Aug. 6 on Wise Blood Records

Posted in Whathaveyou on June 9th, 2021 by JJ Koczan

I’m not always a huge black metal guy, but every now and then you have the kind of day that makes you want to rip your own throat out and sometimes a record comes along that hits just that right spot of aural catharsis. Hello, The Sundering. The impending sixth long-player by Texas-based trio Krigsgrav is set to release Aug. 6 through Wise Blood Records and uses charred sounds as a foundation from which to spread its intense, driving and in many cases destructive gospel. Acoustic stretches and slower passages ensure consideration beyond genre-stamp-and-move-on, guitar wizardry ensures a sense of soaring above the devastation only to plunge back into it with the next riff, and the theme of a hurricane hitting Galveston over a century ago is well represented by the torrent of their execution. Madness ensues.

Nothing public from it yet, but their Bandcamp is a trove for the brave. Album info from the PR wire:

krigsgrav the sundering

Wise Blood Records presents KRIGSGRAV

Texan atmospheric black metal trio Krigsgrav have been an ever-evolving force since forming in 2004. Originating as a two-man band led by David Sikora, the band transitioned into a full four-piece unit in 2011, with frequent conspirator Justin Coleman being a mainstay ever since. The Sundering is the first album featuring newly recruited lead guitarist Cody Daniels (Giant of the Mountain), and the results inspire awe. The Sundering is Krigsgrav’s sixth LP, and it’s a masterpiece of slicing riffs and apocalyptic gloom. The album will mesmerize fans of rustic darkness (Agalloch and Woods of Ypres), melodic death/doom (Katatonia and My Dying Bride), and ’90s Swedish black metal (Dissection and Dawn). The Sundering will roar out of the storm clouds on August 6th from Wise Blood Records on CD, Cassette, and digital formats.

“Krigsgrav represents the bleakness through which we view this world and how we interpret those emotions musically”. explains vocalist/guitarist Justin Coleman. “It is our version of spirituality, I guess you could say. Thematically, Krigsgrav is based around beauty in darkness, our stoic internal reflection and just the smallest amount of hope that can still be found, even at life’s darkest moments.”

The Sundering is an exceptionally dark and downcast record that considers black metal a canvas instead of a genre prison. Krigsgrav channel the rustic atmospheres of Agalloch and Woods of Ypres while the somber moods of Katatonia and My Dying Bride seep into each composition. But the album also brings a storm of riffs with its dark-cloud ambience. Think the Swedish greats like Dissection and Dawn playing as cataclysmic winds come with nightfall.

In 1900, a devastating hurricane hit the thriving coastal city of Galveston in Krigsgrav’s home state of Texas. It was the deadliest storm in the young history of the United States, with approximately 8,000 fatalities. While the city was resilient in the face of so much carnage, it was a reminder of Mother Nature’s destructive power. The Sundering was partially inspired by that tragedy, and feels timely in an age where nature has humbled humanity yet again.

“This album is based around the dread of a natural event occurring and having no control,” Coleman shares, “but trying to find the means to pull yourself together to get through it all. It is about personal perseverance in the face of absolute crushing odds that should not allow it. Our lyrical content is almost consistently about our place in this world, and how finite and fragile our existence is.”

The Sundering will commence with a track premiere and pre-order launch on the summer solstice, June 21st. It will then be released on CD, Cassette, and digitally on August 6th through Wise Blood Records. Listen to one of the year’s best black metal albums and face the darkness with Krigsgrav.

Krigsgrav is:
David Sikora: Drums, Bass, Backing Clean Vocals
Justin Coleman: Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Ambient Noise
Cody Daniels: Lead Guitars

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Krigsgrav, “Isolation Hell”

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