HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY - MAERE | Rockum Reviews

The Austrian melodic black metal band HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY are releasing their 5th full-length Studio album, "Maere," this February 19th via AOP Records.

Honestly, this record brings you thousands of emotions in different colours and shapes. In my opinion, Black metal always has a light brighter in the dark than other sub-genres in Heavy Metal. However, with HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY, the concept is more profound and broader, like a dark melodic furious atmosphere transcendency to an infinity.

The band marked their footprints in Black Metal years ago, more precisely since 2012, but now they are lighting a new chapter in their genre, where the future is the present, and the dark is merciless but beautiful.

From the band's vicious wall of riffs opener "I, Pallbearer" to"Sing For The Damage We've Done" (Feat Neige of ALCEST) and "And Oceans Between Us," "Maere," is a perfect, seething soundtrack to the chaos we're currently living in.

If you don�t know, Maere is a malicious folkloristic entity creeping on sleeping people's chest during the night and causing breathlessness and anxiety. It's precisely this state of diffuse terror and paralysis that has been enshrined in HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY's music ever since their debut album.

As pioneers of the post-movement, mixing haunting black metal with post-rock moments, the Austrians have, ever since their conception in 2011, drawn fans and critics deeper and deeper into their maelstrom of melancholy, self-hate and anger, and even reached #29 of the German charts with their previous release "Arson." And once again, several friends of the band entered the intoxicating world of HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY to guest on "M?re": While Alcest's frontman Neige brings a haunting flair to 'Sing For The Damage We've Done' the anonymous voice of Gaerea joins in on 'Silver Needle // Golden Dawn.' As a session drummer, the band once again committed none less than Kerim "Krimh" Lechner (Septicflesh, live Behemoth) in the studio and Art of Maquenda designed the atmospheric artwork.

Gino Alache

Spanish Version:

La banda austriaca de black metal mel�dico HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY lanzar� su quinto �lbum de estudio de larga duraci�n, "Maere", este 19 de febrero a trav�s de AOP Records.

Sinceramente, este disco te trae miles de emociones en diferentes colores y formas. En mi opini�n, el Black Metal siempre tiene una luz m�s brillante en la oscuridad que otros subg�neros del Heavy Metal. Sin embargo, con HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY, el concepto es m�s profundo y m�s amplio, como una atm�sfera furiosa, mel�dica oscura y trascendente hasta el infinito. La banda marc� su huella en el Black Metal hace a�os, m�s precisamente desde 2012, pero ahora est�n abriendo un nuevo cap�tulo en su g�nero, donde el futuro es el presente, y la oscuridad es despiadada pero hermosa.

Desde el abridor de riffs vicioso de la banda "I, Pallbearer" hasta "Sing For The Damage We Done" (Feat Neige de ALCEST) y "And Oceans Between Us", "Maere" es una banda sonora perfecta y hirviente para el caos en el que vivimos actualmente.

Si no lo sabe, Maere es una entidad folcl�rica maliciosa que se arrastra sobre el pecho de las personas que duermen durante la noche y les causa dificultad para respirar y ansiedad. Es precisamente este estado de par�lisis y terror difuso lo que se ha consagrado en la m�sica de HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY desde su �lbum debut.

Como pioneros del posmovimiento, mezclando el inquietante black metal con los momentos del post-rock, los austriacos, desde su concepci�n en 2011, han atra�do a fan�ticos y cr�ticos cada vez m�s profundamente en su vor�gine de melancol�a, odio a s� mismos e ira, e incluso alcanz� el puesto 29 de las listas alemanas con su anterior lanzamiento "Arson". Y una vez m�s, varios amigos de la banda entraron en el embriagador mundo de HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY para participar en "M?re": mientras que el l�der de Alcest, Neige, aporta un estilo inquietante a "Sing For The Damage Hemos Hecho", la voz an�nima de Gaerea se une en 'Silver Needle // Golden Dawn'. Como baterista de sesi�n, la banda una vez m�s se comprometi� nada menos que con Kerim "Krimh" Lechner (Septicflesh, Behemoth en vivo) en el estudio y Art of Maquenda dise�� la obra de arte atmosf�rica.

Gino Alache

HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY - MAERE

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