Portugal's mindbending black metallers Gaerea unveil a blistering new track
Wrap your head around Catharsis, taken from Gaerea's self-titled new album
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Another bloody string to the Portuguese black metal scene’s ornate bow, Gaerea are poised to release their stunning, self-titled debut album on June 22 via the increasingly prolific Transcending Obscurity imprint. With a sound that combines flat-out, frostbitten blasting with countless disorientating, dissonant detours, the band are already ploughing a singular creative furrow.
As a result, we’re delighted to be premiering the moody, evocative video for album preview track Catharsis. Stylishly monochrome and unnervingly bleak, it’s a tantalising way to enter Gaerea’s pitch-black realm of madness. Pass through the portal below!
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Dom Lawson began his inauspicious career as a music journalist in 1999. He wrote for Kerrang! for seven years, before moving to Metal Hammer and Prog Magazine in 2007. His primary interests are heavy metal, progressive rock, coffee, snooker and despair. He is politically homeless and has an excellent beard.
