von frost records & Devil Cult Ritualism sets February 1st, 2018
as the release date for the striking debut EP of Vhorthax, Nether
Darkness, on pro cassette tape. 175 copies world wide.
Hailing
from Russia, Vhorthax was formed by members of the band Abyssfire -
Morkh (voices & psalms - also Sickrites and Serpentrance),
Nicholas-N.A.-I.I. (drums), and M.P. (guitars & bass) - in 2016
during a night of black candle mass meditations in their rehearsal
bunker. There's no other goal but the
channeling of primitive and cavernous chants of the Devil in the rough
form of morbid BLACK/DEATH echoing with the sounds of the altars of
worship. After several gigs, Vhorthax locked themselves in the bunker
and crafted the four foul songs branded as Nether Darkness.
Now book ended by a suitably haunting intro and outro, Nether Darkness
indeed evokes its title: a plunge into the deepest, darkest recesses of
the eternal abyss. Muscular yet atmospheric and traveling across all
sorts of diabolical terrain, Vhorthax craft a sound that's both patient
and potent, simmering with sinister energies before winding up and into a
fiery fury. Moments of ritualism become full conflagrations, and the
slipstreaming momentum becomes too much to bare. Truly, this is Nether
Darkness, and Vhorthax are leading the way downward with torch in hand.
Have a listen;
https://soundcloud.com/john-von-frost/3-stabat-mater
Have a listen;
https://soundcloud.com/john-von-frost/3-stabat-mater
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