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“it has a peculiar sense of warmth and transformative power to it, as if it’s bidding the listener welcome to a warm, healing cocoon.” — Invisible Oranges
Hear Snøgg’s mystifying avant-black metal/dark ambient album ‘Ritual of the Sun’
Slovenian duo Snøgg’s most ambient offering, Ritual of the Sun, comes tomorrow (17th July) on CD and digital formats, and Invisible Oranges is hosting the advance streaming of this opus alongside a review. This sophomore album, arranged as a single 37-minute track and constructed by Snøgg alongside additional musicians, is based on myths and legends of the different sun-worshiping religions.
“‘Ritual of the Sun’ is a spiritual journey into the worlds and regions unknown,” Snøgg states. “Bound to the obedience of their god, the people of the unknown tribe get up early in the morning before the sunrise and go to a sacred place, hidden in the mountainous woodlands where they begin the ritual and praise their Maker. After the ceremony, they return back home to their normal lives.”
Stream Ritual of the Sun in its entirety AT THIS LOCATION.
Pre-save it on Spotify, Apple, and other digital outlets HERE and pre-order CD and digital album on Bandcamp HERE.
Follow the band on FACEBOOK.
Crawled out of Velenje in 2013, Snøgg encapsulates an endless journey through the abstract creative ideas. The Slovenian group’s self-defined “Freeride Black Metal” incorporates various dark, extreme, and weird sonic elements.
Led by Ulv and Mørke, the duo has so far appeared at more than 60 local and international concerts altogether. They have the tradition to embark on an Eastern European tour to support the studio releases, be it a demo, EP, or full-length album. Their aesthetic live shows and records both feature guest members who partake in experimentation and improvisation on stage and in the studio. The ever-surprising Snøgg’s every live performance delivers unpredictable and unfamiliar experiences and differs significantly from the past shows; thus, an audience will observe non–identical and new elements at every concert of the duo.
A follow-up to their 2019’s Chhinnamasta, the upcoming sophomore album, The Ritual of the Sun, is the most ambient offering by Snøgg. With the absence of drum–hammering, the Slovenian experimental unit enters the realms of hypnotic dark ambient as deep as never before and drifts quite far away from black metal. Similar to their 2017’s EP Abeloth, this forthcoming album is the result of an improvisational piece performed live on 25.12.2018 in Škofja Loka, Slovenia, written primarily for that occasion, as a pagan mass, and later recorded live in the studio RMC Kunigunda, Velenje. As the name suggests, the album embodies a pagan ritual praising the sun and the Maya sun god Kinich Ahau.
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