Wildernessking – Mystical Future

MONO 029 WILDERNESSKING – Mystical Future – CS

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Three years have passed since Wildernessking burst upon the global metal scene with their critically praised debut album The Writing of Gods In the Sand. The band have not been idle since then, releasing two well-received EPs – …And the Night Swept Us Away (2012) and The Devil Within (2014) – as well as tracks for split releases in 2014 and early 2015. But based on some advance listening we’ve been lucky to experience, Mystical Future represents their most accomplished and powerful music yet. More cohesive, more dynamic in its scope, and more personal in its lyrical focus, the album represents a significant step ahead for a band who have already made a big impact in a short space of time. Though Wildernessking’s already demonstrated talent for writing sweeping, impassioned, and memorable melodies is still very much in evidence, what we’ve heard from Mystical Future is even more dark, intense, and electrifying. The music combines the harrowing ferocity of black metal and searing, acidic vocals with vibrant, multi-textured melodies that will send listeners on a dramatic journey through shifting moods they won’t soon forget. It’s an album that’s ambitious in its conception and truly impressive in its execution, and it will undoubtedly further elevate Wildernessking’s reputation as a band to watch very closely.
– NO CLEAN SINGING

As noted, Mystical Future will be released in December 2015 on cassette by Grimoire Cassette Cvlture (USA) and Monotonstudio Records (Dortmund). The album was mixed and mastered by Jack Shirley (Botanist, Deafheaven, Bosse-de-Nage) in California, and recorded with Daniel Thackwray in Cape Town, South Africa. The track list is as follows:

SIDE A
White Horses [9:37]
I Will Go To Your Tomb [6:07]
To Transcend [6:00]

SIDE B
With Arms Like Wands [8:20]
If You Leave [13:02]

Listen here: https://monotonstudiorecords.bandcamp.com/album/mystical-future-cs
Limited to 100 copies. White shells, transparent cases.
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WILDERNESSKING „I Will Go To Your Tomb“ VIDEO PREMIERE

I’ve been trying to find a place for Cape Town, South Africa’s Wildernessking on Invisible Oranges for some time. Their 2012 album The Writing of Gods in the Sand came across my radar at a time when I felt a tremendous optimism for black metal. PANOPTICON’s Kentucky had just been released and most people were only hearing Cormorant’s Dwellings for the first time. I felt the genre embracing folkish melodies and aiming for elegant musicianship.
The years since have not born that future out completely but Wildernessking still play slick, melodic and engrossing black metal on their upcoming second album, Mystical Future. Producer Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Crowhurst) has polished their aforementioned Cormorant-isms to a mirror shine, as evident in “I Will Go to Your Tomb.”
Wildernessking applied the same polish to the “I Will Go to Your Tomb” music video as well. Some creative editing and high-contrast photography come together to create a video that celebrates the landscape and traditional culture of South Africa while hinting at the country’s troubled and often violent past.
– Written by Joseph Schafer / Invisible Oranges

Last copies off the „Mystical Future“ CS available here:
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Listen to „With Arms Like Wands“ there: https://monotonstudiorecords.bandcamp.com/album/mystical-future-cs

Full album Noisey premiere will take place on the 18th of January.

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