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Dissonant black metal band NORSE premiere stunning new track via Decibel Magazine

Enigmatic black metal entity Norse have been going strong over the years and they’ve been honing their sound with each one. The latest one is probably their most refined and catchiest one yet, while retaining their trademark dissonance and eerie, otherworldly sound. Decibel Magazine premiered a brand new song from the latest album AT THIS LINK. Excerpt –

“the way in which Australia’s Norse subverts paradigms with old rhythms, dissonant chords, and weirdness — not unlike what latter day Gorguts does within death metal, really — on Ascetic is a welcome shake up”

PRESS – 

-“The album is full of rich textures, like it’s been hatefully handcrafted from the fabric of the worst nightmares known” – Moshpit Nation (US)

-“shape-shifting monstrosity” – No Clean Singing (US)

-“‘Ascetic’ is a record designed to confound, to terrify and to absorb your mind into its splintering insanity” – The Killchain (UK)

-“this should be hailed as the most mature work to date” – Headbanger Reviews (US)

-“Uneasy listening at its terrifying best” – Metal Roos (Germany) 4.5/5

-“Terrifyingly brilliant” – The Coroners Report (New Zealand) 9.5/10

-“a harbinger of heartless destruction it sure is exhilarating.” – Blessed Altar (UK) 8.5/10

-““Ascetic” is a powerful offering by NORSE. It’s compelling, intriguing, and never dull.” – Metal Temple (Greece) 8/10

-“a great album” – Occult Black Metal Zine 8/10

-“This is one of the heaviest most unsettling albums you will hear this year.” – Heavy Matters (UK) 8/10

-“an album that really thrives on this bleakness” – Two Guys Metal Reviews (US)

Norse (Australia) – Ascetic (October 8th, 2021)

Genre – Dissonant Black Metal
Release Date – October 8th, 2021
Record Label – Transcending Obscurity Records

For fans of – Ulcerate, Deathspell Omega, Thorns, Revulsion, Gorguts, Replicant

Dissonant black metal entity Norse have forged a unique sound over the years playing intense, bleak and somewhat futuristic music which they’ve only honed with each subsequent album. They play calculated, atonal yet highly rhythmic music delivered with machine-like precision which sounds markedly different and refreshing when most black metal bands are too reliant on their progenitors for laying down the framework. Never does it seem as though they’ve lost their way delving deep into the dissonant territories; Norse have a predefined trajectory even with its myriad variations and undulations. They adhere to their mutated sound which is awash with harsh, venomous vocals, adding character to the otherworldly mechanised riffing and unrelenting spasmodic waves of blasting. This long-running Australian band have created singular music that not only defies the trends but also holds its own alongside that of other similar-minded contemporaries on the label such as ReplicantVeilburnerand Crypts of Despair.

Line up –
Lyrics, Themes and Vocals – ADR
All Arrangements, Instruments and Mixing – Forge

Additional vocals and lyrics on Blight – K. Southcott
Bass written and recorded – K. Southcott

Track listing –

1. Ascetic
2. Parasite Warmongers
3. Fearless Filth Seeker
4. Accelerated Subversion
5. Radical Depression
6. Zero Insight
7. Blight
8. Useless

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Norse Bandcamp

Transcending Obscurity Site

Transcending Obscurity Official YouTube Channel

Transcending Obscurity Records Facebook

Norse Facebook

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