Italian black metal outfit Blutsauger has set 29 August as the release date for its debut album, Nocturnal Blood Tyrants, which will see the light of day via De Tenebrarum Principio, a division of ATMF. The band has also unleashed the first track, "The Black Hunters".
Hailing from the oft-overlooked but no-less-vital Italian scene, Blutsauger is a raw black metal duo deeply rooted in the early '90s sound. With a fierce devotion to authenticity, Blutsauger embodies the true spirit of rawness and darkness, rejecting any romanticised notions -this is pure, unadulterated black metal, and proudly so.
Blutsauger's moniker draws inspiration from Transylvanian and Austro-Hungarian folklore, evoking the figure of the bloodsucker - Nosferatu, a symbol of nocturnal terror and eternal darkness. Its music is a reflection of this bleak, ancient mythos, stripped of pretension and infused with chilling intensity.
Committed to delivering raw, atmospheric, and uncompromising black metal, not for nothing, Blutsauger has been signed to the blood cult of De Tenebrarum Principio for its next two albums, promising a relentless journey into the shadowed depths of darkness. After an initial demo in 2021, the first step on this journey now arrives with Nocturnal Blood Tyrants, Blutsauger's full-length debut. And it's aptly titled, too: Nocturnal Blood Tyrants geysers forth a sanguine delirium that transcends rote bloodlust, both intensifying the feverish ultraviolence at the heart of its sound and establishing a transcendental, trance-like state within these blitzed decibels. Blutsauger's black metal is unique in that its hammering and yet oft-angular attack bears more than a passing semblance to Gorgoroth's weirdo-berzerker period of Under The Sign Of Hell and Destroyer, Or About How To Philosophize With The Hammer, times, where a carefully cultivated sense of rawness was first utilized as an antagonistic weapon, which correlated in parallel to the legendary Mütiilation's rebirth with the fuck-off Black Millenium (Grimly Reborn). Still, references or no, black metal would be nothing without riffs and atmosphere, and Blutsauger is fully stocked with both here - its absolute authenticity and conflagratory drive elevate both elements, arriving with a record that is fully felt rather than merely listened to. Prepare to offer obeisance to these Nocturnal Blood Tyrants! Link
BLUTSAUGER - Sets Release Date For Debut Album And Unleashes First Track
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