Morke - We Are The River (full album, 2021)

Just three months into the year, and we have already had some big albums of atmospheric black metal that elevates the spirit in Mare Cognitum, and Koldovstvo, and the elemental, naturalistic evocations of Fuath, and promise of a new Panopticon….. …..and yet…..they are not Morke. Four years after our introduction to Eric Wing’s solo project through the classically-ornate self-titled album, and the oceanic wilds of Sirens, and three years in the making, We Are the River is the appropriately titled channelling of noise and wresting personal demons. Charged with the naturalistic energies of Cascadian USBM, and emotionally raw melodicism harnessed from its Appalachian influences, this album charts a surging course from spring to sea, through gently winding passages to violently raging torrents in a masterfully composed ebb and flow. Take one of the early highlights of many in Lost, where melodic riffs chew into the rhythmic passage of the track, looping round in a delirious little circles until they implode and crunch through themselves into distorted eddies, or the doble-whammy of Redemption and Brumous around the half-way point, where a riff motif repeats into an expanding gloriously actualised peak, that pops into the next track taking the intensity up another level. This will be one of those albums that quietly overwhelms you until you realise you listened to nothing else all week. Self-released, available from the Morke Bandcamp now, but emphatically worthy of a full, physical release should anyone wish to give it one: https://morkemn.bandcamp.com/album/we... Band: Morke Album: We Are the River Year: 2021 Label: Self-Released Country: USA Genre: Melodic Atmospheric Black Metal Join the cult: Order ov the Black Arts:   / orderovtheblackarts   Album: https://morkemn.bandcamp.com/album/we... Tracklist: 1. Reveries of the Dark 00:00 2. Intrusions 06:47 3. Lost 22:02 4. Isolation 30:38 5. Rebirth 41:07 6. Redemption 47:18 7. Brumous 52:02 8. Rehabilitate 55:55 9. In Search of Silence 01:07:16 10. We Are the River 01:11:58 Support the artist – visit their pages, buy their work! BAND - Bandcamp: https://morkemn.bandcamp.com/ Facebook:   / morkemn   Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/artist/1154... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3jegV... Metal Archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/... Uploaded on behalf of Morke, with thanks. Order ‘Idol Hands’ logo by Rob Obscure   / obscuredevotionofficial   Order ‘Imperial’ and ‘Classic’ logos, by Ivan Gossage ‘Medieval Raw’ thumbnail logo by Thaumaturge Artworks Instagram:   / thaumaturge_artworks   Facebook:   / thaumaturgeartworks   Order links - LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/ootba Facebook Group:   / orderovtheblackarts   Facebook Page:   / orderovtheblackarts   Instagram   / orderovtheblackarts   Twitter   / ovorder   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/601kqvl... Teespring store for Order apparel and totems: https://teespring.com/stores/order-fo...