German black metal outfit DARK FORTRESS has just released video for the title-track ‘Ylem’, taken from their latest album released back in January 2010 via Century Media. The idea behind the song and the clip is very specific and was eloquently explained by vocalist [known as] Morean: “The title track of our last album is a spell summoning the death of the universe in an accelerated “big crunch”. The end of all living matter in the universe is inevitable, and in this invocation the sorcerer is a witness to this inevitable cosmic disaster. The clip is set in an atmosphere of desertion, with no more signs of civilization, after the exponentially growing sun has scorched away all traces of life. As a last refuge, going underground offers the only shelter that is left, where the protagonist willingly surrenders to destruction and embraces his own end in a vision evoking both the distant past and distant future of our planet.”
‘Ylem’ was described as “fearless [album]” by AllMusic critic Eduardo Rivadavia. It is the sixth studio release by DARK FORTRESS and the second to feature new vocalist Morean who explained the album thusly: “On ‘Ylem’ we explore the stylistic diversity inherent in this band deeper than ever before. There is a lot of slow, very heavy stuff going on, some truly rotten clean parts, but also insane blast beats, some orchestral darkness, and tons of killer riffs to break your neck to. It is our ambition that every song is its own world and has a strong and unmistakable identity. We exploited this ambition to the fullest here.”
DARK FORTRESS features: Morean on vocals, V. Santura on guitars, Asvargr on guitars, Seraph on drums, Draug on bass and Paymon on keyboards.
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