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I’ve posted a brand new, very lengthy interview with Emil Lundin of Reverorum ib Malacht. This can be read by clicking HERE.
The interview covers pretty much everything you could possibly want to know (perhaps more than you could want to know, haha) about the past and present musical activities of Mr. Lundin and thoughts on religion.
Out now on Exitium Productions, a live tape of Emit, recorded in August this year in London. A single instrumental piece over 17 minutes in length. Instrumental as the vocal microphone failed to work during the set. Sound quality is excellent (thanks go to Tim Drage) and the covers are pro-printed, dubbed onto plain black cassettes.
You can buy this HERE. And from the band direct.
Coming in November: AnXpm / Symphonia Sacrosancta Phasmatum split 12″ vinyl MLP. AnXpm side contains the EP as released earlier this year on cassette, the SSP side contains an unreleased track from 2004, originally intended as their side of a split release with Emit. Both sides were mastered specifically for the vinyl format by Kark Mastering.
A new Hammemit 8″ EP (33rpm) is now available through PseudoArcana. Buy direct from the label HERE
Here’s the label description: Hammemit is the ritualistic ambient alter-ego of English Black-Noise icon Emit. Turning away from the harsh abstract violence of that latter project Hammemit is a retreat deep into the shadow realm of olde religion and esoteric contemplation.
On ‘The Ghastliere Morrowe’ we get two 8 minute sides -cut into square plastic- that create a stark cold cavernous space whilst simultaneously wrapping one in a dark warm cloak like some protection against the dark.
Below is a promo video put together by PseudoArcana:
A new Emit tape release is out now on Glorious North Productions. Eight tracks of strange and haunting music, with a vaguely 1980′s sound of ritualised industrial percussion and synth, accompanied by distinctive multitudinous voices and distorted/clean guitars. A disturbing blend of the murky and uniquely bizarre atmospherics of earliest Emit with the otherwordliness of Hammemit. Click here to order.
CD version to be released by Crucial Blast in Feb/Mar 2013. Sample below:
Emit will be playing their first ever live show at Ryan’s Bar, Newington, London on the 4th of August 2012. More details to follow shortly. They are joined by fellow noise artists such as Panther Modern (noise project of TOMB member) and Hal Hutchinson. Emit will be performing an entirely improvised set of dark guitar noise in their own inimitable style. Joining MM on second guitar for this event is the mainman from English black metal band Subvertio Deus (now known as Antinomian).
This event will follow the release of a new Emit recording, which should be out by the end of this month. More details on that later.
I have uploaded as many Emit and Hammemit lyrics as I have plus some that MM sent me. These include some unused lyrics plus lyrics written for the unreleased ‘Mother of Blood’ album, including some written by Emil Lundin (as the album was a collaboration between these two gentlemen). When I have time to dig out my copy of the “Spires…” album I’ll add those too. Go to the Lyrics page to have a read.
I also added some further items to the webstore page, click that link at the top of the page to see what’s available.
Forthcoming Hammemit releases are: “Morthwork” CD (Fall of Nature), “The Ghastliere Morrowe” 8″ vinyl EP (Pseudo Arcana) plus a split Hammemit cassette with a side-project of Dan from Vrolok (USA).
Ante Cryst’s “1682 rehearsal” demo tape is now available direct from MM. Recorded probably back in late 2006 (in any case, after the “Malicious” rehearsal tape recorded the year previously but after the AnXpm session) but then was pretty much forgotten during a busy time for the two members involved in its creation. Anyway, now the AnXpm is out, it’s been deemed a good idea to put this old rehearsal out as well and finally end the saga that was Ante Cryst/AnXpm.
MM plays guitar in his usual undisciplined and bizarre scything fashion and does vocals while Bruder Unknown H plays drums, all recorded “live” through open microphones. Having heard the tape a few times now, I’d say musically it’s like the early works of Mutiilation, Mayhem (1989 period!), Thorns and maybe Bathory (The Return), as tracks are quite varied in mood, tempo and influence. Soundwise it’s raw, rehearsal quality recorded on a portable four track, but it’s clear enough and listenable.
The tape cover is xeroxed and the cassette itself is a good quality solid white C60. There’s nine tracks of black metal, 20+ minutes in total. Tape costs £3.00 including p&p in the UK. Elsewhere ask for postage cost. To buy a copy, email MM at contact_emit(at)hotmail(dot)com
I worked out it’s not hard to make Youtube videos, listen if you want:
Thought I’d post some news on this anniversary of a certain death, as there’s a few things worth mentioning that MM passed on to me.
Hammemit’s Morthwork album has been finished for a while now and should see a release through Fall of Nature records later this year. The album has actually evolved through three different versions since 2008 (!), this final version being entirely composed of clean guitar and is completely instrumental.
There will be an Hammemit EP release also later this year, on 8″ acetate vinyl, released by PseudoArcana. It includes two tracks (again instrumental), one dating from 2012 and the other from back in 2007. Originally this label was meant to release an Emit EP on the same format, called “Mysteries of the Church”, however it never came about and the tracks found their way onto “Nature Mystic” instead. Hopefully this time the release will work out!
Lastly, in co-operation with me, MM has agreed to re-release an edition of his old ‘zine, Anti-Art Manifesto, which will include most of the old interviews from issues two and three. This includes rare interviews with SVEST, Malign, Ichneutic, Dark Blaze ‘zine, Arckanum, Celestia, Vrolok, Kristallnacht, Ante Cryst, Ad Hominem, Naer Mataron and lots more. As a bonus I’m also going to add several Emit interviews from old print zines as well (including unpublished ones).
“Recorded anno 2006 and originally intended as a 7” EP through Niessedrion Records, finally the AnXpm is released. Laid down at the same woodland studio cabin as Reverorum ib Malacht’s URKAOS album, AnXpm is percussive black metal with an infected voice speaking of monasteries, curse of irreligious romanticists and old codices.”
Professionally printed tape version through one of the oldest Emit/Hammemit supporters Total Holocaust Records (it also appears to be amongst the first new releases from THR in quite a while). See the previous post for a sample track and order HERE.
