ONIRIK - Curling Serpents Under Stone (full album stream)

ONIRIK - Curling Serpents Under Stone (I, Voidhanger Records 2025) 1. Funeral March 00:00 2. All Is Hell, Hell Is All 02:10 3. Night Of Nights 07:39 4. Undertaker Of Men 11:49 5. Argument With The Stars 17:57 6. Curling Serpents Under Stone 19:21 7. To My Last Day On Earth 25:05 8. Depois Da Batalha 30:36 CD/LP/Digital - ORDER NOW EU Eshop: https://metalodyssey.8merch.com US Eshop: https://metalodyssey.8merch.us Bandcamp: https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/ Secluded and devoid of communications since 2020, the release year of the previous The Fire Cult Beyond Eternity and the wonderful parallel project NOITE, Gonius Rex has been silently working on Curling Serpents Under Stone, the newest ONIRIK manifestation - the third and last part of a trilogy begun with Casket Dream Veneration. If the last release documented the apocalypse and its bursts of fire, lava, and stone, thus honoring the chaos and the flames as unfathomable catalysts, in Curling Serpents Under Stone ONIRIK depicts the aftermath, describing a world engulfed, swallowed and physically lowered into Hell. "Curling Serpents Under Stone is meant to serve as a tribute to the 90’s Norwegian Black Metal scene and bands like early SATYRICON, VED BUENS ENDE, ISENGARD, DARKTHRONE, and EMPEROR," G.Rex explains. "It's my way of paying respects to those who influenced me the most and paved the way for this artistic form and way of life. To them I owe the privilege of standing in the higher seats of Hell’s amphitheater, side to side with bards and predictors of humanity’s downfall.” The end result is less experimental, more medieval-like and more traditional than past releases, while at the same time maintaining the usual sophisticated arrangements, unpredictable riffing and a never obvious melodic style, true trademarks of the Portuguese artist. Mixed and mastered by Gabriele Gramaglia (COSMIC PUTREFACTION, VERTEBRA ATLANTIS), Curling Serpents Under Stone is a cauldron of ravening vocals, haunting black metal riffs, and guitar solos that wrap around pulsating and hypnotic bass lines like the coils of a snake. ONIRIK's fervent invocations are seductive while treacherous, carrying a cruel profundity and a spiritual commitment that makes "Curling Serpents Under Stone" a modern black metal classic, as well as the most melodic and captivating work released by the band so far. I, Voidhanger Records: https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/i.voidhanger.records/ https://www.instagram.com/i_voidhanger_records/