This album, "Portal of Sorrow", is the last Xasthur album, period.
The honorable thing to do is to end the band and not hang around too long, like so many metal/black metal bands do. Enough is enough, right?
I'm not able to make it work anymore. I don't want to turn into one of those bands who rely on too many guests and session musicians to make people interested in their music again. Some help is fine but more than some help is very cheap and it becomes others, not the roots of the band that makes the difference and the music work. I donât want to fall into that pattern.
The motivation and inspiration used to be there full time and now it's not there at all, not for doing Xasthur at least. It is a role or persona that I have simply outgrown. Iâve been saying Iâm sick and tired of it all for too long... and now, Iâm going to back it up. There are or have been literally 18,000 black metal bands; it does not matter if there's one less.
Just like in the nineties, I made a few recent attempts to put a real line-up together and it still failed; another sign that said âgive it up alreadyâ.
However, I wanted to end on a better note with this 'Portal of Sorrow' album because the album that came before it, 'All reflections drained', was not up to par and I couldn't finish up with an album that I was less than satisfied with. Now, I suppose any or all goals have been reached and there is nothing more I wish to try with Xasthur and it's time to move on...
Since it would be foolish to give up music all together, I have something else to fall back on that is beginning to take shape. It's a new beginning that I'm quite excited about.
Instead, I'm going to do something different by not performing any kind of metal at all!
There's no use in trying to reinvent black metal or turn it upside down, it's all been done and in the end, it's still metal and will remain within those circles, stereotypes and boundaries no matter what. Overall, I need a bigger change in my life and with music than just trying to change metal.
There isn't anything to lose.
I would ask you to stay tuned for my next project and give it a plug but there's no need to. It's probably of no interest to you and again, it has nothing to do with metal and I'm not trying to keep any connection or ties to it.
I will not name influences, genres or anything of the sort.
Believe me when I say this decision has been well thought out for months and doesn't come out of frustration.
Something I usually hate is comebacks, reunions or reformations of bands. You can be rest assured (for even relieved) that this will not happen.
I would like to say f**k you to so many people itâs not even funny, but that would be just another way of not washing my hands and hanging around, so I wonât bother.
Instead, I would like to say thank you to a handful of people who took an interest in the music over the years and had the patience to (slowly but surely) watch it grow and develop. I'm more grateful than you think; you know who you are and I know who you are.
I'd also like to say thanks to Marissa Nadler for taking her voice to another level, to Ron for helping design the album and to Hydra Head for the hospitality over the last few years.
Xasthur kaster in hÄndklet
Xasthur kaster in hÄndklet
Tsja, like greit. HÞres ut som fyren har blitt rimelig desillusjonert. Uasett har han et knippe fantastiske utgivelser/lÄter pÄ samvittigheten.
That secret Path leads the Ahran to mental woe unspeakable; woe for the dead, and helpless pity for the men of Karmic sorrow; the fruit of Karma Sages dare not still.
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Kanskje like greit. Mye vissvass der i gÄrden ja, men det som er bra er grisefett!
Det maa bli slutt paa denne landssvikerpolitikken, og paa jukset i MGP!
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Synes All Reflections Drained var j***a knall jeg. En del annet Xasthur materiale som ogsÄ er fett. Men kanskje pÄ tide Ä gi seg nÄ ja.
For mye vissvass imellom det lille som var bra, sÄ dette er helt greit. HÄper han kjÞrer pÄ videre med Lycia-inspirerte greier, det kom ikke helt til sin rett i black metal, gitt.
Dirant wrote:Riffet i "Walk" dreier seg om alt.
Jeg har Telepathic with the Deceased og To Violate the Oblivious, sistnevnte ble spilt en del da den kom, men det er lenge siden jeg har hÞrt pÄ bandet. Det finnes bedre black metal for Ä si det enkelt.
Personlig synes jeg splitten med Leviathan er det beste han har gjort, av de skivene jeg har hÞrt. "Keeper of Sharpened Blades (And Ominous Fates)", makan til stemning, det kan man ikke nektes pÄ.
That secret Path leads the Ahran to mental woe unspeakable; woe for the dead, and helpless pity for the men of Karmic sorrow; the fruit of Karma Sages dare not still.
The first pressing of 1500 copies (portal of sorrow) is sold out. I'm temporarily out of stock, I'm sure very few are holding their breath. Anyway, I'll make another pressing maybe later in the year, maybe never.
That secret Path leads the Ahran to mental woe unspeakable; woe for the dead, and helpless pity for the men of Karmic sorrow; the fruit of Karma Sages dare not still.
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