Sun Of The Sleepless / Cavernous Gate

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zambolino This is some damn good material from both bands! Favorite track: Sun of the Sleepless - The Lure Of Nyght.

Arrogant Bastard Sun of the Sleepless earned my trust with his 2017 blackened opus ‘To The Elements’. About time we get some more! The crushing single from Cavernous Gate is also very promising; a slog of earth shattering sludge running deep into the darkest caverns. Cavern-metal is upon us.

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1.	Sun of the Sleepless - Wovon Wölfe träumen 02:47	buy track
2.	Sun of the Sleepless - The Lure Of Nyght 08:37	buy track
3.	Sun of the Sleepless - Fall Of The Lonesome 02:44	buy track
4.	Sun of the Sleepless - To the Moon On Summer Eves 06:28	buy track
5.	Sun of the Sleepless - Kristall 02:40	buy track
6.	Cavernous Gate - Seclusion 01:25	buy track
7.	Cavernous Gate - Those Who Walk The Fog 05:44	buy track
8.	Cavernous Gate - Amongst Decayed Grass 09:15	buy track
9.	Cavernous Gate - A Pale Shimmer In The Dark 08:29	buy track

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The men behind Sun Of The Sleepless and Cavernous Gate are no strangers to split releases; in fact, they played in Nachtmahr and Helrunar respectively in 2005 on a joint EP. 14 years later now, one - Schwadorf of Empyrium, The Vision Bleak and Noekk - continues on the path Sun Of The Sleepless carved with "To The Elements" in 2017, whereas the other - Helrunar co-founder and drummer S.K. - goes into a wholly new venture.

For Sun Of The Sleepless, teaming up with a long-time friend, who also plays guitar at the group's shows, suggested itself. "We make a good match," explains Schwadorf. "Each of us is a multi-instrumentalist with deep roots in the 1990s but also open to fresh inspiration." His contribution, a song cycle titled "The Lure Of Nyght," deepens the concept of "Poetic Black Metal Dirges," the group's raison d'être since its foundation in 1998.

While the lyrics are, in part, literal translations from German Expressionist and Romantic works, the band leader even sees the tracks as a continuation of Empyrium's classic "Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields," being equally impetuous and evocative - a valid description of Cavernous Gate's doom death as well. "I wanted to create otherworldly, ghostly, soundtrack-like music without clinging to just one style," says S.K. about his solo project. "It came together intuitively from different areas, also what's called dungeon synth these days."

Regarding the lyrical content, S.K. keeps his cards close to his chest, but the name Cavernous Gate is telling enough, meaning "a gate into unknown realms, dark and forlorn." Similar to Schwadorf, he audibly draws from the likes of early Ulver, Emperor or Katatonia - and within this triangle, their split album might be the most vintage Prophecy Productions release of late …

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released December 6, 2019

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Sun Of The Sleepless Germany

Sun Of The Sleepless is the solo project of Schwadorf (aka Markus Stock), the mastermind behind two of Prophecy Productions' most popular acts, Empyrium and The Vision Bleak. The band creates poetic black metal dirges that twist with cold, raw atmospheres. Despite its formation in 1998, Sun Of The Sleepless releases its full-length debut "To the Elements" only in 2017. ... more

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Apr 26

ORWOhaus

Berlin, Germany
Aug 2

Sputnikhalle

Münster, Germany

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