Tape: 66 copies - Nomad Snakepit exclusive
Treat yourself to this dense dish of pure blasphemy: yet another product from the deranged mind of Nachtraaf (known from Urfaust, Fluisterwoud, etc) and Deportator (from D.R.E.P.).
This release consists of six evil tracks without much comparison actually. Eerily catchy and original, with sick twists and unpredictable hooks, it will leave you completely absorbed from the beginning ‘til the end. For the occasion, several prominent members of the Dutch Black Metal scene have been invited for this timeless masterpiece as guest-vocalists etc., adding up to the diversity of the music.
It’s all becoming more and more uncanny and twisted around the swamps of Gelderland. One thing is sure: a new set of rules has been established within Dutch Black Metal!
Now we must all follow the beat of DUIVEL’s drum!!
Lol man, this cover. The cut-and-paste painting style displays one of the most vile things I’ve ever seen. It’s sure to defile, and much like the band who dared to have it crafted, Duivel, its blasphemous in ways more glaring than you’d first expect. If you’re familiar with Dutch black metal in the slightest, that should come as no surprise. Somewhat under the radar, these guys return with more of their weird, darkened, violating sound that conjures fresh, blasphemous imagery like a Flemish painter high on Bruegel the Elder’s paint fumes. Netherlands, Flanders, anywhere the Dutch creep, their black metal leaks bodily fluids over everything. Duivel have only been around a few years, but are illustrative of that Dutch thing. Most importantly, Heiligschennis does not stick to formula. Though there are elements akin to black metal, its the details that make it interesting. Intros closer to blackened thrash, yet too dark for even that, discordant tremolo runs that beg for a major step but force a minor down your throat, repeatedly, 1970s horror organ that always sounds macabre, never trashy, I mean how did these guys perfectly corrupt these things so well? Heiligschennis shows that blasphemy can still reign, and reign truly. Anti-Christian themes are common in black metal proper, but to actually creep someone out, who’s frankly seen it all in that regard, takes clever, and skilled reworking. It’s an EP, but it will hurt your PP.
“The whole idea behind Duivel was to create some old-school black metal for nostalgia’s sake. I had a conversation with Deportator, who records Urfaust, about the ‘dire state’ of Dutch black metal. Most bands are not interesting to listen to for various reasons, so we were having the typical ‘grumpy old man yells at cloud’ conversation. We both grew up listening to black metal and were missing the feeling of these old-school bands, the ones who had an aggressive, but maybe even a kitschy bombastic feel…
Anyway, after having various of these conversations, we formed the plan to record something in the future… but since we both are busy with so many things, the plan never came to fruition!
Long story short, we had a recording session planned with Urfaust, but IX didn’t show up. Both Deportator and I were already down at the bunker and set everything up, so we thought: ‘Why not do it now?’
After these recordings with Deportator on drums and me on guitars, we listened back and were quite confident we should work on this… We discussed how and what we wanted to do, so I suggested that we let Paul Delany of Black Anvil do the bass, because he is a killer bassist with his own style, but also a very close good friend. Over the years, we talked about doing something together, so why not now?
I contacted Paul and he was instantly psyched, and within the shortest of times we got the tracks back with bass! PERFECT!
Paul and I go way back, so it was awesome to do this!
We asked another friend [Klavierendeler] to do the synths for Duivel, since he never really did something with bands or music, but he is a genius in my eyes and knows exactly the feeling we wanted to have, since he is a big fan of the genre as well.
As for a singer, we wanted to work with several notorious individuals from the Dutch scene, and they all did their magic on the tracks…
Pure satanic nostalgic black metal was the result.”
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