Debut album 'Nothing' on Roadburn Records (of Roadburn Festival fame) on CD and double vinyl.
Release date: September 24th 2007.
Tracklisting:
1. z0 = 0 does not tend to infinity.
2. :Hibernate Staleobjectexception (Download track)
3. Empty\Shell [Pattern, Chaos, and Beauty]
4. Space_a refused to die and required a kill -9
5. : include(spirit) [function.void]: failed to exorcise
6. womb_LOAD like the hell of the sun:
7. The voodoo hex is to follow you herein, all your days, all your nights. While you wake, while you sleep.
All music and instrumentation: Jason Köhnen.
Vocals: Rachael Kozak.
Spoken word: Kenji Siratori.
Concept
The term white darkness describes the entrancing force that comes over oneself, rising from the earth directly into one's body, its whiteness a glory, and its darkness, terror. This effect depends on self-surrender and a degree of depersonalization, although an observing part of the ego is still present. White is sublimity, darkness is terror. They are unified at the climax of the trance. In this emptiness there is oblivion. An emptiness filled with powers that move in the most sublime fashion, entranced gods, divine dancing. The term white darkness is paradoxical, but paradox is often required to point to non-ordinary reality.
The concept White Darkness was to take the essence of Doom Metal (the funeral drums and melodic dirges) and place it into a futuristic and nihilistic background. Replacing the traditional guitars with piano and cello and using electronics to provide the digital atmosphere. Seeing Doom Metal as usually inspired by times and ages past it felt like an interesting combination to pursue.
Moulding Mandelbrot set (Buddhabrot) imagery with the imagery of skulls to create a neverending loop of misery.
Cathedral's debut 'Forest of Equilibrium' and St.Vitus' 'V' are undeniably a huge influence on the musical outcome of this album and the gloom of these albums can be seen as blueprint for the 'Nothing' album.
The album track titles are influenced partly by internet scripting and Cyberpunk author Kenji Siratori who did some spoken word on the album. The illogical combination of what seems random word use gives a seemingly sinister and mysterious futuristic feel to the titles and text.
The concept White Darkness was to take the essence of Doom Metal (the funeral drums and melodic dirges) and place it into a futuristic and nihilistic background. Replacing the traditional guitars with piano and cello and using electronics to provide the digital atmosphere. Seeing Doom Metal as usually inspired by times and ages past it felt like an interesting combination to pursue.
Moulding Mandelbrot set (Buddhabrot) imagery with the imagery of skulls to create a neverending loop of misery.
Cathedral's debut 'Forest of Equilibrium' and St.Vitus' 'V' are undeniably a huge influence on the musical outcome of this album and the gloom of these albums can be seen as blueprint for the 'Nothing' album.
The album track titles are influenced partly by internet scripting and Cyberpunk author Kenji Siratori who did some spoken word on the album. The illogical combination of what seems random word use gives a seemingly sinister and mysterious futuristic feel to the titles and text.
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