Demonoir by 1349

DEMONOIR is without a shadow of a doubt 1349’s darkest, most sinister and brutal work to date, and in this case it comes to mean that the band has gone from the utterly extreme to the genre-expanding and mindboggling. Black Metal cannot, and will never be the same. For the bands’ fifth full length release 1349 decided to suck out the fiercest and most potent energies from every single member and surroundings, channelling it into songs that are pulsating with uncanny atmospheres, rawness and nerve shattering intensity.

Musically and visually, Oslo`s 1349 have roots deeply implanted in the second wave of Norwegian black metal. Their sound, complete with buzzing (rather than roaring) guitars, abundant blastbeats, Satanic lyrics, unclean vocals etc., is appended by ghastly corpse-paint, leather, spikes, fire breathing, and more on-stage.