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(+ и тут Солярис ⚔️) Tchornobog (USA) "Tchornobog" (2017)
First conceived in 2009, "Tchornobog" is not a worship of the Slavic "Black God". It is a result of heavy meditation in a desert landscape from the perspective of a vessel mountain which harbors a nest for the Mind's Eye to be imprisoned. I witnessed — without any hope of my eye closing — the terrible sensory overload of the black vomit of Tchornobog.
The recordings provided here are a sonic journal of the metaphorical events and the empathetic interpretation of a landscape in my skull.
"TCHORNOBOG" is the first chapter in a book of many events in a universe born off the ashes of the inner pupil.
...Perpetually disemboweling... self devouring...
...Self devouring...perpetually disemboweling...
...Perpetually disemboweling... self devouring...
...Self devouring...perpetually disemboweling...
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...Perpetually disemboweling...self devouring...
...Self devouring...perpetually disemboweling...
The fearsome beast indwelling sole member Markov Soroka (Aureole, Slow), TCHORNOBOG bursts into the metal underground with a crushing and sensory-overloading eponymous album. Seven years in the making, “Tchornobog” can be described as a vessel to elaborate the various metaphors of religion, psychological disorder, and auditory hallucinations of the human animal. “The purpose of the project is to assume the body as an empathetic creature to understand both the Self and the attempts to find meaning in the world,” Soroka explains. “TCHORNOBOG is not a worship of the namesake Slavic 'Black God,' but rather a sarcastic evaluation as well as a testament to those with severe illness, and a nod to those of a religious related coping mechanism for the fear of death.”
In the span of four long and articulated tracks, TCHORNOBOG devours the whole spectrum of extreme music – from black metal to death metal, to funeral doom; then, it vomits everything out in the form of a dense, corrosive and lysergic substance to feed our minds with. Such a digestive process mimics the endless cycle of creation and destruction, and brings with itself a spiritual illumination. TCHORNOBOG's psychedelic approach and mind-expanding sound contemplate the use of saxophone, trumpet, bells, grand piano and cello to accompany the devastating drumming of Magnús Skúlason from Svartidauði, while Greg Chandler of Esoteric adds his deep growls to a couple of tracks.
However, what hits the most is Markov Soroka's visionary grandeur, the exorcism performed through his dark death metal riffs and majestic constructions. “The Tchornobog entity is a monument of my personal desire to wrestle with my own demons, my Tchornobog,” he concludes. “I believe that everyone has their own Tchornobog that they are constantly wrestling with and have their own ways of coping with it. This is mine.”
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Track Listing:
1. I: The Vomiting Tchornobog (Slithering Gods of Cognitive Dissonance) 20:10
2. II: Hallucinatory Black Breath of Possession (Mountain-Eye Amalgamation) 12:03
3. III: Non-existence's Warmth (Infinite Natality Psychosis) 14:22
4. IIII: Here, At The Disposition of Time (Inverting A Solar Giant) 17:48
Total Length: 01:04:23
Line-up:
Markov Soroka - All instruments, Vocals, Composition
Guest/Session Musicans:
Lillian Liu - Grand Piano (track 3)
Elizabeth Barreca - Vocals (choirs)
Magnús Skúlason - Drums (acoustic), Percussion
Sofia Hedman - Saxophone (Track 3)
Greg Chandler - Vocals (additional) (tracks 1, 3)
Hannar Gretarson - Trumpet, Cello
Stephen Lockhart - Recording, Mixing, Mastering
Adam Burke - Artwork
Artwork by Adam Burke/Nightjar Illustration.
Additional vocals on "The Vomiting Tchornobog" and "Non-Existence's Warmth" performed by Greg Chandler of Esoteric and Priory Recording Studio.
Saxophone on "Non-Existence's Warmth" was played by Sofia Hedman in Sweden, recorded by Alex Purkis of Craft.
Hannar Gretarson is attributed to the performance of the trumpet and cello instruments.
Elizabeth Barreca & Markov Soroka are the Vomiting Choir.
Recording information:
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered at Studio Emissary by Stephen Lockhart in Reykjavik, Iceland, 2015.
Released July 21, 2017
Bandcamp band - https://markovsoroka.bandcamp.com/album/tchornobog
Bandcamp label - https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/tchornobog
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Tchornobog/
Metal-Archives - https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Tchornobog/
