Dodheimsgard - A Umbra Omega (2024 Reissue) (CD)

The Norwegian experimental black progressive metal purveyors return with a 68 minute dark masterpiece of challenging & unnerving introspection. Norway's DØDHEIMSGARD was formed in 1994 by Vicotnik & Aldrahn. The early incarnation was that of a raw and melodic black metal band, with their debut album also featuring Fenriz of DARKTHRONE on bass, before the poisons of a more avantgarde & schizophrenic concoction started to take hold. One of the top bands and boundary-pushing visionaries of the mid-90's Norwegian black metal evolution, having released 4 full-length albums since their inception, DHG are widely hailed as masters of dark & psychotic psychedelia-tinged extremity. The first fruits of DHG's re-animated labour manifest in the shape of new studio album, A Umbra Omega, with original co-founding member Aldrahn (THORNS / THE DEATHTRIP) making a return to the asylum on vocal duties alongside Vicotnik's exquisite & unconventional compositions & structures.

A Umbra Omega is DHG's first album since 2007's Supervillain Outcast opus, and undoubtedly marks the band's most challenging work to date; twisted, technical, sprawling epics & an inverted outlook on existence from the depths of band mastermind / writer / producer Vicotnik, with similarities drawn to previous classic DHG works such as 666 International and Satanic Art whilst being taken to a whole new level. A raw and organic production permeates the album courtesy of Vicotnik himself, with the album mastered at Strype Audio in Oslo by Tom Kvålsvoll.