Empusae - Onus (Digipak CD)

Onus marks the second collaborative venture between Empusae and Peter Bjärgö, following their critically acclaimed album Proslambanomenos. Unlike their previous collaboration, where Nicolas (Empusae) added instrumentations to Pete's compositions, Onus takes a reverse approach. Peter contributes his voice and additional sounds to Nicolas's compositions, resulting in a seamless fusion of their musical universes. A voyage into the darkest aspect of humanity, navigating trough ambient atmospheres, melancholic chants, floating arpeggios, drifting melodic pads, pounding drums, alienating analog... leaving the voyager in the endless duality between hope, solidarity and empathy against despair. Onus, literally means burden of life, is about the the chains we have connected with our demons as individuals as well as the darkest and most cruel aspects of humanity.