Atmospheric Doom Metal collective The Answer Lies In The Black Void featuring members of Thy Catafalque and Celestial Season have just revealed a music video for a new song titled “Virgin Fire,” which is taken from the band’s forthcoming second album “Thou Shalt,” scheduled for release next week, October 13th via Burning World Records. Watch the video through the YouTube player below:
The band comments: “The Virgin Fire was created using the GEN-2 AI software, modelling the dream-like surreal and occult images that visualise The Answer Lies In The Black Void’s universe. Our second album Thou Shalt is inspired by the concept of Carl Jung’s shadow and “Virgin Fire” deals with the concept of the dream state according to these works of Jung : “The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul.”
Pre-Orders the album on Bandcamp: https://theanswerliesintheblackvoid.bandcamp.com/album/thou-shalt
01. Ataraxia
02. To Kill The Father
03. In Obsidian Clouds
04. Virgin Fire
05. Shadow Work
06. Jhieronymus
07. Thou Shalt
08. Purgatory
09. Vaporize
The Answer Lies In The Black Void is a collaboration between Martina Horváth from avant-garde metal project Thy Catafalque and Jason Köhnen from Celestial Season, The Lovecraft Sextet, Bong-Ra, ex-The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, the duo also work together in the transcendental music project Mansur that releases on Denovali Records.
Horváth and Köhnen joined forces through their passion for all things Doom, presenting their personal take on the genre with all its beautiful darkness and from all possible angles. Bringing their own mix of atmospheric laden Avant-Doom.
After their immensely well received debut album “Forlorn,” The Answer Lies In The Black Void now returns with their second album titled “Thou Shalt.” Inspired by Carl Jung’s ‘shadow work’ this new album is scheduled for release on October 13th via Burning World Records and will followed by the bands first ever live performances with a full lineup in a small tour throughout The Netherlands and Germany. The Answer Lies In The Black Void will be performing live as a 5 piece, with Botond Fogl (guitar), Attila Kovacs (guitar) and MarkPotkovacz (drums) being part of the full lineup.
Confirmed dates are below:
22 October – A38 Hajó, Budapest. HU [Album try-out show]
23 October – Klub Močvara, Zagreb. HR [Album try-out show]
03 November – Simplon, Groningen. NL
04 November – De Helling, Utrecht. NL
05 November – Dutch Doom Days, Baroeg, Rotterdam. NL
18 November – Hammer of Doom Festival, Posthalle, Würzbürg. DE
Lineup:
Music: Martina Horváth/Jason Köhnen
Production: Jason Köhnen
Mix/Mastering: James Plotkin
Artwork: Hydrauliks
Logo: Karmazid
Guest Musicians:
Botond Fogl / All Solos
Gábor Drótos / Full Orchestration on “Vaporize” and “In Osidian Clouds“
Chelsea Murphy / Screams on “Shadow Work“
