Lucubration and Venefices LP Out Now

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Lucubration “Aspiration Of Corrupted Ancient Blood” LP
ANTI-GOTH 686

First pressing of 250 all on black vinyl
3mm jacket printed on thick stock
12″ double sided insert
(Description by P. Lautensleger)

NWN! Productions is proud to present “Aspiration of Corrupted Ancient Blood,” the first demo from Finnish group LUCUBRATION. From some of the twisted minds behind OKSENNUS and KUILU, this demo consists of two expansive tracks of total sonic oppression. While this music shares a kinship with the pounding barbarism of CONQUEROR and BEHERIT and the bizarre, sculptural death metal of ANTEDILUVIAN, LUCUBRATION pushes their art into uniquely disturbing realms of abstraction and unease. Album opener “Decease the Rotten Beast” offers its listener a bludgeoning of unrelenting darkness before its blasts are torn apart by an excruciating staccato coupled with suffocating harsh noise. Subverting any and all expectations, the track moves into pure electronic abstraction and, ultimately, silence. The intentionality of its negative space is truly unsettling. The titular second track further deconstructs the form of its own genre, beginning with mournful power electronics recalling “Hole in the Heart”-era RAMLEH buried under layers of choking funeral doom. The atmosphere shares a commonality with fellow funeralists STABAT MATER while still existing firmly in its own paradigm. LUCUBRATION is a compelling entity whose very existence suggests that the limits of extreme music have not yet been clearly defined nor discovered. Limited to 250 copies on 160 gram vinyl with jacket and insert.

Venefices “Incubacy // Succubacy” LP
ANTI-GOTH 672

First pressing of 250
3mm jacket
12″ double sided insert
Tracks 1-5: “Incubacy” EP 2023
Tracks 6-9: “Succubacy” demo 2020
(Description by P. Lautensleger)

From the ashes of cult Polish horde BESTIAL RAIDS comes a new offering of obscure black art. VENEFICES formed in 2019 in Kielce, featuring personnel who have contributed to the aforementioned BESTIAL RAIDS as well as DOOMBRINGER and CULTES DES GHOULES. “Venefices” is an archaic English word that fell out of use in the 1600s that roughly translates to “a sorcerous poisoning”. No name could be more apt for this group. A truly hexed bestial assault, VENEFICES’ sound is at once classically primitive and troublingly idiosyncratic. Maniacal blasts cascade over a morass of psychotic riffs to form a musical language that is truly sadistic. Of particular note here are the vocals, handled by Sadist. It is rare that an extreme metal vocalist can provide a performance that is this dynamic and menacing. It is chilling and fittingly poisonous. “INCUBACY // SUCCUBACY” compiles VENEFICES’ titular demos from 2020 and 2023, respectively.

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