Still possessed by anger against all forms of tyranny and a burning passion for Black Metal, Irish composer J. Deegan has created a fantastically aggressive third album. Check the title track of “White Hart!” below and on Bandcamp:
Combining forceful songwriting with a massive yet balanced production job, five years after last album, “The Futile Fires Of Man“, SLIDHR prove their reputation as one of the scene’s most ferocious and devastating entities
J. Deegan comments on the song:
“While the entire album deals with the theme of tyranny and the strength as well as discipline to oppose the oppressor, I felt that the title track epitomized what I was saying with the lyrics as a whole. Musically it was written long before the text, but I already knew that this track would deal with this subject, I could practically hear the lyrics before they were written so they came very naturally. And this clearly isn’t always the case!“
Find more information about the album here.
“White Hart!” will be released on CD, vinyl and digital via Debemur Morti Productions on October 13th. Pre-orders are possible via the label’s EU, US and Bandcamp shops. Please note that the exclusive DMP vinyl edition is solely available from the label’s EU and Bandcamp stores.
The entity of SLIDHR is that of pure hopelessness and desolation. Scion of the Black Stream, flowing into hollow vessels and the miasma to all creatures of the earth. SLIDHR is the illumination of the hidden serpent, removed of its black shroud, draining the vitality of very existence itself.
An understanding of SLIDHR is an understanding of the overwhelming essence of death.
SLIDHR is the exultation to a dead realm, itself a spark in a realm of nothingness, so far removed from recurring banality. It is creeping death enveloping the empty body of man, a great plague decimating mortal unity.“
Formed in 2005 and hailing from Dublin, Ireland, SLIDHR is an immersive maelstrom of venomously misanthropic Black Metal. The band’s name derives from the Sliðr, a river flowing through Hel, the land of the dead in Norse mythology – a moniker which befits their dark enigmatic power.
Founded as a solo project by artist, tattooist and bassist/guitarist/vocalist Joseph Deegan, since 2013 the band has featured Icelandic drummer Bjarni Einarsson (SINMARA, ALMYRKVI) and more recently bassist Stefan Dietz.
Following the 2006 cassette release of “Demo 1” (Debemur Morti Productions), the band has unleashed two full-length albums – “Deluge” (2013, DMP) and “The Futile Fires Of Man” (2018, Ván Records) – in addition to two EPs and two split releases. The abyssal atmosphere of these records in combination with furiously intense select live performances at festivals such as Inferno, Prague Death Mass, Caledonian Darkness and Ascension has established SLIDHR as a force to be reckoned with.
A highly-anticipated third long player entitled “White Hart!” will be released via DMP at the end of 2023.
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