White Ward - Cronus

Taken from the album "False Light", out on June 17th 2022. Order from our : EU shop : https://bit.ly/whitewardEU US shop : https://bit.ly/whitewardUS Bandcamp : https://bit.ly/WWfalselight Follow WHITE WARD : Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/whitewardofficial Bandcamp : https://whiteward.bandcamp.com Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/user/WhiteWardp​ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/whitewardofficial Debemur Morti Productions : EU webshop​​ : https://www.debemur-morti.com​ NA webshop​​ : https://debemurmorti.aisamerch.com Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/debemurmorti​ Bandcamp : https://dmp666.bandcamp.com​ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/debemurmorti The ever-inventive Ukrainian Black Metal band WHITE WARD unleash their defining third full-length "False Light", a grand work of exploratory depth and a remarkable expansion upon all that made 2019's acclaimed "Love Exchange Failure" such a triumph. Always surprising and never less than captivating, from a base of rhythmically creative, furiously melodic Black and Death Metal the band shape-shift through a vivid suite of songs-as-journeys: seamlessly utilising hues of brass-led darkjazz and stately post-rock, foregrounding the evocative contributions of guesting clean vocalists in passages redolent of gothic Americana/post-punk and integrating virtuosic guitar leads, textural electronics and atmospheric sample-work. Heavily conceptual and rich with meaning, the 8 dystopian tracks use overarching inspiration from "Intermezzo", a 1908 impressionistic novel by the Ukrainian author Mykhailo Kotsubinsky - in addition to works by Beat-writer Jack Kerouac and psychoanalyst Carl Jung – to explore government-sanctioned murders, imminent environmental catastrophes, police brutality, domestic abuse, the psychic emptiness of cities, falsity of modern mainstream culture and ill-effects of overconsumption. "False Light" is a multi-layered success story – perfectly balancing tension and traction, restraint and resurgence, fatalism and focus into an indispensable record from a stunning band at the top of their game.