Brabiz: Released a black metal album

Brabiz 01.03.26	And there you have it, 7 years of progress and experimentation. Finally those 2019 demos have been properly recorded in my home studio. Mastered by myself on cassette! There is also a limited tape release. It sounds like Esoteric Warfare era Mayhem mixed with Nordland era Bathory. If that sounds interesting to you, I urge you to give it a spin. The recording process only took a little over a month, as I became somewhat of a mad scientist, locked away pouring passion over this work daily, much to the dismay of my girlfriend. The goal was to make the best BM album of the year, and while I can’t speak on its quality, it’s a work that I am infinitely proud of, and I hope it has an impact on someone, because it meant a lot to me, and I have drained my soul into it.
nash1311 01.03.26	Just kicked it off and this is already hitting the spot. Will let you know when I’m able to finish!
Brabiz 01.03.26	Hell yeah, excited to hear what you think bro. Hope you dig it
nash1311 01.03.26	Early thoughts: I love the production, the slower ambient folky sections are my favorite, and the vocals are phenomenal. I’m very surprised this is as high a quality as it is. Amazing stuff really
Brabiz 01.03.26	I appreciate that sentiment, it’s taken me up until this year to figure out how to mix music properly. I’ve gone like 13 years not double tracking guitars, and it’s night and day lmfao. I double tracked the guitar, and turned the drums way the fuck up in the mix. Makes everything I’ve released prior sound like actual dogshit, so it’s exciting to hear that feedback lmao.
Beardog 01.03.26	Nice, excited to check this!
Hawks 01.03.26	Will jam HARD.
Brabiz 01.03.26	So much pressure, hope y’all dig it!!
brickhed 01.03.26	2 minutes in and i'm already hearing dissonant blackened chugging can't be too quick to put my stamp of approval
Brabiz 01.03.26	I long for the brick’s approval. Praying it comes 🙏
Scoot 01.03.26	good shit man, love the raw production
Brabiz 01.03.26	Hell yeah, thanks for checking it out bruv
AlkemestRedux 01.03.26	Oh hell yeah! Congrats man I'll listen asap
NudeTayne 01.03.26	You are about to be rich and famous and powerful beyond your wildest dreams
Brabiz 01.04.26	It’s true, Metallica is opening for me at the VFW
oltnabrick 01.04.26	this is actually p cool i was expecting butt shit
Brabiz 01.04.26	Just hit streaming services!
Brabiz 01.05.26	Testing out the cassette prints, makes the album sound like dog shit. Like, basement dwelling raw BM demo vibes. May upload a rip at some point.
botb 01.05.26	Will check!
AlkemestRedux 01.05.26	That sounds kinda great though lol Listening through it now and the riffs and atmosphere are awesome! The mix gets a little wonky sometimes but it's also black metal. Love the choral/clean vocals, violin and vibey parts too. m///
Beardog 01.05.26	This isn't really my style of black metal but it sounds pretty cool nonetheless. Cannot really get over the polyrhythmic / frantic drums however, they seem to be a bit disjointed from the rest of the music. Agree that the atmosphere here is great.
Brabiz 01.05.26	Thanks for checking it out guys, appreciate the kind words and constructive feedback. Hoping to tighten things up a lot for future releases, so I’ll take note of it. I’ve already started penning some material, very very raw and dissonant. Kind of a 180 from this. Will certainly be paying closer attention to rhythmic cohesion!
brickhed 01.06.26	not too much clicked with me. i really don't like oversung cleans (ronnie radke vocals as i call them), the drumming is okay (the drum machine feels weak), and the violin is cool but does not do much for me. i respect it but its just not for me. i do like the dungeon synth influences though. i am willing to relisten to it for the lo-fi kvlt cassette rip
Brabiz 01.06.26	Ronnie Radke vocals? Jesus fucking Christ man, I’m never making music again 💀
Ebola 01.06.26	I don’t listen to much black metal anymore, but this is well done! I particularly like the variety of vocal styles. And I don’t think you sound anything like Ronnie Radke, lol.
naughtcturnal 01.06.26	Also listened to this tonight as I was looking for something new to listen to to distract myself and enjoyed it a lot. So many good ideas and your vox are killer. Copped a cassette tape while I was at it
nash1311 01.06.26	I know what he/she means by “oversung”, and how that’s something Ronnie does, but this does not feel over sung to me nor do you sound like Ronnie lol
brickhed 01.06.26	pls dont quit i wanna hear what else you got also I guess i have a low tolerance for that type of stuff
Kimm 01.06.26	Yooo nice work. Absolutely love the violin, and the harsh vocals are fire. I'm not generally a fan of clean vocals in black metal but (my own particularities aside), I can appreciate it nonetheless and I think you have a great voice. 'Yearning For The Glory of What Once Was...' is an easy favorite for me after the first listen. Very impressive m/
Brabiz 01.06.26	@naughtcturnal fuuuuck yeah, thank you! I think my main gripe with this album is that it wasn’t creative enough. I wanna get real weird on the next one. Be aware that the cassettes sound like trash garbage, and won’t be a 1:1 translation. In the future I’ll do a legit CD release, but that’s going to be a financial endeavor I don’t want to fuck w rn
Brabiz 01.06.26	Thanks Kimm, glad you enjoyed it!
nash1311 01.06.26	I will say oddly my YT enjoyment was better than Apple Music. Which is usually the opposite. I don’t know but I didn’t enjoy the production quite as much on AM
AlkemestRedux 01.06.26	Let us know when you do! CDs are my jam, so I'll snag one when they're available.
Brabiz 01.06.26	Interesting, YouTube compression is trve
naughtcturnal 01.06.26	hey man, the trash garbager the better
nash1311 01.07.26	Yeah it really might be that the YT compression helped 😂
frozencarl 01.07.26	this is cool as hell man damn
botb 01.07.26	You really go all out with every element and I respect the hell out of that. Kind of reminds me of the theatrics of kekht arahk or like early as fuck dimmu borgir. Very eclectic stuff man
Brabiz 01.07.26	Hey thanks man, early Dimmu is actually a really great comparison I didn’t think of. I’m a massive fan of For All Tid, especially since it’s the first BM album I ever listened to. I’m sure a lot of that bled into much of my music over the years. Great album!
Brabiz 01.08.26	Released a new song already, been pumping out a bunch of lo-fi demo tracks https://blackusurper.bandcamp.com/track/barbaric-romanticism-demo-version
AlkemestRedux 01.08.26	Oh hell yeah! Gotta peep it.
Brabiz 01.08.26	A lot of Deathcrush influence going on here, as well as Gorgoroth’s first album.
AlkemestRedux 01.09.26	I dig it! A lot more straight up tremelo-y black metal. Rips hard
brickhed 01.09.26	i like the more lo fi production with more typical black metal. the dungeon synth section is cool, seems like you're focused on keeping the listener engaged. i like it.
Brabiz 01.09.26	This will definitely be more the direction I go on the next release, with some added weird shit. I wish I had EQ’d the guitars like this on Echoes From Beneath, oh well!
Brabiz 01.18.26	As i’ve had 80% of the songs demoed prior, i have officially completed tracking the instruments for the next record. I don’t expect to release 500 albums a year, but this follow up will be out in April. A hard shift into bizarre, occult avant-gardeisms. 75% of it sounds completely alien to the first album. Very dissonant, strange instrumentation choices, experimenting with genre in odd ways. I actually have no idea what i’d even compare it to, but it’s super aggressive and raw, and off-putting.
Kimm 01.18.26	Fuck yeah, excited for the next release m/