Dzö-nga stream third LP

2020-01-21 by Sevengill | 29 Comments
Avantgarde Music has made available for streaming and purchase the new album by USA folk/black metal band Dzö-nga. Per the band's label:

"After the successful Avantgarde Music debut with their sophomore album The Sachem’s Tales (2017) and the subsequent repress of the debut Five Treasures Of Snow (2016), Dzö-nga is now back from the native lands with a new full-length studio album. Thunder In The Mountains has been in the making for almost three long years, a time during which mastermind and multi-instrumentalist Cryvas focused on songcrafting and adapting literature into music. When asked to disclose some relevant details about Dzö-nga new opus, Cryvas explained:

'Thunder In The Mountains is based on H. W. Longfellow’s epic poem The Song of Hiawatha, a landmark literary work which collected much of the folklore of the Ojibwe peoples. We sincerely hope that our music helps to illustrate these classic stories with respect and admiration, and perhaps brings them to new audiences who may follow them back to their sources. Thunder In The Mountains serves as a tribute to legends of the past and an authentic document of us in Dzö-nga as we strive to create something of our own that will stand the test of time.'

Now a three piece with the adding of bassist Ray King, the Boston-based band crafted haunting, fascinating melodies where keyboards and female voices enrich the black metal pillars upon which the whole music is built. The result is a dynamic, thoughtful blend of melodic black metal and folk hints, in the vein of other past Avantgarde Music bands such as Saor and Sojourner but with a unique native-american focus and a very personal approach. Thunder In The Mountains was recorded in an 18th century farm in the forest of Connecticut, then mixed by Øystein G. Brun at Crosound Studio and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound."




Track list:

1. The Song of Hiawatha
2. Heart of Coal
3. Flames in the Sky
4. A Soul to Burn
5. Starlight, Moonlight Firelight
6. The Death of Minnehaha

CD/LP preorder: https://avantgardemusic.bandcamp.com/album/thunder-in-the-mountains

Album art: https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a4288922807_10.jpg

Tagged: Dzo-nga

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Sevengill
January 21st 2020
11925 Comments


RIYL Saor, Sojourner, WITTR, Moonsorrow, Windir, In the Woods..., Enisum

Dewinged
Staff Reviewer
January 21st 2020
32015 Comments


Sweet, will jam.

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
January 21st 2020
18256 Comments


Undecided on those black metal shrieks. I don't know - early days.

Elynna
January 21st 2020
1427 Comments


Cant wait to jam. That album cover is beyond gorgeous.

DungeonBoy
January 21st 2020
9692 Comments


Nice dude, gonna jam today, excited to hear the whole thing

lalchimiste
January 21st 2020
1131 Comments


Wow daaaaaamn, having your record mixed by Garm and mastered by Swano must have checked some items off your bucketlist! I will most definitely give the record thorough listening sessions. Congrats man!

RustCohle
January 21st 2020
423 Comments


gooood stuff, already preordered

DungeonBoy
January 21st 2020
9692 Comments


This is your best work yet IMO. Very engaging throughout.

necropig
January 21st 2020
7405 Comments


Noice but I'll wait for my physical to arrive o.o

zaruyache
January 22nd 2020
27338 Comments


is v good

DungeonBoy
January 22nd 2020
9692 Comments


Anyone plan on reviewing this? I might give a whirl if not, i have some ideas and haven't reviewed anything yet this decade

zaruyache
January 23rd 2020
27338 Comments


do it

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
January 23rd 2020
18256 Comments


"and haven't reviewed anything yet this decade"

you say that like it's been a couple of years haha.

Dewinged
Staff Reviewer
January 23rd 2020
32015 Comments


Go for it Dungeon!

Gnocchi
Staff Reviewer
January 23rd 2020
18256 Comments


do eeeeet!

Egarran
January 23rd 2020
33796 Comments


swanö fanboy checking in
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Yeah this is very nice

DungeonBoy
January 23rd 2020
9692 Comments


Thanks for the motivation dudes, review incoming!

Egarran
January 23rd 2020
33796 Comments


I can see the summary already: If saor had a higher iq

DungeonBoy
January 24th 2020
9692 Comments


Review is up if y'all want to get a room:

https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/80765/Dzo-nga-Thunder-In-the-Mountains/

Sevengill
February 2nd 2020
11925 Comments


"If saor had a higher iq"

aw man I'll take it! certainly a similar vein but with more...dynamic range?

Egarran
February 2nd 2020
33796 Comments


Exactly, it's more intricate.

GhostB1rd
February 3rd 2020
7938 Comments


"The D is silent" Zoe Nigga back at it again with another album.

GhostB1rd
February 3rd 2020
7938 Comments


This is the kinda racist content I like to see on Sputnikmusicdotcom.

zaruyache
February 3rd 2020
27338 Comments


jokes three years old as per usual

GhostB1rd
February 3rd 2020
7938 Comments


Jokes?

zaruyache
February 3rd 2020
27338 Comments


https://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?reviewid=72699&page=4#

Sevengill
February 3rd 2020
11925 Comments


oh man, Zar on his game today

Egarran
February 3rd 2020
33796 Comments


Ooh gw zar.

It would be weird if a Trump voter wasn't a bit dim and racist.

DungeonBoy
February 3rd 2020
9692 Comments


"i ain't sayin she a gold digger
but she ain't messin with no dzo-nga's"

this is quality content



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