Video: Oathbreaker - "No Rest For The Weary"
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A crust punk black metal band filming a video in the woods is as ubiquitous as a promo photo staged in front of a brick wall. Still, for a band that plays with light and dark, life and death, safety and pain, Eros and Anteros like Oathbreaker, a deep dark fortress of forest growth is a suitable backdrop.
Eros|Anteros is the follow up to Belgian band Oathbreaker’s 2011 album Maelstrom. Due out in August from Deathwish, Eros|Anteros employs layers of guitar that play together beautifully, with hair-raising screams of “I’ll never know what it means – this deadly calm inside”, and explosions of riffs and blasts. Twin meanings and symbolism abound on this album, made apparent in the songs “As I Look Into the Abyss” and “The Abyss Looks Into Me”. Finally, at the end, the epic battle commences: Eros|Anteros, closes with the 11-minute shoe-gazey “Clair Obscur”.
To tide you over until August 20, or at least until pre-order information is announced, check out the video for “No Rest For The Weary” alongside the stream for “Condor Tongue”, the latter of which we originally posted in June.
Track listing:
1. Beeltenis
2. No Rest for the Weary
3. Upheaval
4. As I Look Into the Abyss
5. The Abyss Looks Into Me
6. Condor Tongue
7. Offer Aan De Leegte
8. Agartha
9. Nomads
10. Clair Obscur
OATHBREAKER – 2013 TOUR DATES
07/12 Herk-De-Stad, Belgium @ Rock Herk w/ Amenra
07/27 As, Belgium @ Vlamrock w/ Harm’s Way, Code Orange Kids, Integrity
07/28 Rokycany, Czech Republic @ Fluff Fest w/ Birds In Row, Hessian, The Black Heart Rebellion
08/9-11 Ieper, Belgium @ Ieperfest
09/06 Moscow, Russia @ Volta Club
09/07 St Petersburg, Russia @ Arktika
09/21 Düsseldorf, Germany @ AK47
09/29 Tourcoing, France @ Grand Mix w/ Amenra
10/05 Duisburg, Germany
10/26 Lier, Belgium @ Rocktoberfest
11/02 Aalst, Belgium @ Negasonic
12/07 Linköping, Sweden
12/27 Eindhoven, Netherlands @ Effenaar w/ Amenra
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