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Umbra Nihil is an obscure doomish metal act, originally from Northern Finland. Since 2000 the band has evolved into the being that produced the latest full length offering titled The Borderland Rituals (2008). The Borderland Rituals, Umbra Nihil’s second full length release, seems like a musical mongrel mostly drawing influences from slow doom flavoured metal, 70’s prog rock, Zeuhl, and maggot-infested Heavy Metal in general. In order to achieve a suitable claustrophobic sound and eerie, forbidding atmosphere the album was recorded in the inbred borderland, sullenly crafting the band’s sound into a more organic and gelatinous direction.
In epileptic fits of pathetic rage the album betimes raises a trembling and arthritic pale fist at the uncaring cosmos-at-large and its malevolent nightside entities, which haunt hapless Mankind with unfathomable purpose - or lack thereof. Mostly, however, the aural ambience resolves in resigned rudderless levitation towards inevitable mental and physical disintegration.
Other recent releases:
“Rising Of Yog-Sothoth: Tribute To Thergothon” (2009) - Umbra Nihil provided one cystic and maimed song for the compilation.
In epileptic fits of pathetic rage the album betimes raises a trembling and arthritic pale fist at the uncaring cosmos-at-large and its malevolent nightside entities, which haunt hapless Mankind with unfathomable purpose - or lack thereof. Mostly, however, the aural ambience resolves in resigned rudderless levitation towards inevitable mental and physical disintegration.
Other recent releases:
“Rising Of Yog-Sothoth: Tribute To Thergothon” (2009) - Umbra Nihil provided one cystic and maimed song for the compilation.
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Poisonsoul wrote:
Gnoia is a fucking masterpiece! [2]
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Doomintroll wrote:
There's a bunch of things going on around UN, still top secret unfortunately. Meanwhile check out the Fecesbook page if you won't: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Umbra-Nihil/52245097444
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beer_snob wrote:
Great band \m/
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holyrebels wrote:
The raw mix of "Welcome to the Borderland" is a low better than the finished product. I was disappointed in The Borderland Rituals, but I still listen from time to time.
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Lone__Wolf wrote:
good shit fucking awesome stuff there brilliant where's my ganja
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Twickxs wrote:
Gnoia is a fucking masterpiece!
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fateswar19 wrote:
Just got into their stuff but listening to the new material i must say this is Awesome psych/doom and totally spaced out,definetly will check out more!
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Doomintroll wrote:
Literally translated UN means "shadow nothing", however it isn't meant to be literally translated...
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ASSMan316 wrote:
U can't say one's better then the other IMO cause they' are both vastly different from one another. They're both great and they both show the band's diversity.
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Elektromutant wrote:
shadow of nothing
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blaqlghtn wrote:
Good band!!
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kilogod wrote:
Great stuff. Though, I consider the split with Aarni to be the best
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Anarchaotical wrote:
Gnoia is so much better then The Borderland Rituals, In my opinion.
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Brutal_Umbrage wrote:
For all of listeners of this style of music: new CD Somnolent is out now. More detailed: http://www.myspace.com/somnolentspace, http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Somnolent
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vilpir wrote:
Umbra Nihil's 2nd album 'The Borderland Rituals' will be released on 18.11.2008 by Epidemie Records. A new sample of another song will appear here soon. Distribution of the album by Firebox, Relapse, The End, Solitude, Weird Truth, etc. You can also contact the band for the album.
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Bisionte wrote:
I can't wait for the new album to come, Gnoia was really awesome and I expect this to be even better.
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Anarchaotical wrote:
interesting... Eagerly awaiting this new release.
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vilpir wrote:
The song 'Welcome to the Borderland' should finally be available in full length as it was accidently set to preview earlier.
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vilpir wrote:
The new song is available at both Last.fm and Myspace.com. The mp3-file in Last.fm is bigger and of better sound quality than the file in Myspace.
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Doomintroll wrote:
You can now hear a raw mix of a new UN song at: http://www.myspace.com/umbranihil
News
Yogsothery out..
15 Dec 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/umbranihil
Yogsothery - Gate 1: Chaosmogonic Rituals of Fear out
now.Features 1 track from Umbra Nihil. The track is an audial
foreplay dating back to 2006 that eventually led to the full length
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16 Mar 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/umbranihil
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