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EPK – Morningstvr – A Fate Engraved (2025)

For fans of Darkthrone, Xasthur, Hekseblad, Hulder, Axius Link

“My goal for this album is it be the second installment to my own ‘Unholy Trinity’. What has entailed and what will continue to entail in that is something that has never been done in black metal before. It’s a culmination of everything needed for a trilogy raised from a cold, damp, esoteric story. But for ‘A Fate Engraved’, it is the bridge piece to the beginning of the sage, ‘In Memoriam of the Blvck Wind’, and for everything that comes after it, bringing occult, winter, medieval and origin themes into fruition. ‘A Fate Engraved’ truly is like if (early) Darkthrone had a love child with ‘Verses in Oath’ by Hulder and ‘Kaer Morhen’ by Hekseblad, it is a gateway into venturing beyond the cold wastes that were seen in ‘In Memoriam of the Blvck Wind’, giving word to tales of crusades, ancient kingdoms, lost love from ancient times, and thus references to Tolkien’s legendarium, ‘A fate Engraved’ is nothing short of a collection of a puzzle that will transport you into the frozen hell.” – Morningstvr

Album Title: A Fate Engraved
Release Date: June 20th, 2025
Label: Self-Release
Distribution: Distrokid

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“It is innovative and the use of synth is awesome. Morningstvr is a genius and delivered an excellent album. Be prepared to be blown away.” – Project MetalMusic

“Morningstvr, it’s the sound of Morningstvr, led by its master Morningstvr, for the ears of Morningstvr himself! Intrinsically, we either hook or laugh. If we consider the total adoration for the evocative coldness of ‘old Darkthrone’ and the tormented noisiness of some Xasthur, there is good. If we look at the ability of the ‘one man band’ to establish an ambiance of disembodied cold horror like Gnaw Their Tongues, there is also good. Now, if we examine the poverty of instrumental inspiration that lingers on the same three keyboard notes throughout these twelve tracks and the drum work that is almost too synthetic to be industrial, then there is not good at all, but these are the rules of the game for Morningstvr, who is not new to this. However, we will recognize the permanence of a disturbing and deliberately dehumanized music.” – Metallian

Morningstvr – A Fate Engraved Tour:
June 13, 2025 – Los Angeles, CA – The Slipper Clutch
June 14, 2025 – San Diego, CA – Brick by Brick
June 16, 2025 – Seattle, WA – The Fun House
June 17, 2025 – Portland, OR- Shanghai Tunnels
June 19, 2025 – Boise, ID – Realms Arcade
June 20, 2025 – Twin Falls, ID – Big Papa’s Bar

Album Title: A Fate Engraved
Release Date: June 20th, 2025
Label: Self-Release
Distribution: Distrokid

Track Listing:
1. Beyond the Cold Wastes – 3:15
2. Black Metal Wytch – 3:45
3. Born to frolic in a Scandinavian Forest – 3:07
4. When Mountains Behold Tombs of Nine – 4:01
5. War Chant – 2:01
6. The Last of the Northern Kingdoms – 4:47
7. Dethroned – 4:09
8. The Black Forest – 2:33
9. Her Eyes in Winter Fog – 3:58
10. Ride Forth, Knights of the Pale Moon – 4:05
11. Funeral Moon – 4:32
12. Whispers of a Nameless Fear 03:57
Album Length: 44:15

Album Credits:
Mastered by: Morningstvr
Album artwork by: Carly Craft, Morningstvr
Lineup: Morningstvr – Vocals, Synths, Guitars, Drums, Production
LIVE Lineup: Morningstvr

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About The Album Artwork:

A Fate Engraved was created after the success of the previous album and I felt I had truly engraved my fate in the fabric of time, so the album art had to reflect such, its myself in a field, sword in hand ready for battle whilst my left hand is reaching towards my logo that is on the album cover.

About the Album:

“A Fate Engraved” is an epic collection of tales continued from its predecessor in the trinity, “In Memoriam of the Blvck Wind” and tells of a land far to the north of the world, with cold and abysmal ranges covered in snow, ancient structures of an empire from a forgotten age, much like in the image of the medieval period, continuing the tales of Slavic witchcraft, knights charging their last battles, betrayal, heartbreak and rituals upon a full moon. Lyrically, such themes are expressed intensely throughout each song with a hazy and atmospheric glow to them, as they are instrumentally, each song is carried by earth shattering tremolos, raw rhythm guitars, depressive drums, medieval rhythm synths and cold lead synths. “A Fate Engraved” can only be described as an epic journey of a Dark Age Winter seen through the eyes and mind of the listener of such an album.

Track By Track – A Fate Engraved:

1. Beyond the Cold Wastes – the intro song to “A Fate Engraved” is about an ancient empire far to the north of the world, covered in an endless sea of ice, thus this empire still reigns. It carries with it the themes and energy of my previous album, “In Memoriam of the Blvck Wind” in regard to its deep, dead winter roots.

2. Black Metal Wytch – the second song of this album is drawn from many depictions I witnessed of witches and black metal combined into a single theme, much as the aesthetics of Keller/dungeon synth on social media, thus creating a seductive/vampyric undertone for the song.

3. Born to Frolic in a Scandinavian Forest – sort of a sequel to a track from my previous album “Romanticizing My Melancholic Solitude”, continuing the notion that “black metal isn’t a serious genre”, taking advantage with its comedic popularity and pouring atmosphere, and references from its predecessor such as pipe organs and other synths.

4. When Mountains Behold Tombs of Nine – such an album about medieval and fated themes cannot be such without references from lord of the rings, my personal favorite trilogy in film, this track tells the horrors of the Nazgûl, the Nine ringwraiths who were once men, then Sauron the Deceiver gave unto them nine rings of power and they were turned into immortal, elongated creatures of the unseen world. The lyrical content tells of the nine, and also of the prophecy of their leader, the Witch-King of Angmâr.

5. War Chant – tying back to my Slavic roots, “War Chant” is an ancient chant brought back to life. Giving speech to who rules in my realm, the speech is in Russian and executed in a special ability I’m able to vocalize. Given its finer background with ancient horns and tribal drums, it is a track in reminiscence to my heritage.

6. The Last of the Northern Kingdoms – the lead track for this album could not be such without its northerner/exiled noble theme, bringing forth my origin story of where I am from and what I left behind for good so long ago.

7. Dethroned – delving on themes of betrayal of those close to you and binding them into submission, ensuring they know their place, “Dethroned” was heavily inspired from the second wave of black metal, mainly from the early Darkthrone days and thus the guitars bring that sound back to the forefront whilst guided by winterous, abysmal synths.

8. The Black Forest – inspired by the Black Forest of Germany and its rich history of the dark ages/medieval period, this track is a dungeon synth song that culminates the dark, long history of the Black Forest of Central Europe, a place I have been fascinated with for a long time.

9. Her Eyes in Winter Fog – “her eyes in winter fog” was planned as a sequel to “you remind me of fall” from my previous album, creating themes of loss, heartbreak and letting go of ones you could no longer wait for.

10. Ride forth, knights of the Pale Moon – the name itself was inspired from a friends music label but the story written into this song was inspired by the charge of Pelinor field in Lord of the Rings when Faramir led a cavalry charge to attempt to retake the city of Osgiliath, thus resulting in the entire cavalry force being decimated.

11. Funeral Moon – “A Fate Engraved” wasn’t complete without a song about full moons and dark magic under such cycles. With an intro taken from the style of Blackgaze, it envisions a ritual of summoning under a funeral moon and thus comes forth a maiden adorned in attire of a ghost long forgotten.

12. Whispers of a Nameless Fear – Taking a line from the intro dialogue to Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the outro track of the album brings forth the themes of a dark fall, creating a more atmospheric sense, giving a taste of what the next album shall entail, the lyrical content consists of how I find peace in certain atmospheric settings and specific parts of the year, its ending with strong winds gives the listeners an eerie sense of what is to come next.

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FUN FACTS – STORY ANGLES:

1. Morningstvr has expressed lyrical content in four different languages

2. Lead guitar pieces used in each song were inspired by the subgenre of “Blackgaze”

3. The rhythm guitar tracks for each song were inspired by a lot of funeral/blackened doom.

4. The synths in every song are a carry-over from Morningstvr’s roots in the witch house genre

5. The drum style of Morningstvr has been heavily inspired from Hekseblad, Hulder and Xasthur

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Morningstvr – Vocals, Guitars, Synth, Drums, Production

Photos by: Carly Craft

North Hollywood, California, Morningstvr.

He cites DarkThrone, Xasthur, Hekseblad, Hulder & Axius Link as his key influences thrives under the subgenre he describes his music as Synth-Based Black Metal. Some other influences would be Thy Light, Worm, NordicWinter, Soulless, Caladan Brood, Luna Pythonissan and Nocturnal Depression. Throughout his almost six-year long career, he has worked with a handful of unique artists and groups such as Opium Golem, KsureN, Son ov Leviathan, Dearly Departed, Llyoko, Satin Puppets, and many more. Some groups/collectives he has worked with are Blvck Mass, Blvckmovth, Obscurum, and Blvsphemy Records. With Morningstvr being almost six years old as a musical project, he has taken part in other past projects before such as Samvel, The Dank Knight, & Siren’s Bane. All this has been part of his journey as a musician, but it all started at the age of ten years old when he wrote his first song, and he knew then that music was a career path he wanted to have. In high school, he was heavily inspired by the underground European depressive metal bands such as Lethian dreams and Katatonia, thus his first band, Siren’s bane was formed and lasted from 2011-2018. After some thought, Morningstvr had decided to go solo and founded his first solo project, The Dank Knight, a short-lived dark electro project. Later reorganizing it into Morningstvr on February 22nd, 2019. Since then, he has only had one other project, a vocal project called Samvel where he experimented with a depressive witch house style music until 2022 when the project was abandoned. To this day, Morningstvr is the sole project and has withstood the test of time. With his inspirations from different bands and artists, Morningstvr is also heavily inspired by the medieval period, certain historical events, horror movies such as Begotten, Nosferatu, Dracula; outside of horror, he’s been influenced by JRR Tolkien and the film adaptations portraying his works.

Shared Stage with: Llyoko, Matt Hand, Devilgod, Keilokei, Dahlia, Avaant Suffering Woman, Satanic Hispanic, Plvgues, Sain’t, Systematic Overdoses, Rotten Wolf, Wraith Haven, XM0rtal, Morgue VVITCH, Haxa, unit333, Manik Vamp, Iko.x17, Ritual Moon, Son ov Leviathan, Pagan Ritual, Satin Puppets, Son Ov Leviathan, DMT, Scarlet Siren, Fused by Defiance, Breaking Serenity, Where it Lies, Trepidation, Swaza 6, Burning Grave, Fetters, Kvlt of Odium, Mortalis

Festivals:
2020 – Festa Daemonium, Chicago, IL
2023: Heretics Fest IV, Chicago, IL
2024: Self-Inflicted Fest, Costa Mesa, CA

EPK – Morningstvr – A Fate Engraved (2025)

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