EPK – Sith’ari – Before The Dawn (EP) (2025)
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“From beginning to end, this EP will leave you wanting more. It’s a truly fantastic album that caters to all fans of black metal who want something melodic, fast, and relentless.” – Sith’ari
For fans of Gorgoroth, Immortal, FIN, Sargeist
Band: Sith’ari
EP Title: Before The Dawn
Release Date: Digital – April 23, 2025 | CD – May 30, 2025
Label: Ethanol Studio
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“Overall, this was a solid album. Although it was relatively short, many of the aggressive passages were also coupled with somber melodies, creating an unforgettable listening experience.” – Metal Temple
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Band: Sith’ari
EP Title: Before The Dawn
Release Date: Digital – April 23, 2025 | CD – May 30, 2025
Label: Ethanol Studio
Track Listing:
1. Chaos In The Skies 4:13
2. Before The Dawn 4:49
3. Conquer The Wild 6:37
4. Hail Victory 6:49
5. The Everlasting Hunt 8:18
EP Length: 30:47
EP Credits:
Written, produced, mixed and mastered by Lord Kafir
Artwork – Matt Priso
Band Lineup
Lord Kafir – Guitars, Bass, Vocals
Pathos – Drums
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About The Album Artwork:
An angel blesses fallen soldiers in a Nordic fantasy battle that is used in the song “Hail Victory.”
Abum as a whole (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY):
If you wish your black metal was a bit darker, add a dash of Gorgoroth with just a dash of Immortal, that describes the sounds. The themes are much more in touch with fans of later-day Bathory and Immortal.
Track by Track (LYRICALLY & MUSICALLY):
1. Chaos in the Skies is a punishing, melancholic song for Gorgoth fans that sings about a Blizzard in Iowa that devastated the entire western part of the state
2. A scorching song that is uplifting in a way. To describe a soldier who was thought to be dead on a battlefield retreats to safer sights.
3. Conquer the Wild is a much more black and roll song with a melancholic feel to impersonate the theme of a lone man surviving in the wilderness during the wintertime and his mindset at that time.
4. Hail Victory is the fastest song of the EP and epic to bring the theme of a fantasy raid that is a precursor to the themes in the track Before the Dawn.
5. The everlasting hunt is the slowest and most atmospheric track that revolves around a boy who is receiving his first taste of hunting in a Nordic timescape.
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Fun Facts – Story Angles:
1. Kafir plays in Nedakh and Pathos plays for Symphony of Heaven.
2. The band is made of engineers. Kafir Records, produces, mixes and masters everything at his own make shift studio inside his own house and lets other bands in the local Iowa scene record their songs if they hire him. Pathos records, produces, mixes, and masters symphony of heaven releases since 2020 to current.
3. Kafir is the audio engineering student of the former FIN drummer.
L-R – Pathos – Drums, Lord Kafir – Guitars, Bass, Vocals
Sith’ari, the black metal side project for both Lord Kafir of Nedakh and Pathos of Symphony of Heaven and Satan Destroyer announces the release of their debut EP” Before The Dawn”, unleashed digitally on April 23rd, with physical release on CD on May 30th, 2025 via their indie label Ethanol Studio.
Melancholic but uplifting, fast, and atmospheric, the EP is a more riff-oriented sound usually associated with most black metal. Lord Kafir writes the riffs on guitar and a drum machine then sends them to Pathos to get his interpretation to create a record that’s a mish-mash of influences from different readings from history books, experiencing harsh winters in Iowa and Indiana and fantasy stories, games and movies.
Lord Kafir had other music in him that wasn’t just typical death metal and Pathos was brought in because he wanted to play in a specific black metal band that didn’t deny him from his religious point of view.
The band comments:
“If you wish your black metal was a bit darker, add a dash of Gorgoroth with just a dash of Immortal, that describes the sounds. The themes are much more in touch with fans of later-day Bathory and Immortal. From beginning to end, this EP will leave you wanting more. It’s a fantastic record that caters to all fans of black metal who want something melodic, fast, and relentless.”
Recommended for fans of Gorgoroth, Immortal, FIN, and Sargeist.
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