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0 Newfoundland Blackened Thrash Duo ARTACH Unleash Video “Macha” From New Album “Morrigan…Goddess of War” Out Mid-March 2025

March 11, 2025
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· Artach · Music News

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Montreal, QC – March 11, 2025

Newfoundland Blackened Thrash Duo ARTACH Unleash Video “Macha”

New Album “Morrigan…Goddess of War” Out Mid-March 2025

Newfoundland, Canada’s black metal duo ARTACH announces the release of their latest album “Morrigan…Goddess of War” due out on March 21st, 2025 via Depressive Illusions Records. This third full length represents the band’s strongest material yet. It’s a relentless assault of blackened thrash metal that captures the intensity and fury the duo have always strived for. From crushing riffs to searing melodies, every track on this release is forged with raw passion.

“We’ve poured everything into this record, and we can’t wait for fans to experience the full force of Morrigan…Goddess of War.” adds Sruthán (Guitar/Bass).

Today, Artach unveils the lead single “Macha”, one of the three songs that are part of the Morrigan trilogy on the album with the songs that also includes “Badb”, and “Nemain”.

Sruthán (Guitar/Bass). explains further:

“Macha, one of the Morrígan, was known for her prophetic visions and her role as a fierce protector of warriors. She is sometimes considered one aspect of the Morrígan, a trio of war goddesses.

The three goddesses, and what elements they represent, that make up the Morrígan in Irish mythology are:
Macha – War, sovereignty, horses.
Badb – Battle, death, chaos.
Nemain – Frenzy, panic, terror.
Together, they represent different aspects of war, fate, and destruction in Celtic mythology.”

Listen to “Macha” via its music video at https://youtu.be/JoEVeBVPaaM

Due out March 21, 2025, CD and Cassette for “Morrigan…Goddess of War” will be available from Depressive Illusions at https://depressiveillusions.com/search/node/Artach

Artach is a two-man black metal band (Sruthán: Guitar/Bass, Fíochmhar: Battery/Vokills/Keys) based in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Being from the foggiest, snowiest, wettest, windiest, and gloomiest capital city in Canada, one should not be surprised that this fuels the creation of Black Metal. Their inspiration comes from the land, nature, the bleak weather of the Canadian North, and influential black metal bands.

Since the duo’s formation in the spring of 2019, Artach has been consistently releasing new music. The band’s debut album “Chronicles of a Black Winter” was released digitally during February 2020 and later unleashed on physical CD by Depressive Illusions Records. In 2021, the band returned with their next offering “Sworn To Avenge”, a full-length scourge of raw and relentless bruting gloom. In 2024, Artach took an experimental direction with the EP “Sgrios”, which was a black metal spin on industrial metal sounds.

Now in 2025, they unleash their third full length offering with “Morrigan…Goddess of War” for release in mid-March.

Track Listing:
1. Badb – 7:08
2. Macha – 6:06
3. Nemain – 5:17
4. Nefarious – 5:21
5. Nomad – 5:09
6. Hoarfrost – 4:29
7. Cloudminders – 4:46
8. Ride… Die… Immortality – 6:08
Album Length: 44:28

Artach is:
Fíochmhar: Battery/Vokills
Sruthán: Guitar/Bass/Backing Vokills

EP Credits:
Cover art by: Awinita Alm
Album mixed and mastered by Michael Small.

Follow Artach:
https://www.facebook.com/ArtachBlackMetal
https://www.instagram.com/ArtachBlackMetal/
https://www.youtube.com/@artachband709
https://artach.bandcamp.com/

Discography:
2025 – Morrigan…Goddess of War (album)
2024 – Sgrios (EP)
2024 – From The Frozen Vault (EP)
2023 – Hell on Halloween (Single)
2021 – Countess Bathory (Single)
2021 – Sworn to Avenge (album)
2020 – Night Songs (single)
2020 – Chronicles of a Black Winter (album)

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“In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Artach and if you are a fan of experimental and industrial black metal, you should check out this ep. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE “Frozen Factory” and “Atomic Cabaret”. 8 out of 10.” – Occult Black Metal (Sgrios review)

“…offers a unique insight into the inspirations behind Artach with an eclectic and eccentric charm. 7/10” – Metal Noise (Sgrios review)

“With the jagged band name and bleak setting you can look upon the cover and get a taste of what’s in store, then you add in the hooded man with the sword and your ideas may be subverted, perhaps not. This is the real genius of Artach. They are making music that crosses genres; a bit of black metal, death metal, old school horns up fists of air grabbing metal as well.” – Killchain (2021: Sworn to Avenge)

“The song (She Gathers Leaves) is a thrill-ride, but also reveals elements of gothic witchiness. The raw vocals are caught up in a paroxysm of fierce, crazed adoration, venting cold-blooded roars as well as braying, throat-stripping howls and cut-throat screams. The full-throttle drumming is tumultuous, a changing array that hammers, gallops, rocks, thunders, and blasts. Urgently rising chords provide a recurring theme, surrounded by flame-throwing riffs that dart, pulsate, and spasm, drawing on elements of thrash and classic heavy metal as well as black metal. Ecstatically swirling leads further add to the wildness of the song. A mood of mystery does surface in the track’s brief intro, and that mood surfaces again in the song’s back half, leading into a necromantic guitar solo that takes flight in scintillating fashion.” – No Clean Singing (2021: Sworn to Avenge)

“check out Artach for a truly epic journey into the wildernesses that populate the dark fantasy land conjured through their excellent music. This sophomore album tells me that this is a band that will be releasing much good material for years to come and will soon be headlining the epic black metal stages or charts both online and at festivals. An excellent job all round.” – Metal Rules (2021: Sworn to Avenge)

“”Sworn to Avenge is a mind-assaulting record… You’ll hear the influences of classic black metal bands like Venom, early-Bathory as well as elements of the second wave; Immortal, Darkthrone etc. Ugly and uninviting stuff but very satisfying if you enjoy the gloomier side of metal… It’s a mammoth listen and does take its toll, but the array of ideas that Artach showcase does keep things interesting. An hour slips by, the cold has sunk deep into the bones and you’ll be left wondering if you’ll ever be warm again.” – Games, Brrraaains And A Head-Banging Life (2021: Sworn to Avenge)

“Very melodic black metal, yet aggressive and heavy with undeniable influences from plain old straightforward heavy metal, so while things are definitely “black metal”, there’s a lot of discipline at play and this is definitely not your average raw, chaotic black metal. There’s order to the chaos on Sworn to Avenge, but that doesn’t prevent it from being aggressive and sometimes kind of depressing and melancholic despite not descending into the slower playing usually associated with those stylings. It’s a rollercoaster of “fuck yeah!” and “kill me now” (in sort of a good way).” – The Metal Crypt (2021: Sworn to Avenge)
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0 Newfoundland Black Metal Duo Artach Conjure Up Mysticism With “She Gathers Leaves” Off “Sworn to Avenge” Out June 25th (Depressive Illusions Records), Lyric Video Premiere via NoCleanSinging

June 1, 2021
by Asher
· Artach · Music News

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Montreal, QC – June 1, 2021

For fans of Venom, Immortal, Celtic Frost, Darkthrone, Satyricon

Newfoundland Black Metal Duo Artach Conjure Up Mysticism With “She Gathers Leaves” Off “Sworn to Avenge”

Lyric Video Premiere via NoCleanSinging

New Album “Sworn to Avenge” Out June 25th via Depressive Illusions Records

St. JOhn’s Newfoundland is home to some of the most unforgiving, bleak, and snowiest weather in the country and local black metal act Artach uses that grey atmosphere as an inspiration for their raw and epic music.

Last year, Artach released a debut album “Chronicles of a Black Winter” and this year, will follow it up with “Sworn to Avenge”. The second single from the upcoming release is “She Gathers Leaves”, being presented in a lyric video. The single is more mystical and pagan than the other tracks on the album, as they explain:

“The music has a bit of a gothy feel in places and that leads to having some lyrics about witchy subject matter.”

They go on, to comment on the album:

“The music on the album is a frigid mixture of topics about nature and how it meets and interacts with the darkness of humankind. The desolation of the world, the planet, and the repeated failure of society to evolve to a place where we are a part of nature and not brutish subjugators of everything in our path.”

Coming from the coldest, windiest, snowiest, foggiest city in Canada, Artach’s music is heavily influenced by nature and even takes after the bleak climate they are surrounded by. “Sworn to Avenge” is an inescapable, cold and at times unhinged grimness. Raw aggression tempered with bouts of melody evoking the grandmasters of the genre while incorporating first and second wave black metal influences.

Raw and epic black metal, Artach is recommended listening for fans of Immortal, Celtic Frost, and Darkthrone.

The lyric video for “She Gathers Leaves” can be seen and heard via its premiere on NoCleanSinging HERE.

“Sworn to Avenge” is being released on June 25th via Depressive Illusions and is available for pre-order / save at the following links: DepressiveIllusions.com, Artach.bandcamp.com, Amazon, Spotify.

Previous single:
“Into the Frozen Woodlands” – https://youtu.be/FtfosCUA7iw

Track Listing:
1. Tuiteam an Duine (7:08)
2. Ice Throne (5:09)
3. Shimmer (6:35)
4. Endless Tundra (21:35)
5. Into the Frozen Woodlands (4:49)
6. She Gathers Leaves (5:25)
7. Mistress of Black Thorns (6:24)
8. Winter’s End (8:14)
Album Length: 1:05:23

Album Band Line Up:
Fíochmhar: Vocals, Drums, Keyboards
Sruthán: Guitar, Bass

For more info:
Facebook.com/ArtachBlackMetal
Instagram.com/ArtachBlackMetal
EPK

About:
Artach is a two-man black metal band (Sruthán: Guitar/Bass, Fíochmhar: Battery/Vokills/Keys)based in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Being from the foggiest, snowiest, wettest, windiest, and gloomiest capital city in Canada, one should not be surprised that this fuels the creation of Black Metal. Their inspiration comes from the land, nature, the bleak weather of the Canadian North, and influential black metal bands.

Since the duo’s formation in the spring of 2019, Artach has been consistently releasing new music. The band’s debut album “Chronicles of a Black Winter” was released digitally during February 2020 and later unleashed on physical CD by Depressive Illusions Records. The full length contained 9 songs of extreme, harsh, and haunting sounds, which included a cover of Celtic Frost’s ‘Jewel Throne’.

Now in 2021, the band returns with their next offering “Sworn To Avenge”, a full-length scourge of raw and relentless bruting gloom. From the calming blasts and savagery of album opener “Tuiteam an Duine” to the ingrained black metal blast beats, and headbanging riffage on “Shimmer” to the 20-minute exploration for the epic “Endless Tundra” about the doomed Franklin expedition of 1846 to the Immortal-esque riffing and unorthodox exorcism of album closer “Winter’s End”, Artach delivers a 65-minute cold deliverance of their surroundings.

The band adds:

“The music on ‘Sworn To Avenge’ is a frigid mixture of topics about nature and how it meets and interacts with the darkness of humankind. The desolation of the world, the planet, and the repeated failure of society to evolve to a place where we are a part of nature and not brutish subjugators of everything in our path… these are all themes described throughout many songs. The music is angry, savage, unhinged, but contains melody and some twists and turns to surprise the listener. Varied song tempos mixing blasting with thrashy, punky, doomy elements keep the sounds interesting and not monotone. Song structures often vary and we never limit a song to a certain length. We indulge and have them be as long, or as short as we think feels right.”

“Sworn To Avenge” will be available digitally from Artach along with CD and cassette via Depressive Illusions Records on June 2021.

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“The album is definitely black metal – but there are some really nice elements in that that makes this author think the musicians are truly having some fun. In particular, ‘Frozen In Time’, exhibits this by delivering several rhythmic textures and a variety of guitar techniques. The vocals are also just well placed in this track in both timing and style.” – Brutalism (Album Review – 2020 Chronicles of a Black Winter)

“Artach have overnight become one of the most interesting bands to come out of the Newfoundland metal scene in some time, not only for the Darkthrone-esque duality of their lineup, but for their genuine appreciation for all things grim and frostbitten and their unique flavour of first wave meets second wave black metal. If you’ve not given Chronicles of a Black Winter a listen yet, give it a spin or two. It’s definitely worth checking out.” – HeavyNFLD (Album Review – 2020 Chronicles of a Black Winter)

“Artach is a mysterious two-piece Black Metal band who have issued their debut CHRONICLES OF A BLACK WINTER. Artach have spawned some fierce raw and primeval Black Metal. I’m hearing lots of classic Hellhammer/Bathory/Venom and maybe even dipping into second wave stuff like Immortal. It is all very black and grim the way this type of stuff should be.” – Metal-Rules (Album Review – 2020 Chronicles of a Black Winter)

“Like the album’s title may suggest, this album’s atmosphere is as cold and bleak as the North winds. The album is very riff focused with modern production, but it isn’t too clean—I actually really enjoyed the production. Vocally, it is very unique and [not] just the same ol endless blackened screams.” – Metal Temple (Album Review – 2020 Chronicles of a Black Winter)

“A solid dose of second wave black metal.” – Astral Noize (Album Review – 2020 Chronicles of a Black Winter)

“This is an album that took a little time to grow on me and after more listens than I care to count, I still hear little twists that I hadn’t heard before. Pretty cool debut from a band that’s doing its own thing in a genre where bands are often content to imitate.” Rating: ⅘ – The Metal Crypt (Album Review – 2020 Chronicles of a Black Winter)

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0 Free Metal Compilation – Stay The Fvck Home #CovidEdition – Metal For Your Isolation – Presented by Asher Media Relations

April 16, 2020
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· Asher Media · Music News

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Montreal, QC – April 16, 2020

Free Metal Compilation – Stay The Fvck Home #CovidEdition – Metal For Your Isolation

Presented by Asher Media Relations

Hey metalheads! Has the Covid-19 cabin fever gotten to you yet? Asher Media Relations has released a sampler of choice tunes to ease the monotony of quarantine whilst you stay the fvck at home.

Featuring over 60 tracks, the four and half hours of music ranging from thrash to death, from power to prog, this is the perfect metal soundtrack for your isolation. There is something for everyone on this mix and it’s great background music for duct-taping your kids to the wall, cutting your partner’s hair, playing games or just lamenting about the times when you could crush some beers in the alley behind your local dive bar.

These are some trying times we are currently living in, tours are cancelled, album releases are delayed, where is one to get their metal fix in the times of Covid-19?

Asher Media Relations has you covered with this new digital sampler of some of the finest underground bands.

“Stay The Fvck Home #CovidEdition – Metal For Your Isolation” is available for FREE DOWNLOAD over at Bandcamp HERE, if you like what you hear go check out the featured bands!

Bands included are:

Ravioli Musick, Accursed Spawn, All Else Fails, Artach, Backstabber, BADGUYSWIN, Benevolent Like Quietus, Black Absinthe, Blackcast, Black Pestilence, Born Broken, Celestial Ruin, Concrete Funeral, Cryptonight, Death Note Silence, Diamonds On Neptune, Die Another Day, Dyatlove, Elektric Mistress, [Evertrapped], Fractures & Outlines, Gorlvsh, Held In Secret, Helsott, Imonolith, Infrared, Insurrection, Iron Kingdom, Juliet Ruin, Jupiter Hollow, Killitorous, Kosm, Krvsade, Lakeman, Lost In Static, Maudiir, Messora, Never Elected, Oculum Dei, Pile of Priests, Pink Cocoon, Plague Weaver, Protosequence, Raider, Ravioli Musick, Red Cain, RivetSkull, Scimitar, Sophist, Special Ops, Sun Below, Surface of the Sun, Tales of The Tomb, The Bloody Hell, The Flaying, The Order of Chaos, Third Chamber, Thrash La Reine, Turbo, Tymo, Tzimani, Vantablack Warship, Widow’s Peak, Within Nostalgia, Your Last Wish.

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