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HAIDUK Entering Studio To Record Follow Up Album To ‘Spellbook’
Photo Credit: Derek Kent
Song Stream – Maelstrom – Listen here.
Song Stream – Lich – Listen here.
Fire Wield (Live) – Watch here.
HAIDUK, the Calgary, AB one man thrashing black and death metal project fronted by Luka Milojica is proud to announce his return to the studio to record a nine track follow up album to 2012’s break through debut full length ‘Spellbook’, which received international acclaim including a mention on Hellbound’s Top Canadian Albums of 2012. The forthcoming release will be another concept ‘book’ album with a strong underlying theme to each song plus will see the creation and inclusion of a map based on a fantasy world of Haiduk’s themes. The mixing and mastering will be done by Robert Kukla (Arbitrator) plus album artwork done by Gragoth, both whom previously worked on ‘Spellbook’. The album is set for a tentative release date during summer 2015.
“Haiduk has only gotten darker, faster, and more pissed off! From a guitar standpoint the new riffs are busier and more intricate than ever. You’ll see many elements of “Spellbook” here but also an evolution of the style towards ever-more bizarre, diabolical guitarwork. The recording will focus on instrumental precision and creating a gloomy, blackened atmosphere to pull you into my dark fantasy world.” comments Luka Milojica.
To listen to tracks streaming from 2012’s ‘Spellbook’ and for more info, please visit http://www.haiduk.ca
Track Listing: Haiduk – Spellbook
- Lich (2:38)
- Stormcall (2:13)
- Black Wind (3:26)
- Maelstrom (4:00)
- Forcefield (2:56)
- Hex (2:44)
- Tremor (3:41)
- Fire Wield (3:12)
- Lightning (3:39)
- Vortex (4:17)
Album Length: 32:48
About:
Emerging from the cold forests of Canada, Haiduk is a death metal solo-project created by guitarist Luka Milojica. Aggressive and dark, the sound of Haiduk is a direct channeling of haunting musical ideas from composer to listener, as the conceptualization, writing, and execution of the music is a solitary process. Free from outside influence, the songs lure the listener towards themes of magic, evil, nature and myth.
Forging ahead in solitude, Haiduk has unleashed two releases, the raw, bone-chilling 8-song demo “Plagueswept” in 2010 followed by the full-length debut “Spellbook” in 2012, a black-magic conjuring of fast guitars and powerful riff attacks summoning an atmosphere of true darkness.
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“Best Unsigned Artist” HeavyMetal.About.com (April 2013)
“Thrashing fusion of black and death metal lit up like fireworks by ravaging, swarming riffs” – No Clean Singing
“Tight, aggressive, energetic” – Metal Crypt
“Mix of technical thrash-death, aggressive and precise speed-riffs, blastbeats and a devilish growl” – Stalker.cd
“A groovy and unrelenting beast of a record” – Beatroute
“the whole thing sounding big, full, and ominous, the riffs just crashing out of the realm of indie and into the big leagues, all modern Testament by way of Vader, filtered through black influences.” – Bravewords
“All right, a full-length debut of fist-pumping Black/Death Metal from this one-man Canadian band. I really liked this guy’s demo Plagueswept, so I am pleased to get a chance to hear this. Once again this works a rather unique style, mixing Death aggression and Blackened atmosphere to chugging Trad Metal riffing and headbanging rhythms. Once again I enjoy the clean-limbed, aggressive, and agile guitarwork, combining spiraling tremolo scaling with sharp rhythm work and a sense of speed as a tool, rather than an end of itself. The vocals are a deathlike bark, and the whole thing sounds sometimes like a blackened version of Krisiun. Tight, aggressive, energetic, and fresh-sounding, Haiduk deserve more attention than they get.” – Metal Crypt
“I love ‘Stormcall’, a fiery explosive piece of metal that seems to melt your mind with its brute force, not to mention the nasty Black Metal inspired ‘Black Winds’ that is on the verge of loosening chaos and yet never loses its melodies that seem to let the song live and breath.” – Metal Bite
“Tracks like “Black Wind”, “Forcefield”, and “Fire Wield” are heavy and punishing, engaging me from the first note to the last. And did I mention riffs? This is an incredibly riff-driven album…” – Absolute Hell
“the whole album is full of intricate breaks and intense riff work. Haiduk walks the fuzzy line between black and death metal in a way that really plays up the best of both worlds. Songs like “Forcefield” really play on these dissonant riffs that bounce back and forth as if to trick you into headbanging like a demented puppet suffering an epileptic seizure…I’m really quite impressed. This is a very solid record that I have already recommended to half a dozen friends. I can’t wait to see what Haiduk puts out next. ” Metal Wani
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