Hiraeth

'Hiraeth' follows the narrator's journey through Central Bohemia with their companion Janus Talheim, as they discover the land's old Slavic gods, contract deals with new devils, and mourn personal loss. Atgeir 'chronicles the artist's world travels, life events, and viewpoints that address the agency of all matter, and holds a conversation between the concept of life and its inevitable path towards entropy. The melancholy writing style draws from the literary work of W.G. Sebald, among others, and has musical foundations in Los Angeles punk and American black metal.' There is a monumental vision to this release, which is only partially unfolding and presented to you here. Be prepared for this glorious weaving of black metal based sonics, which adds in atmospheric ambient, post-cinematic and classical moments along the way, as introspective and engrossing stories carve their paths as veins to the whole body. 1. Janus Talheim 2. Goethe, Drinking From The Vein of The Teplà 3. Apocalyptic Cycle Renewal (Jacopo Brocardo) 4. The Flayed Garden (Traversing Andělská Hora) 5. A General History of Labyrinths 6. To Be Little or Nothing But Life 20/10/25 ⚔️ ATGEIR is Leo Ulfelder, 'an interdisciplinary artist from Los Angeles, California, who is fiercely devoted to creating work that is both intellectually stimulating and spiritually provoking.' It gives me great personal pleasure to be able to share Leo's sounds, art and literary visions further into the welcoming ears, eyes and brains who need and will appreciate his work and this release. We became friends 10 years ago when Gets Worse toured Europe with Fissure, and our continued chats in future years obsessed over travel, music, language, art and creativity generally. We teamed up on sharing his solo powerviolence/hardcore project Nihil Unbound on Owlripper in February 2023. I am honoured to share 'Hiraeth' with you now to widen knowledge of his creative journey (Atgeir, Fissure, Nihil Unbound and more). ⚔️