SOTHERION - Vermine [Full Length, 2024]

Listen to SOTHERION's new album, Vermine, in it's entirety.
Tracklist
00:00 - 01.Shemyaza
00:43 - 02.La mort pour compagnon
04:34 - 03.The Fallen
08:26 - 04.Word Made Death
12:24 - 05.Flame of Deliverance
16:58 - 06.Famished King
21:04 - 07.Blood Prophet
25:41 - 08.Le havre meurtri
30:52 - 09.Schwarmgeist
36:14 - 10.Shrine of the Chosen
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Description by NTB:
On May 9th internationally, W.T.C. Productions releases Sotherion's highly anticipated debut album, Vermine.
Spawned by the mind of infamous composer BST (Aosoth, The Order of Apollyon) in total isolation, in the midst of the first lockdown of 2020, Sotherion is a one-man project paying homage to the late ‘80s and early ‘90s second wave of black metal. Inspired by disgust for the modern world and its deification of mediocrity and glorification of rats, and motivated by a search for old ways of recording razor-sharp guitars and low-pulsing kick drums, the debut demo Schwarmgeist came to be in a heartbeat, acting as a beacon for what was next to come.
A contract was made with W.T.C. Productions, and work began shortly after within the depths of the infamous BST Studio to sculpt and breathe the stench of death into a humble monument to the old scene, resulting in a full-length record entitled Vermine. Across the continual curse of the year 2022, Sotherion displays its full powers - and full vision - between Schwarmgeist and now Vermine. BST’s renown certainly precedes him, but Sotherion is surely his most personal work yet.
A punishing and pestilent experience, Vermine encompasses 10 tracks across 44 minutes. "The creative process leading to this album was centered around a type of sound, first and foremost," BST reveals. "Every guitar riff is meant to emphasize this raw style of production, widely reminiscent of the early '90s - minimalistic music to leave enough room for the gurgling harmonics of the saturated strings to develop." Indeed, every blistering tone and texture here feels like razor-wire dragged across the flesh (and FAST), but with disharmony flowing just as fast and freely, the sum effect is one of disorientation and delirium giving way to inevitable implosion. Put another way, you don't just try to "listen" to Vermine; rather, you merely try to survive. "Suffocating" is another way to put it...or an air-raid siren made manifest.
Not surprisingly, content matches form for Sotherion. As BST explains further, "Lyrically, the various themes revolve around a darkened view of reality, the ever-decaying modern world, the instinct to welcome the death of all as the ultimate goal of the human experiment - not devoid of a certain very cynical and morbid form of humor, mocking everything sacred and everything beautiful." That mockery just might extend to the listener himself, depending on one's spiritual coordinates coming into Vermine.
Schwarmgeist was released without warning, preparing the masses for the inevitable infection of Vermine - but perhaps that wasn't enough preparation for the full fathom of Sotherion. Hereby shall French black metal be renewed by consecrating its blood pact with the past. This is no more and no less than what the modern world deserves!

[@roberthuismans3533]

Marvelously filthy. Playing the devils chords 'tri-tone' straight out of the gates on the opening track.

[@Bloodywingedtempest]

That guitar sound 🤘🏻

[@totaldesaster8696]

Feels like a cross between Aosoth and A Blaze in the Northern Sky. It's damn good on first listen.
Is there any songwriter in black metal in recent(-ish) years towering above BST? I really doubt it.

[@satanicwarlord5432]

Killer!!!!!!

[@josh9403]

This is fucking disgusting! Absolute carnage. It's 7am in Washington state, and my roommates think I'm gonna burn the house down.

[@KILLERONTHELOOSEradioshow]

🔥🔱🔥

[@pullupterraine199]

For fuxxake, this is really brutal! Very good vocals!

[@twinkie3793]

I like it a lot!

[@elguche]

That’s hell

[@zarsim2009]

very powerfull... Thx for the upload...

[@DavidTorresSoto]

Good Black Metal!

[@Funeralindustries]

Aggressive Evil Force !!!

[@nowexilebutshockyou5422]

Finally, that came to us

[@adamagedone]

I was praying that they would keep the same guitar sound featured on the debut EP and I’m so glad they did

[@klistiermaster]

You were praying? 😅

[@shumadoomashingbling]

That shit sounds mad wickedness beyond

[@owls893]

there is no 'they'. ..what an insult.

[@KRLegion]

SOTHERION "Vermine" -2024 (FRANCE)

[@artems.4756]

that sounds like pure evil!

[@PutriOddity]

This is like if gorenoise had a more blackened sound

[@mlrafaell]

E V I L

[@ChuckG66]

Nasty is nice 666

[@scorpiocurse7969]

I hear a huge Darkthrone influence...nice!

[@daniels999]

I like some raw style like this, definitely well done but dude, the description of this album 😅

[@KRLegion]

COUNTRY¿¿¿

[@BST616]

France

[@Ajnananda]

this makes me believe BM can still go places outside of gimmicks and bs.

[@owls893]

I'd turn off this comment section, it's unbearable (for Europeans atleast. It's clear where the comments come from).

[@nickpantchev5154]

how is this new? Ibought it on vynl at messe des morts in november 2023, good stuff though

[@BST616]

Official release got delayed for various logistical issues. Glad it’s all sorted out now.