Crushing The Scepter
from #92 - An Owl In The Noisy Sky #4 by The Owl
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Remix of an incredible song from my still-favourite black metal album of all time 'Pentagram' (entitled the 'Crushed Into New Pieces' remix)
I did this for the Owlripper 'Howls Into The Void #2' black metal compilation. As mentioned on the Captain Beefheart track about remixing, I like to dive right inside the sounds and see what I can pull out of there, and what else I can add, layer up, distort, bash into different pieces.
This one is deliberately much noisier than the original, so, imagine you're listening to this on a bootleg tape back in the early 90s that's done the rounds in different countries to get to you!
I've expanded on the structure of the song some more... plus done some of the usual Owl oddness to it as well, of course. A few explosions and dissonant harmonies added, with a dark ambient ending after the intensity.
I hope you will give this chance to do what it does, because I am actually really pleased with the expansion of this magnificent song.
The video I made uses footage from their London gig back in 1995, which I was at; and I am sure this version will upset a lot of the black metal purists or elite, but, isn't that the whole point anyway?
I know this is Pest doing vocals on the video, and Hat did it on the record, but, it seemed most relevant to use this particular video. Their set was utterly crushing, and the gig was along with Cradle Of Filth (who were still good then) and Primordial (who replaced Enslaved who were originally on this bill, and this was at the time of the Imrama album, for me by far their best still).
I did this for the Owlripper 'Howls Into The Void #2' black metal compilation. As mentioned on the Captain Beefheart track about remixing, I like to dive right inside the sounds and see what I can pull out of there, and what else I can add, layer up, distort, bash into different pieces.
This one is deliberately much noisier than the original, so, imagine you're listening to this on a bootleg tape back in the early 90s that's done the rounds in different countries to get to you!
I've expanded on the structure of the song some more... plus done some of the usual Owl oddness to it as well, of course. A few explosions and dissonant harmonies added, with a dark ambient ending after the intensity.
I hope you will give this chance to do what it does, because I am actually really pleased with the expansion of this magnificent song.
The video I made uses footage from their London gig back in 1995, which I was at; and I am sure this version will upset a lot of the black metal purists or elite, but, isn't that the whole point anyway?
I know this is Pest doing vocals on the video, and Hat did it on the record, but, it seemed most relevant to use this particular video. Their set was utterly crushing, and the gig was along with Cradle Of Filth (who were still good then) and Primordial (who replaced Enslaved who were originally on this bill, and this was at the time of the Imrama album, for me by far their best still).
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from #92 - An Owl In The Noisy Sky #4,
released November 9, 2022
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