Ghost Bath "Self Loather" (Cassette, Nuclear Blast, 2021)
Black metallers Ghost Bath are breaking out of the clutches of obscurity
with their stunning new album, Self Loather. Formed by Dennis Mikula in
2012, Ghost Bath had a mysterious, if auspicious start. Mikula ebbed
out music-first on the Ghost Bath EP (2013) and then on debut
full-length Funeral (2014)-under the pseudo-nom de guerre 丹尼斯 to
wide-spread plaudits of a fanbase unaware that the visionary song-master
was an American hailing from small-town North Dakota. When the veil
lifted in support of Ghost Bath's second full-length Moonlover in 2015,
they were already well on their way to becoming one of the most exciting
upstarts in extreme music memory. On the strength of Moonlover and the
promise of what would come after, Ghost Bath secured a worldwide deal
via Nuclear Blast Entertainment. The group's vio-aggro sound-pinned to
tenets of black metal but driven by dysthymia, revulsion, and
tragedy-continued to evolve into more dangerous yet personally pensive
territory. When Starmourner followed in 2017, Ghost Bath had found a
wickedly black yet despondently depressive vector to call home. Moored
by singles "Thrones" and "Ambrosial," Starmourner stunned Ghost Bath's
rabid fanbase and press alike. The group embarked on celebrated tours in
the United States and Europe in 2017 and 2018, playing with labelmates
Thy Art Is Murder and Fallujah, as well as luminaries Katatonia,
Astronoid, and MØL. On Self Loather, Ghost Bath close out the
trilogy-tragedy, ecstasy, and dread/hatred-and host their most
devastating and dark music to date. From the unbridled cruelty of
"Convince Me to Bleed" and the introspection of "Shrines of Bone" to the
sorrowful suite that closes "A Sanguine Mask" and disquieting nature of
"Sinew and Vein," Ghost Bath's fourth full-length sets the mood meter
to desolation/antipathy-and never quite let's go. Produced by the band
with Xander Moser engineering at TreeSpeak Recording Studio in
Minneapolis and mixed by Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Bosse-de-Nage) at The
Atomic Garden Recording Studios in Oakland, Self Loather is a sonic
exercise in shadow, nuance, and, most of all, power. Witness Ghost
Bath's most captivating yet odious record to date on Self Loather.
Tracklist:
1 Convince Me to Bleed
2 Hide from the Sun
3 Shrines of Bone
4 Sanguine Mask
5 A Crystal Lattice
6 Sinew and Vein
7 I Hope Death Finds Me Well
8 For It Is a Veil
9 Unbearable
10 Flickering Wicks of Black
Condition is Brand New.
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