Occultation

Occultation

Silence In The Ancestral House

20 Buck Spin

The apparition known in physical form as Occultation materializes with its second full-length LP, Silence in the Ancestral House, expanding on the twisting, malformed post-punk and cast-iron dark doom first revealed through its Three & Seven debut. Under the light of the moon Occultation creeps, crawls and crushes like a many-tentacled abomination using seductive power and hypnotic conjuring on the nine curses contained within. Captured from air in a far more powerful and convincing manner than ever before at God City Studios, the band strikes a mood both sombre and grim, reflecting a contorted, wrecked expression in a cracked mirror through eminently listenable heavy metal sorcery. 20 Buck Spin through the mist unveils the waxen edition which includes the fantastic visual interpretation by Adam Burke on both the cover and the included poster.  “If you ever wondered what Negative Plane would sound like with a little occult rock slant on their vocals and a touch of goth at the edges, then Occultation will tick all those boxes for you.” —Cvlt Nation  “What I can tell you is that Occultation play hauntingly creepy, eerie music that would fit perfectly into some John Carpenter horror film setting the mood for terrible things to unfold before your eyes.” —Occultrock.com  “They have a way of getting inside you and haunting you wholly, leaving you cowering in a corner, begging for the mercy of light. It’s not a put on. It’s the real thing.” —Meat Mead Metal

Occultation

Silence In The Ancestral House

Profound Lore

Featuring Negative Plane guitarist E.M., Occultation crafts one of the strangest and most distinct sounds in dark metal today. With a distinct mix of prog, classic metal and ’80s goth, the Brooklyn, NY, trio’s sound is singular and intriguing. Their 2012 debut Three and Seven turned heads with its wicked mix of classic Mercyful Fate, Death SS, Siouxie and the Banshees, and The Cure; now Occultation presents a work even more bewitching and fascinating. Produced, recorded and mixed at Godcity Studios by Kurt Ballou (responsible for capturing the sonic chaos of Converge, High on Fire, Skeletonwitch, Old Man Gloom and many more), this massive, multi-layered opus reveals new facets with each successive listen. Haunting, dreamlike and even more progressive than their past material, it showcases refined songwriting and alluring melodic sensibilities underpinned by the commanding and alluring vocals of V.B. Witness this unique and innovative band ascend to a completely new musical plane.

Occultation

Three And Seven

20 Buck Spin

Occultation first summoned their debut album Three & Seven on CD via Profound Lore Records earlier in 2012, and 20 Buck Spin now conjures the analog representation (with a vinyl-only bonus track) just as Halloween approaches. Occultation creates music perfectly suited to this most undead time of year—eerie, haunted, ghastly, reverberating hymns to double walkers and living portraits. “Eyes inside the wall / Echoes in the hall” vocalist V wails on “Shroud of Sorrows,” and indeed this funereal, stained-glass heavy metal exalts the world between. Into their cauldron they stir sinister Italian cinema and soundtracks; the vivid colors of Suspiria; shining, ornate crosses; and obscure horror metal like Black Hole, Mortuary Drape, Jacula and the infamous Paul Chain. The result is a concoction both strong and subtle, not unlike Negative Plane for reasons obvious, but with more incense and fewer rotten corpses. It’s certainly the most unique album of 2012 so far, and just the beginning of this dark creation’s descent into flames.

Occultation

Three And Seven

Profound Lore

Formed in the late ’00s, Brooklyn, New York’s Occultation released the limited Somber Dawn EP in 2011. Showcasing their bizarre brand of creepy and haunting psych horror metal, the three-track 7-inch attrached a buzz due to the presence of Negative Plane mastermind EMM (a.k.a. Nameless Void) on guitars and backing vocals. With Negative Plane’s reputation as one of the most important US black metal bands today, it was no surprise that the band’s aura rubbed off on Occultation—their twisted, dissonant and progressively constructed guitar scales finding their way into Occultation’s vision of horror. But Occultation has morphed into a beast in its own right. Along with weird and unearthly guitar play, the trio conjures ethereal and ghostly female vocals, dirge-like organ sounds, pulsating bass lines and ritualistic drum rhythms. The band takes its cues from ’70s prog, ’80s dark rock, classic metal (most notably early Mercyful Fate and Death SS) and cult horror soundtracks. Their debut full-length album Three & Seven is a haunting, creepy and unrelenting venture into a cathedral of sonic horror.