After the hearty welcome of Firmament, MIDNIGHT ODYSSEY’s debut on I, Voidhanger Records, the Australian one-man band returns with a new epic voyage, an ambitious double album called Funerals From The Astral Sphere.
In 16 tracks and over 2 hours of music, Dis Pater has refined his amazing blend of cosmic black/doom metal and nocturnal ambient thanks to a wider use of acoustic folk passages and beautiful clean vocals, reaching new peaks of emotion and psychedelic bliss.
Officially formed in 2007 by the sole member Dis Pater, MIDNIGHT ODYSSEY has quickly found its own voice by crossing black metal with ambient, doom, folk, and kosmische musik.
“Black metal is the basic ingredient,” explains Dis Pater, “but music ranging from dark ambient, neo-classical and folk to funeral doom and post-punk all play just as vital a role in my process of song-writing. There is an overall equality between the styles of music that influence me, and the ideal that binds them altogether is atmosphere.”
Inspired by Australia’s wild landscape, with its ancient rainforests and stormy nightskies, Funerals From The Astral Sphere is a spiritual and dark observation on Death as a cosmic force of purification, coming from beyond the stars. “From personal experiences and completely imagined scenarios, the idea of death is something that fascinates me. With Midnight Odyssey I explore a world where humanity is void, dying and soon to be extinct. A world where forests reclaim the earth, animals once again are wild, and all signs of humanity are lost.”
“For all the amazing things humans are capable of,” concludes Dis Pater, “I absolutely abhor the human race, and I hope there is something out there more powerful and meaningful than humanity. Something that can eventually extinguish our flames.”
MIDNIGHT ODYSSEY
FUNERALS FROM THE ASTRAL SPHERE
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FORMAT: 2-CD CATALOG N. IVR-006
CD 1 (61:23)
1. Fallen From Firmament (12:33)
2. A Death So Pure (6:03)
3. Against The Moonlight (7:38)
4. An Ode To Dying Spirits (4:00)
5. When Death Comes Crawling (8:45)
6. Silently In Shadow (8:09)
7. Lost (4:37)
8. Tears Of Starfire (9:38)
CD 2 (63:25)
1. Journey Across The Stars (7:54)
2. Never To Return (7:31)
3. A Midnight Odyssey (6:18)
4. From A Celestial Throne (9:27)
5. Secrets And Solitude (7:05)
6. Shores Serene (6:34)
7. Those Who Linger At Night (12:18)
8. Funerals From The Astral Sphere (6:18)
Total time 124:48
CD housed in a cardboard sllipcase
20-page full color booklet complete with lyrics
Paintings by Dis Pater
Released September 1st, 2011
JOURNEY ACROSS THE STARS
SILENTLY IN SHADOW
TEARS OF STARFIRE
