Awenden - Golden Hour (full album, 2020)

We are pleased to present the full-length album from Olympia-based atmospheric black metal band Awenden, released on Realm and Ritual today.

Golden Hour follows on from the sound of the first ep, rooted in naturalistic black metal, focused heavily on atmospheric odes to the forests and rivers of the Pacific Northwest.

The album expands on the scope of the sound with a cast of collaborators who are founding members of the Cascadian scene; Ray and Lock from Skagos and Fauna, Rhone L. (Mistaken for Ghosts and Strangeweather) contributing flute, vocals and extra guitars, and Benjamin C (Strangeweather) on extra vocals.

It is more than a one-man band, and much more than your regular atmospheric black metal album. It is in turns majestic, elegant, crushing, aggressive and malevolent, utilising the hallmarks of Cascadian black metal in crescendos, peaking repetition, expanding and contracting percussion that breathes through the songs.

Golden Hour is available digitally and for cassette pre-order on today (March 13th). Cassettes are limited to 50 copies with a shipping date of March 27th.

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Band: Awenden
Album: Golden Hour
Year: 2020
Label: Realm and Ritual
Country: USA
Genre: Cascadian Black Metal

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Album: https://awenden.bandcamp.com/album/golden-hour

Tracklist:
1. Dawn 00:00
2. Ritual Exile 10:18
3. Voices 20:19
4. Weapons of War / Bury 'em 23:57
5. A Memory of Dawn 34:16
6. Golden Hour 38:55

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Artist:
Bandcamp: https://awenden.bandcamp.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AwendenMetal
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/awenden_metal
Metal Archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Awenden/3540443988

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Metal Archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/labels/Realm_and_Ritual/47620

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