“Breaking from expectation’s mold, the quintet eschew fast and furious death metal for the sort of elegant doom/death first oozed out by the Peaceville three…” — Decibel
Death/doom collective PULCHRA MORTE – featuring within its ranks current and former members of Wolvhammer, Eulogy, Harkonin, Withered, and more – will release its debut full-length, Divina Autem Et Aniles, this February via Ceremonial Records.
As a precursor to its release, Decibel Magazine is pleased to unveil the band’s “Thrown To The Wolves” video, offering of the release overall, “Breaking from expectation’s mold, the quintet eschew fast and furious death metal for the sort of elegant doom/death first oozed out by the Peaceville three with particular focus on Paradise Lost’s first two albums.”
Notes vocalist Jason Barron of the track, “‘Thrown To The Wolves’ is about two individuals in love but finding it impossible to be together. Both ultimate suffer from heartbreak and die of depression and loneliness from being apart.”
Get gloomy with “Thrown To The Wolves,” courtesy of Decibel Magazine, at THIS LOCATION.
Divina Autem Et Aniles was captured by PULCHRA MORTE guitarist/renowned producer/engineer Jarrett Pritchard (1349, Goatwhore, Wolvhammer, Gruesome, Exhumed, Brutality, etc.) at his own New Constellation Studios in Orlando, Florida, mastered by Chris Common (Tribulation, Primordial, Exhumed, Gruesome), and features the vocal talents of former Eulogy co-conspirator Heather Dykstra and cellist Naarah Strokosch as well as additional backing vocals by Tor Stavenes, AKA Seidemann of 1349 and Svart Lotus. It all comes swathed in the striking cover art of Jordan Barlow (Goatwhore, Haarp, Psychon Vex).
Divina Autem Et Aniles will be released on February 1st on CD and digitally via Ceremonial Records and is available for licensing in various territories. For physical preorders visit the official PULCHRA MORTE bandcamp page at THIS LOCATION. View the band’s previously released video for “Soulstench” below.
Additionally, PULCHRA MORTE’s limited-edition seven-inch single featuring “Soulstench” on Side A and a rendition of Paradise Lost’s “The Painless” on Side B is still available in three color variants HERE.
PULCHRA MORTE (ˈpul.kÊ°ra / ˈmÉ”r.te) began with an idea to recapture a feeling that has become increasingly scarce in the dense landscape of extreme music today: the manifestation of songs containing weight, atmosphere, and feeling. Forged by drummer/backing vocalist Clayton Gore and vocalist Jason Barron, formerly of St. Louis staple Harkonin, with guitarist Jeffrey Breden in 2017, the trio began writing songs with the intention of recapturing the purpose of greats from the late-’80s through early-’90s doom-laden death metal scene, a point where feeling superseded technicality. During this process, Gore contacted long-time friend and cocreator, producer/engineer Jarrett Pritchard, the two of them enjoying a thirty-year friendship and collaboration from the days of the seminal Tampa, Florida-based death metal band Eulogy.
Joining forces, the band completed the recording of their debut album Divina Autem Et Aniles with Pritchard taking on bass and auxiliary guitar duties as well as producing and engineering the album. Full rehearsals took place in Chicago over the summer of 2018, with Dylan Kilgore of Withered being recruited to play bass while Pritchard moved to full-time guitar. Band intact, the rehearsals yielded excellent results, and from these sessions a proper video for first single “Soulstench” was generated. In its wake, PULCHRA MORTE unleashed a limited edition seven-inch of “Soulstench” with a beautiful tribute to Paradise Lost – a cover of Gothic classic “The Painless” – occupying its B-side as an exclusive.
PULCHRA MORTE is planning a number of appearances throughout 2019 in support of Divina Autem Et Aniles and are already hard at work on the follow-up album.
PULCHRA MORTE:
Jeffrey Breden – guitars
Jarrett Pritchard – guitars
Jason Barron – vocals
Clayton Gore – drums/backing vocals
Dylan Kilgore – bass/backing vocals
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