"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."
In the case of UNRU, time has and will always be of essence! May that be in the long-time process of creating their very art, letting it grow and ferment like fine wine; be it the duration of the songs and the aspect of revision in the actual music itself; or just the bending of time, room and matter the sheer force of UNRU’s sound is able to achieve.
Founded in Bielefeld, Germany in 2012, UNRU made an immediate deep impact with their monumental MMXIII demo (re-released on vinyl by Supreme Chaos Records in 2018), to be evolved upon by split recordings with PARAMNESIA, SUN WORSHIP and TONGUE, as well as their disturbing and ferocious debut full-length album "Als Tier ist der Mensch nichts' in 2016.
Babylon Doom Cult Records and UNRU are proud to announce the release of "Die Wiederkehr des Verdrängten" - six years in the making, countless hours devoted to revise, retain, revolt, reinvent and survive. It took UNRU strength and time to craft a worthy successor to "Als Tier ist der Mensch nichts", yet with "Die Wiederkehr des Verdrängten" the now 5-piece band finally unleash their second album as a grandiose statement: an unstoppable maelstrom of sound; a five-song sonic tour-de-force, which, aside from the band's trademark sound, leaves behind the band's early traces of chaotic German 90’s hardcore or American apocalyptic crust, further opening up the gates of ever so deep blackened gloom and fury, and balancing dissonance and harmony to sheer perfection.
This album is the distilled essence of all their prior releases, sounding the most black metal the band has ever sounded, without once stumbling into traps of worn out paths this genre ever so often sets. Five emotional songs fueled by the question of what actual freedom and revolution is within the individual as well as the societal I. The five songs reformulate UNRU’s pillars of furious black metal, blackened doom, fragile ambient and glorious Mount Eerie-esque immortality to an amalgamation of emotional purity and existential angst.
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released March 4, 2022
UNRU exists through:
E - synth & vocals
H - drums & percussion
L - guitar & organ
S - guitar & vocals
T - bass & vocals
Recorded in August 2020 and April - May 2021 at Spirit Cave, Berlin and Drum Hard, Bielefeld by L. Ennsen & UNRU
Mixed & mastered at Goblin Sound Studio, Cologne by Andy Rosczyk
Cover painting by Jani Kaunisto, titled "I'm on my hands and knees." (Acryl on canvas, 130cm x 100cm, 2020) (www.instagram.com/janikaunisto/)
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supported by 5 fans who also own “Die Wiederkehr Des Verdrängten”
While Ofte jeg drømmer mig død will most likely always be my favourite Afsky album (being one ov my favourite albums in general), Om hundrede år ticks all the boxes I hoped it would: the calm and simultaneously depressing folk elements are there; the wailing screams of a forlorn spirit, forced to eternally wander the woods (apt comparison, deadpunk!); the harsh, bitterly cold guitar riffs and the ultimate realisation of life, death and our inevitable undoing. Exactly what I want. Recommended! David Fischer
supported by 4 fans who also own “Die Wiederkehr Des Verdrängten”
The atmosphere of this album is fantastic. Makes you feel like you're knee-deep in the trenches drenched in mud, filth, sweat, and blood. Truly encapsulates the horrors of World War I, and the fact that the lyrics of some of the songs are taken from old war letters really adds to the authenticity.
Favorite Track(s): Die Feuertaufe, Grabenlieder edoerfler
supported by 4 fans who also own “Die Wiederkehr Des Verdrängten”
Russian Atmospheric / Post-Black Metal. This is simply stunningly beautiful & I cannot get enough! The atmospheres created are just magic! Plus the changes in tempo & the additonal post-BM elements mean that this never gets boring for me. I could not possibly have a favourite song either... :) Highly recommended! bmurator