Difficult to define, the massive debut full length from Quebec’s NORILSK lurks transcendentally in a post-space between the typical guiding lines of death, doom & black metal. The album’s purity, its absolutely conservative methodology, clashing with newer, progressive ideas, allows it to sound traditional but also like a completely new experience of sonic language. Delivering a mysterious, heavy, slightly bizarre and desolate work, The Idea of North is a strange album depicting bleak vistas; its fuzz uplifting, its growls and sad lullabies dispiriting – and when mixed, they herald a new dawn for doom/death metal. Gatefold LP on Black Vinyl, Split release with Sunmask Records.

Strictly limited release of 300 on 180g vinyl in gatefold jacket. Printed inner sleeve.

Tracklist
A1 Japetus
A2 Throa
A3 Potsdam Glo
A4 Nature Morte
B1 Planète Heurt
B2 La Liberté Aux Ailes Brisées
B3 La Grande Noirceur
B4 The Idea Of North