NIGHT SHALL DRAPE US – Steelfest Friday 16/5 2025 [Day 2]
“Though they came together from far corners of the Nordic underground, Night Shall Drape Us are united by blood and an unwavering spirit for fast, melodic, uncompromising black metal. Their debut album features eight perfectly executed hymns sung by a relentless choir of lunatics.
‘Lunatic Choir’ offers fast blast beats together with raw yet melodic traditional black metal riffs. “One with the beasts of the black flame”, the band chant in dedication during “Under the Dead Sky”, giving themselves into the arms of Holy Death.” – Season of Mist Underground Activists
Pure elite line up on stage!!! Great gig!! Fairly new band but the guys have been around for ages in different important bands.
Live clips by GRONNENHELL, zer0moon, Tales From The Frontline] (⇓)
Collected notes & links:
– Latest release: Lunatic Choir Full-length 2024 (⇓)
– Label: Season of Mist Underground Activists
facebook.com/nightshalldrapeus
metal-archives.com/bands/Night_Shall_Drape_Us
Steelfest.fi
Running order 2025
“NIGHTSIDE is a Black Metal band hailing from Finland. They were originally formed in 1996, but underwent a hiatus and reformed in 2021. “Death from the North” is the band’s first album in 23 years. “
“The first chance for the greater audience to be exposed to the sound of Finland’s Vultyrium was with the release of their 2020 split album with the fellow countrymen of Warmoon Lord. A solo project of Sadist Stalker (who recently joined Warmoon Lord on vocals), the first release was quickly followed up with the 2022 debut full-length album, released on the renowned Finnish Black Metal label Werewolf Records.”
One of the best bands ever Pt. 2!!
“The band’s name is taken from the song Warmoon Lord by Vlad Tepes.“
“DEUS MORTEM arose from the Abyss in the winter of 2008. Since then they have been consistently following their wolfish path, trampling down the carcass of limitations and divine order, which can be clearly heard on this new opus. Here they direct their force of creation towards the best era of metal magnificence, regardless of the changes that time brings. Drawing from the source of their inspiration from the 80s and 90s, they’ve built an original style, which is a rare treat these days. It is the uniqueness and perfection of opposites intertwined in a deadly formula. It’s an iron fist aimed at mediocrity and illusion, masterfully performed through skill and passion.”
“Within the prism of modern black metal, many bands breathe fresh air into the genre, which are welcomed by those who truly appreciate metal’s evolution and don’t applaud its stagnation in trite and archaic sounds. Barshasketh, a band originally from New Zealand (but now relocated to the United Kingdom), is one of those groups that keeps the flame of the most sinister and spiritually charged extreme music alive.”
