Craven Idol
From:
London,
United Kingdom
Last Known Status: Active
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Craven Idol Reveals New Album Details
Old school stalwarts Craven Idol celebrate their 15th anniversary with "Forked Tongues." Swearing by the gods of old, the North London veterans further hone their unique blend of old school extreme metal.
Dark Descent Records will release "Forked Tongues" on CD, vinyl, cassette and digital formats on July 23.
"After spending a month on the road with Mystifier, we are a closer-knit unit than ever before. There’s a good reason for this being the longest standing line-up in our fifteen-year existence. The entire band lived and breathed this record in the months preceding the studio, and the performances delivered by each member are testament to their dedication to untarnished extreme metal of old," says founding member Sadistik Wrath.
"'Forked Tongues' is a vicious and concerted tribute to folly of mankind. In these godless days of Sodom, craven idols are in their element, wheeling and dealing, beckoning you to follow their treacherous causes. The apocalyptic legends of ancient Greece read like unholy divination… and it is from them that we drew the subject matter for the record."
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Tom Dring at Southport’s Vagrant Recordings, "Forked Tongues" showcases a rawer side of Craven Idol, aiming to bottle the band’s live ferocity.
Shunning the trends and genre-specifications poisoning the scene, Craven Idol pay homage to a wide variety of bands, including Bathory, Mercyful Fate, Master’s Hammer, Manilla Road, Gospel Of The Horns, Sodom, Satan, Candlemass, Mystifier, Cirith Ungol, and Absu. More...
Craven Idol Premieres New Song "A Ripping Strike"
London, UK's black metal outfit Craven Idol premieres a new song entitled "A Ripping Strike", taken from the band's upcoming new album "The Shackles of Mammon", which will be released via Dark Descent Records on April 14.
Check out now "A Ripping Strike" below.
Comments the band about the song: More...
Craven Idol Reveals "Shackles Of Mammon" Details
After four years of toil, London’s extreme metal force Craven Idol presents "The Shackles Of Mammon," an uncompromising and unique blend of metal from the early days of horrible hellnoise.
Recorded at Birmingham’s Priority Studios and engineered by Esoteric’s Greg Chandler (and mastered by Dan Lowndes at Resonance Sound), "The Shackles Of Mammon" boasts an old school production as well as Craven Idol’s most fierce and varied songs to date.
The album features artwork by the extraordinarily twisted Daniel Corcuera, with a take on Sascha Schneider’s 1896 wood carving "Mammon und sein Sklave." Lyrically the album deals with the vices of man, the plagues they unleashed upon themselves, and the rationalization of its own actions – be it in tragedy or ruin – through the creation of deities and cults. Due out April 14th, the track listing is as follows: More...
Craven Idol Releasing New Album
Craven Idol just checked in with this update about releasing a new album and lining up a release show in April:
"Our second album 'The Shackles Of Mammon' will be out on the 14th of April, 2017 via Dark Descent Records (LP CD MC).
"Join us on Saturday 8th of April at London's Black Heart for our FREE release show! Our comrades Necro Ritual will also be unleashing their new record! Opening the show will be the mighty Terra." More...
Craven Idol Streaming Full Album
UK-based coven Craven Idol and Dark Descent Records have joined forces with Decibel Magazine for an exclusive full-album stream of the band's forthcoming debut, "Towards Eschaton." Available worldwide through Dark Descent on digital, CD and vinyl formats on October 15th, "Towards Eschaton" can be previewed now at this location.
"Towards Eschaton," which features artwork by Paolo Girardi, represents the culmination of Craven Idol's dark visions to date. A coalescing of the band's new and older material results in a mercurial assault, but one whose constituent parts each read from the same bloodied hymn sheet. Pre-order info is available here.
Craven Idol Streaming New Song From Debut
London black/thrash band Craven Idol, who signed with Dark Descent Records earlier this year, is set to release its full-length debut, "Towards Eschaton," on digital, CD and vinyl formats this fall. Album track "To Summon Mayrion" is currently streaming below.
In 2006 Craven Idol's self-released demo tape materialized, and its original fifty incarnations were quickly devoured. Starlight Temple Society then fanned this early flame with a tape re-release. 2010 saw the release of the "Ethereal Altars" EP on MCD and vinyl via Vengeful Attakk/Hammer of Hate. In early 2013 Craven Idol signed with Dark Descent Records for the release of its debut album, on CD and vinyl.