Schammasch
Formed: 2009
From:
Basel,
Switzerland
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Schammasch News
Below is our complete Schammasch news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Schammasch Premiere New Single & Music Video
Switzerland's blackened avant-garde metal band Schammasch is set to release the next installment in their "The Maldoror Chants" series this October. The outfit will unveil "The Maldoror Chants: Old Ocean" via Prosthetic Records on October 25th. This series of records draws its inspiration from the 1860s French poetic novel "Les Chants de Maldoror", written by Comte de Lautréamont. Today they premiere a new official music video for the first single, "They Have Found Their Master," streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below.
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Schammasch Premiere New Music Video
Swiss progressive black metal band Schammasch premiere a new music video for "Ego Sum Omega", taken from their latest album "Hearts of No Light ", out in stores via Prosthetic Records.
Says frontman and mastermind C.S.R. of it: More...
Schammasch Premiere New Song "Rays Like Razors"
Schammasch premiere a new song entitled "Rays Like Razors", taken from their upcoming new album "Hearts of No Light ", which will be released by Prosthetic Records on November 8th.
Check out now "Rays Like Razors" below.
ColdCell Premieres New Song "Tainted Thoughts"
Black metal outfit ColdCell - whose line-up includes two members of Schammasch - premieres a new song entitled "Tainted Thoughts", taken from the upcoming new album "Those", which will be released on November 3 via Czar of Crickets.
Check out now "Tainted Thoughts" below.
Schammasch Announces New Release
With last year's triple album opus, "Triangle," Swiss avant-garde metal outfit Schammasch gained wide international acclaim and defiantly raised the bar within the extreme metal scene.
This summer, Schammasch will extend uts body of work by adding a new branch - the first in a line of shorter releases entitled "The Maldoror Chants," entirely based on "Les Chants de Maldoror" - one of the 19th century's darkest and most fascinating literary works which would later become part of the foundation of the surrealist movement.
"Hermaphrodite," as the first of these releases will be called, shows a different side of the band's artistic repertoire with focus upon spoken word and atmospheric soundscapes rather than the song by song formula. A new approach to visual aesthetics can be found in the artwork design as well, which presents a hand drawn illustration by Mexican artist / surrealist Héctor Pineda, whilst the layout was completely handled by vocalist/guitarist C.S.R's art project SAROS Collective (also responsible for the audio production). More...
Schammasch Debuts New Music Video
Avant-garde occult black metal outfit Schammasch premieres a new music video for the song "Metanoia", taken from "Part II of Triangle, Metaflesh", out now as a limited edition 3CD set, triple vinyl LP, download and streaming.
Schammasch is on tour across Europe this autumn with Rotting Christ, Inquisition and Mystifier. Schammasch will also play an exclusive set of the whole 'Triangle' album at Roadburn Festival 2017.
Check out now "Metanoia" below.
Schammasch Premieres Pre-Release Full-Album Stream
Avant-garde occult black metal outfit Schammasch premieres the pre-release full-album stream of the band's upcoming new album "Triangle - Part I : The Process Of Dying", which will be out in stores this coming Friday April 29 via Prosthetic Records.
Check out now "Triangle - Part I : The Process Of Dying" in its entirety below.
States the band about "Triangle": More...
Schammasch Posts New Song "Maelstrom"
Avante-garde extreme metal outfit Schammasch has released yet another new track from upcoming epic release “Triangle,” due out via Prosthetic Records on April 29th.
Split into three separate compositions which reflect the three steps towards achieving a fulfilled state of being, the band's newest offering “Maelstrom” is featured on Part 3 and can be heard below.
"Triangle" was recorded by V. Santura (Triptykon, Dark Fortress) and features cover and album artwork from photographer Ester Segarra (Watain, Behemoth) and graphic designer Valnoir (The Black Dahlia Murder). The ful track listing is as follows:
1.1 Crepusculum
1.2 Father’s Breath
1.3 In Dialogue With Death
1.4 Diluculum
1.5 Consensus
1.6 Awakening from the Dream of Life
PART 2: ‘Metaflesh’
2.1 The World Destroyed By Water
2.2 Satori
2.3 Metanoia
2.4 Above the Stars Of God
2.5 Conclusion
PART 3: ‘The Supernal Clear Light of the Void’
3.1 The Third Ray of Light
3.2 Cathartic Confession
3.3 Jacob’s Dream
3.4 Maelstrom
3.5 The Empyrean More...
Schammasch Streaming "Consensus"
Today the Swiss avant-garde extreme metal titans from Schammasch proudly unveil the first track from their new album “Triangle,” which is set for worldwide release on April 29th via Prosthetic Records.
“Triangle” marks the band’s third album and encompasses 100 minutes in its entirety, with three distinct 33-minute movements differing in atmosphere and style and each representing the three stages of the album’s concept – Part I: The Process Of Dying, Part II: Metaflesh and Part III: The Supernal Clear Light Of The Void.
This concept is visually presented by a series of four photographs presented as a bold triple-gatefold, limited-edition 3LP set and a 3CD set with imagery realized by photographer Ester Segarra (Watain, Behemoth) and graphic designer Valnoir (Alcest, The Black Dahlia Murder). More...
Schammasch Releasing Triple Album
The Swiss avant-garde metal titans from Schammasch are excited to announce their next offering will be released worldwide via Prosthetic Records on April 29th.
Entitled “Triangle,” the new effort is a bold triple album balancing three distinct musical movements in 100 minutes. Details will be revealed over the next two months including behind-the-scene footage of the recording sessions, elements of the artwork concept, and various audio tracks.
Schammasch also announces two special Swiss appearances in late April which consist of a headlining gig in Fribourg followed by a stop at the Czar of Crickets Festival in the band's hometown. Dates are as follows:
4/22 Fribourg, CH – Fri-Son
4/29 Basel,CH – Czar of Crickets Festival More...
Schammasch Streaming Re-Release
Behold the debut album (remastered and revamped with vivacious artwork) from Swiss forward-thinking black metal extremists Schammasch: today the quartet unveils “Sic Lvceat Lvx” in its entirety. Listen in below.
“Sic Lvceat Lvx,” originally released as a limited-edition CD, will be available in its first-ever vinyl pressing via Prosthetic Records on May 18th. Pre-order bundles are still available at the label's webshop here.
Schammasch will next appear as direct support for legendary metal act Saint Vitus on May 31st in Berne, Switzerland. More...
Schammasch Injects "The Venom Of Gods"
Extreme black metal band Schammasch was formed in 2009 out of the depths of Basel, Switzerland and shortly thereafter released debut opus “Sic Lvceat Lvx.”
Originally having been released only on CD and limited to 1,000 copies, the album will be reissued, including its first-ever vinyl pressing, via Prosthetic Records on May 18th.
Today, the quartet reveals a third newly-remastered track for your aural pleasure – “The Venom of Gods." Check it out below. The full track listing is as follows:
1. Lvx Aeterna
2. He Whose Face Is Made Of Entrails
3. Chaos Reigns
4. No Light From The Fires
5. Black But Shining (listen here)
6. INRI (streaming here)
7. The Venom Of Gods More...
Schammasch Streaming "Inri" Re-Release
Spiritual black metal outfit Schammasch has unveiled a stream for "Inri," a track from the upcoming reissue of debut album “Sic Lvceat Lvx,” which is due out May 18th.
Vocalist C.S.R. defined the track as being “one of the few groove songs we’ve written so far – thrashy, simple, forthright and still a great one to play live. Unlike its usual meaning as the cross inscription, the letters ‘INRI’ refer to the alchemist aphorism ‘Igne Natura Renovatur Integra,’ pointing out purification through the flame of consciousness.”
Having originally been released as a limited-edition CD, “Sic Lvceat Lvx” has been freshly revamped with new artwork from Valnoir (Behemoth, Watain, The Black Dahlia Murder) and remastered for worldwide release – including the album’s first-ever vinyl pressing – via Prosthetic Records. More...
Schammasch Posts Remastered Song
Swiss modern and avantgarde black metal act Schammasch will release a remastered version of their debut opus, "Sic Lvceat Lvx," in North America on May 19 (May 18 in UK/EU, May 22 in DE). The album - which will be available on vinyl for the first time ever - will feature new artwork by Metastazis (Behemoth, Watain, Alcest) as seen in the video below.
You can now stream "Black But Shining" below, one of seven remastered tracks of the "Sic Lvceat Lvx" album re-release .
Schammasch Releases "Golden Light" Music Video
Swiss avant garde black metal act Schammasch released a new music video for the track "Golden Light." The song appears on the latest album "Contradiction," which is available now through Prosthetic Records.
Check out "Golden Light" here:
Schammasch Announces North American Album Release
The forward-thinking Swiss black metallists Schammasch will release their second opus — the epic, 85-minute double album “Contradiction” — in North America on July 22nd via Prosthetic Records. You can also stream the full album via Spotify.
Featuring “nine soul-capturing invocations” (Dead Rhetoric) that Terrorizer describes as “cerebral, escapist and utterly absorbing,” the album focuses on the battle between light and dark and the bonds between those two elements. "Contradictions" was recorded with none other than V. Santura (Triptykon, ex-Celtic Frost) and features majestic cover art from Valnoir.
Pre-orders for “Contradiction” are still available via the Prosthetic Webshop and a teaser trailer can be heard at this location. Catch the band live on these dates: More...
Schammasch Signs With Prosthetic Records
Swiss black metal act Schammasch released a teaser clip for the upcoming double album "Contradiction." The album drops via Prosthetic Records on April 28th (EU) and May 2nd (Germany).
The label commented: "Very excited to announce the worldwide signing of Switzerland's Schammasch. Their monolithic Prosthetic debut opus "Contradiction" is coming soon. Probably the most important extreme metal record you'll hear all year."
More information on that album is expected soon. Check out the teaser clip here: