Nocternity Announces "Harps Of The Ancient Temples" Release

Nocternity's "Harps of the Ancient Temples" is set for international release on April 17th via Iron Bonehead Productions. The label also issued this press release:

"The Greek band's first full-length in 12 years, 'Harps of the Ancient Temples' has been an epic in the making. In the mid 2000s, Nocternity was prolific on the EP front, first releasing 'A Fallen Unicorn' in 2004 - itself a companion record to the cult classic 'Onyx,' from 2003 - and then split 7"s with various bands. Then came the 'Harps of the Ancient Temples' 7" in 2007, which was set to begin the next chapter in Nocternity's story...and then silence for another five years, until a self-titled 7" was quietly released in 2012 in an edition of just 300 copies. During that whole time, however, main visionary K.D. was hard at work crafting LP#3 and taking care through his label, Kyrck Productions, reissuing some of the lost jewels of the early '90s scene."

“This album has been in the works for a decade now," he reveals. "It was recorded twice with different members. The first, digital version was pre-produced in Switzerland, Hellas, and Sweden. The analog version was recorded at Studio 5 in Athens, and this is the version that prevailed.”

And prevail it has: Harps of the Ancient Temples is black metal from a lost time. "This album is not as complex as Onyx," says K.D., quite rightly. "The music has been stripped to the essentials…back to basics. It aims to be hypnotic and to take the listeners to our musical landscapes, delivering what we have in our souls and what we consider to be the black metal feeling.”

1. The Black Gates
2. Harps of the Ancient Temples
3. Titans
4. River of Woe
5. B.O.D.D.
6. Blood Rite Tree
7. Opaline Eye of Death
8. Andromeda