Black Shape Of Nexus Finishes New Album "Carrier"

Remember Black Shape Of Nexus? We covered in the band in our look at underground sludge outfits back in 2012, and now the vile German outfit just finished recording and mixing a fourth album.

The beast will be called "Carrier," and is more than fifty minutes long, boasting six massive tracks including a Hellhammer cover. The record is currently being mastered by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering in Berlin and will be finalized for release through Exile On Mainstream in the Spring of 2016 on CD and 2xLP formats.

Vocalist Malte Seidel issued a statement on the experience of recording the album: "'Carrier' is the result of a band being in a constant state of deterioration. Doing a record is a very unpleasant and harmful process for us. Creating 'Negative Black' already was a nightmare, but with 'Carrier' the understanding of the term nightmare needs to be expanded. This is not being said to play the 'tension and dissent create great art' card. This album is not art. This album is not musicianship. This album is simply the album that we were able to do under the current circumstances while sometimes asking ourselves if a split-up would not be the better option. The final mix of 'Carrier' is done at the moment."

The Black Shape Of Nexus horde will celebrate its tenth anniversary as a unit on November 4 and 5, 2015 in the band's hometown of Mannheim, with a special event called B.SON Fest which will feature extensively devastating sets from the band both nights.