04/20/2016 19:27

Départe

Départe recording the debut album

Australian extreme metallers Départe have entered the studio to begin recording their debut album, due out later this year via Season Of Mist.

The band comments: "We are pleased to announce that we have commenced recording for our debut full length album to be released through Season of Mist. It's been a long time coming, and we cannot wait to show you what we've been working on."

Départe were formed in Hobart, Tasmania as a black metal quartet at first under the name Ørannis in 2011. The Australians intended to create dark, brooding atmospheric black metal with a focus on an intense, hypnotic live performance. Yet with the addition of a second guitarist, their sound developed further. Départe started to drift from the more traditional black metal ethos, shed their face paint and incorporated elements from various other genres, such as post metal, drone, doom and death metal. The combination of these ingredients resulted in something unique, emotive and truly powerful.

(source: Season Of Mist)