BORNHOLM Premiere ‘Black Shining Cloaks’ Music Video
November 3rd, 2021
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Budapest, Hungary-based black / pagan metal band Bornholm have filmed a music video for the track ‘Black Shining Cloaks’. Directed by Johan Bååth, the clip can be viewed below.
Speaking about the song and video, frontman Sahsnot (aka Péter Sallai) said: “‘Black Shining Cloaks’ is one of the earliest songs from this album. It is from the time when our previous album was released. We felt from the very beginning that this song is perfect for a music video. We decided that as the song was born, but this is quite different from the other songs on the album. The tempo, the structure is simpler, but the atmosphere is very strong.
“The solo at the end of the song was originally written and played by Mike Wead from King Diamond / Mercyful Fate. I felt that this song needed something unique at the end part, and I asked him what he thinks about it, and he recorded this really outstanding solo part that is the highlight of the song. We are so thankful for it because he is one of my most honoured guitarists. This is a huge honour for us. We worked with Johan Bååth again at the beautiful Van der Nootska Palace in Stockholm. The milieu of the building was perfectly suited to our imaginations.
“The lyrics of the song take us behind the thick curtains of the world of secret societies. A small group of enlightened people, who since the birth of mankind, have controlled and formed the human world; creating ages, cultures, and history from the beginning. They drive humanity through the ages to the very end, the deification of man. As the light splits into colours by the prism, they split knowledge into a thousand pieces, creating ideologies, cults and religions all around the world. You cannot find the original divine light among those colours, nor the truth among the religions or philosophies… you have to unify them to see it. There is only one light and the infinite darkness, the origin of everything, which allows for this light to shine.”
Bornholm issue fifth full-length studio album Apotheosis on November 5th, 2021 through Napalm Records.
Bornholm commented: “Its title is Apotheosis, which is a Greek originated word meaning deification, divinization and the glorification of a human to a divine level. It contains eleven tracks and drives deeper into our musical world and soul than ever before.
“We had to deal with a lot of difficulties both in the studio and in our private life during the making, but somehow something was always guarding the birth of the record. Nothing stopped, not even for a single moment, no matter what happened. It was a great experience to go through this uprising while the world is going into another direction. We didn’t lack anything; fate was with us – so the birth of the record was a sort of magical experience. Step by step, everything was in place in time and, without tolerating the outside world, we built another one for ourselves.”
Apotheosis was recorded and mixed at SuperSize Recording Studio in Törökbálint, Hungary with the contribution of Viktor Scheer, with mastering completed by Maor Appelbaum at Maor Appelbaum Mastering in Los Angeles.
Cover artwork was created by Péter Sallai.
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The track listing is as follows;
01. ‘I Divine’
02. ‘My Evangelium’
03. ‘Sky Serpents’
04. ‘The Key To The Shaft Of The Abyss’
05. ‘Black Shining Cloaks’ (feat. Mike Wead)
06. ‘Spiritual Warfare’
07. ‘Darkened Grove’
08. ‘To The Fallen’
09. ‘I Am War God’
10. ‘Apotheosis’
11. ‘Enthronement’
Bornholm’s line-up is as follows:
Sahsnot (vocals, guitar and keyboards)
Charun (bass)
D (drums)
A music video was filmed for the track ‘I Am War God’. In addition, an official lyric video was created for the song ‘Spiritual Warfare’. Both clips can also be viewed below.
Fourth studio record Primaeval Pantheons was released in December 2016 via Massacre Records.
Promotional photograph by Krisztina Máté.
