• facebook
  • twitter
  • rss

Swiss Extreme Metal Group SCHAMMASCH Signs With PROSTHETIC RECORDS

March 3, 2014

Prosthetic Records has announced the signing of the Basel, Switzerland-based extreme metal quartet SCHAMMASCH (aka Šamaš, the sun god from Akkadian / Babylonian mythology). The band's sophomore album, "Contradiction", will be released later in the year. The effort is described in a press release as "a sprawling, epic work over 85 minutes, presented with majestic artwork by artist Valnoir of the Metastazis Studio (PARADISE LOST, ALCEST, ULVER) in Paris."

Formed in 2009, SCHAMMASCH — which combines black metal roots with a razor-sharp hybrid of dark atmospherics, doom and Hermetic mysticism — released its debut opus, "Sic Lvceat Lvx", the following year to great acclaim. The album was supported by performances alongside such acts as JEX THOTH, TEMPLE OF BAAL, VORKREIST, EVOKEN and FORGOTTEN TOMB.

C.S.R., SCHAMMASCH vocalist and guitarist, commented on the new union with Prosthetic thusly: "One year has passed since the cold, devastating and never-ending studio sessions of 'Contradiction'. We are burning with desire to finally disclose the secret and reveal this ambiguous monolith to you all.

"It's not carrying things too far when I say that these almost four years of creation, production and finalization of this album were nothing less than a fuckin' odyssey, which ended up in having a thousand-faced double album of over 80 minutes to present to all the labels out there. And signing a deal Prosthetic Records at last, to give birth to 'Contradiction'. A label who worked with bands like 1349, TESTAMENT, DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT, SEPTICFLESH, SHINING (Norway),GOJIRA, LAMB OF GOD, ANIMALS AS LEADERS and KYLESA. We are extremely proud and excited to work with Prosthetic in the future. Thus shines the light. Thank you!"

schamcontracd

Find more on Schammasch
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • reddit
  • email

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).