posted on 21.09.2023

ALTARS OF THE MOON: Black Metal/Shoegaze Act With Members Of The Black Dahlia Murder, Chrome Waves, Uada To Release Second LP, The Colossus And The Widow, On Disorder Recordings In November

Disorder Recordings presents The Colossus and The Widow, the second album from US post-black/doom metal collective ALTARS OF THE MOON, announcing the record for November release.

Amid the lockdowns in 2021, Nathan Verschoor (Uada) came together with Jeff Wilson (Chrome Waves, Deeper Graves, ex-Nachmystium) and Heath Rave (Lotus Thrones, ex-Wolvhammer) to collaborate on a project that would eventually use the nomenclature of ALTARS OF THE MOON. This union coalesced in Brahmastra, a two-track, twenty-eight-minute exploration into a more psychedelic and darker corner of doom metal than the trio’s main projects were known for. Released through Disorder Recordings, Brahmastra took the tone of Tiamat’s Wildhoney through a cloudy afternoon of hemlock tea and the mushrooms we’re told to stay away from as children. It was a truly miserable affair.

Now, two years later, the collective reconvenes, this time joined by Alan Cassidy (The Black Dhalia Murder) on drums to create the second chapter of ALTARS OF THE MOON, with the newly completed The Colossus And The Widow. An unclassifiable morass of doom and gloom, this thirty-five-minute excursion shows the group continuing to evolve their sonic monolith as time edges on.

With nine new songs which flow as one, the record was engineered by Nate Verschoor at Hrimhjarta Studio and Jeff Wilson at Disorder Recordings, with Verschoor handling the design and layout, and Wilson handling the final mix and mastering. Additionally, the record features visitations of saxophone from Bruce Lamont (Yakuza) and trumpet from Mac Gollehon (Duran Duran, David Bowie) to dive deeper into misery with The Colossus And The Widow.

Watch a brief teaser for ALTARS OF THE MOON’s The Colossus And The Widow HERE.

The Colossus And The Widow will be released digitally and on LP via Disorder Recordings on November 17th. Find preorders HERE. Audio previews and more will be posted over the weeks ahead.

The Colossus And The Widow Track Listing:

1. The Signal

2. G.O.D. Initiative (Garrison Of Data)

3. The Drift

4. Supermassive Black (Hole In My Heart...)

5. The Longing

6. The Vestibule

7. First Contact Protocol

8. The Sentient

9. End Existence Unalived (Thy Cup Runneth Over)

ALTARS OF THE MOON:

Heath Rave – vocals