Afterworld

Blacklist is an atmospheric modern rock band whose music has been described as 'anthemic' (The Guardian), 'darkly erotic, strangely sensual' (The Village Voice) and 'a much-needed anomaly in NYC's music scene' (Other Music NYC). Starting out as the flagship band of artist Pieter Schoolwerth's Wierd Records imprint, their trademark sound is dense and dark, incorporating elements of shoegaze and heavy metal with coldwave. The members often cite influences like My Bloody Valentine and Mot rhead alongside bands like Comsat Angels, Killing Joke, and The Sound, while singer Joshua Strachan's (Vaura) lyrics split the difference between the anthemic manifestos of Manic Street Preachers and Sisters of Mercy's Vision Thing. Blacklist's debut album, Midnight Of The Century-produced by Ed Buller (Suede, Pulp)-was released in 2009. The album's main focus was a rejection of what Strachan described as a fear of looming new forms of fascism aided by the rise of various political and religious dogmas. After a long hiatus, the band returned in summer of 2020 with the 'Disorder' single, inspired by the racial justice protests in the United States, and the b-Side 'No Secret Islands,' which takes aim at the dystopian fantasies of tech billionaires. In April of 2022 'The Final Resistance' was announced as the lead single from their upcoming album Afterworld, due to be released in late autumn via Profound Lore Records. Post-punk.com called it a 'captivating and dense explosion of coldwave and unfet

Tracks

1~1~Fires Of Black November
1~2~The Final Resistance
1~3~Nightbound
1~4~No Good Answers
1~5~Behind The Veil Of The Living World
1~6~Pathfinder 05:35
1~7~Scarlet Horizon
1~8~A Stranger In This Century
1~9~In Shadow Light
1~10~Lovers In Mourning

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Blacklist
Release Date: 28 October 2022
Genre: Metal
Label: PROFOUND LORE
Distributor: Rocket Group