![]() While the title appears difficult to ascribe to polar exploration for the untrained in polar history, the band utilised the journal of Dutch officer Gerrit de Veer, who accompanied Willem Barents on two of his Arctic voyages. “The black metal band Grey Aura released an album with the title Waerachtighe beschryvinghe van drie seylagien, ter werelt noyt soo vreemt ghehoort in 2014. ![]() Here is an excerpt from that essay that’s well worth reading - in part because it explains the title of Grey Aura’s album: The Arctic researcher Nikolas Sellheim wrote the foreword to Grey Aura’s album, and in a recently published essay he touched on the connection between metal music and the Arctic. The crew was forced to construct a home made of driftwood and parts of their ship in order to survive the harsh Arctic - and suffered in extreme ways before the survivors managed to find a way out of their peril, though Barentsz himself did not survive the voyage home. On his third and final attempt in 1596, Barentsz and his crew got stuck in the ice near the mysterious, desolate island of Novaya Zemlya. 1550 – 1597), for whom the Barents Sea is named, who tried finding a northeastern passage to Asia. It’s based on the story of Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz (c. Waerachtighe… is an epic-length concept album about a piece of history that itself rises to the level of the epic. And so here’s the context of this album - followed by our premiere of yet another song: “ Ijshoek“. Yes, this has been in the works for a long time, but when you understand more about the nature and scope of the project, you’ll understand why so much time has been invested in it. ![]() In fact, if you have long memories, you may have heard about it here at NCS, because I wrote about two of the songs when they were first released for streaming in late 2014. Now, you may have already heard something about this unusual and tremendously ambitious album. Grey Aura are a two-man Dutch band who have recorded a massive debut album, a double-record entitled Waerachtighe beschryvinghe van drie seylagien, ter werelt noyt soo vreemt ghehoort that was initially self-released on Bandcamp and will now be released in June by the astute Finnish label Blood Music, both digitally and in a remarkable 2-CD set housed in a 60-page hardback book with foil-stamped printing. ![]()
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