Agonia Records haben bekannt gegeben das sie die in Texas beheimatete “mythological occult metal” Truppe Proscriptor McGovern’s Apsû unter Vertrag genommen haben. Das selbstbetitelte Debütalbum soll Ende 2020 erscheinen.Proscriptor (Russ R. Givens) hatte sich im Januar 2020 von Absu getrennt, unter dem neuen Namen Proscriptor McGovern’s Apsû führt er den vorher beschrittenen Weg fort. Unterstützt wird er dabei von Bassist/Sänger Ezezu und Gitarrist Vaggreaz.
Proscriptor kommentiert: “I want people to know that I disbanded Absu to form Proscriptor McGovern’s Apsû with underpinning intention, despite the inclusion of my name, as an armorial bearing to pay tribute to the former sanctuary. I do not consider myself the band’s leader, but more of an administrator. I may be an oppressive commissioner, but Proscriptor McGovern’s Apsû is an equal, collective unit.”
Proscriptor zum neuen Album: “This album is written for those who are curious and unwearied in their quest of arcane knowledge. I have (with vast exertion and detriment of time and space) collected knowledge deemed, in regard to my subject theories of ‘mythological occult metal:’ from Thelemic Magick and The Zos Vel Thanatos Formula to Fractal Ontology and (obviously) Near East Mythology.”
Das Album wurde in verschiedenen Studios rund um den Erdball aufgenommen, der finale Mix fand in Dallas (Texas) in Zusammenarbeit mit J.T. Longoria statt, das Mastering übernahm and Karl Daniel Lidén in Schweden.
Auf dem Album gibt es Gastbeiträge von Vorskaath (Zemial), Ross Friedman (Ross The Boss), Jeff Becerra (Possessed), Rune Eriksen (Aura Noir/Vltimas), Alex Colin-Tocquaine (Agressor) und The Dark (Agatus). Für die Albumgestaltung und das Artwork war der polnische Künstler Zbigniew Bielak verantwortlich.
Tracklist “Proscriptor McGovern’s Apsû”:
I. Amenta: Accelerando: Azyn including Hierophantasmal Expounder
II. Esoterically Excoriating The Exoteric
III. Quasaric Pestilence
IV. Mirroracles
V. In-Betweeness Gateway Commuters
VI. Jupiter In Capricornus
VII. Dedicated To Thoth, But Azathoth Wasn’t Listening (A Necroloquy)
VIII. Caliginous Whorl
IX. The Coagulating Respite
X. Prana: Therion: Akasha
XI. Tantrums Of Azag-Kkû
XII. Every Watchtower Within Is The Axis Of A Watchtower Without including Totemic Thresholds
PROSCRIPTOR MCGOVERN’S APSÛ is:
Proscriptor McGovern – Drums/Percussion, Lyricism, Maestro Echoplex, Papago Flute, (Analogue & Digital) Synthesizers & Voices (1st Person Protagonist)
Vaggreaz – Electric Lead, Rhythm & Acoustic Guitar (2nd Person Inquisitor)
Ezezû – Electric Bass Guitar, Implements & Voices (3rd Person Omniscient)