Arson

On their fourth album, Austria’s Harakiri for the Sky blend melodic black metal with soaring post-rock for a seriously triumphant listen. As with their past releases, lengthy compositions prevail: sprawling openers “Fire, Walk with Me” and “The Graves We’ve Dug” set the atmospheric tone with skyscraping guitars, militaristic blast passages, and stirring piano outros. Meanwhile, vocalist J.J. howls toward the heavens after some acoustic placidity on “Heroin Waltz” and is joined by a female singer on an electrifying cover of Graveyard Lovers’ “Manifesto.”

Mystical, icily and emotional: In the focus of the music of HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY stands the dreamy, the picturesque aspect, the melancholy joy of Black Metal and the tension of Post-Rock. Founded in 2011 in Vienna, Austria, the aim of Harakiri For The sky has always been to create a unique mixture of melancholy and aggression, madness and meaning, and wrapped in alternately manic/mellow songs that bridged black metal and atmospheric post-rock. The band was initially begun as a studio project by erstwhile Bifröst member M. S. joined by vocalist/lyricist J. J., and has recently been expanded to a live lineup. With that lineup secured, Harakiri for the Sky then embarked upon successful European tours with the likes of A Forest Of Stars, Ellende, Fäulnis, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, and Agrypnie among others, encompassing over 20 countries to date. 2016 was a really successful year for Harakiri For The Sky. Their 3rd album “ III - Trauma” got great acclaim from critics and audiences and a nominee for the “Amadeus Austrian Music Award”! The recording process of the 4th album “Arson” is finished now! It is the first time with a studio drummer on a record and no one more could fit better into the line-up then Kerim “Krimh” Lechner who handle the drums behind Septicflesh and played live with Behemoth. The new album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Daniel Fellner The band will do one exclusive album release show on 10.02.2018 @ Szene - Wien - Austria

The band’s newest record, Arson, continues the tradition of exuding streaks of heartbreaking feeling. Across the record’s eight songs, there comes a constant flow of sadness and pain. However, whereas the band’s previous record contained much technical variety across all its material, Arson ends up

A review of Arson by Harakiri For The Sky, available February 16th worldwide via Art of Propaganda Records.