Prosthetic Records Sign BOOK OF BLACK EARTH
April 16, 2008, 16 years ago
Prosthetic Records has announced the addition of Seattle’s death/black metallers BOOK OF BLACK EARTH to the label’s roster.
Catching the label’s eye while on a West Coast tour with future labelmates THE FUNERAL PYRE in late 2007, Book Of Black Earth consists of members of venerable metal underground band TEEN CTHULHU, and are currently in the process of writing material for the band’s second full-length, having already released a self-financed demo in 2004, a split release with underground legends FALL OF THE BASTARDS in 2005, and 2006’s The Feast.
"We are all very excited to work with Prosthetic Records and the people behind it, we feel like this is a good step for us as a band and a good home,” drummer Joe Axler says. “BOBE is currently finishing writing for our Prosthetic debut which will be titled Horoskopus, and entering The Red Room Studios in Seattle this week to start tracking with producer / engineer Chris Common (MOUTH OF THE ARCHITECT, THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES). This is by far our most technical, heavy and challenging set of songs to date. It’s definitely pushing the envelope for us, which we stand behind, and will make this record the most brutal one we have written.""Horoskopus is a concept album about the hidden astrological elements of the Christian church,” vocalist / guitarist T.J. Cowgill adds. “From its origins as a state sponsored religion in the fourth century to the present day, it has been guided by astrological concepts conceived centuries before Jesus Christ was mythologized as the ‘Sun’ of God."
To preview previous material from Book Of Black Earth, including the latest songs from The Feast, visit the band’s MySpace page.
