Nebelkrähe reveal first video from new album, featuring Empyrium member Schwadorf

Today, German black metallers Nebelkrähe reveal the new video “Kranichträume.” With this single edit of “Kranichträume,” the band give a first musical foretaste of their forthcoming third album, ephemer, set for international release on October 27th via Crawling Chaos Records. The song features Markus “Schwadorf” Stock (Empyrium, Vision Bleak) on the dulcimer, and the accompanying video was filmed in the Faroe Islands during the pandemic summer of 2020. 

Nebelkrähe guitarist Morg comments:

“‘Kranichträume’ was one of the first tracks created for ephemer. However, making this intricate song sound the way it has ‘sounded’ in our heads all these years was one of the biggest challenges in album production. The fact that Markus Stock contributed this beautiful hammered dulcimer accompaniment was crucial – the rest we owe to Victor Bullock’s sure instinct in the mix. Overall, the song is rather on the mellow end of our scale – together with the next, much heavier single, it pretty well stakes out the stylistic framework in which we move on ephemer.”

See & hear Nebelkrähe‘s video “Kranichträume” in its entirety HERE at Crawling Chaos‘ official YouTube channel.

ephemer, the third album of German black metallers Nebelkrähe, will be released on October 27th via Crawling Chaos Records. The album contains seven songs with a total playing time of 50 minutes and will be released on digipack CD and vinyl LP formats as well as digitally. 

Guitarist Morg comments on the album title as follows:

“Most words lose their appeal over time. With ephemer, I feel the exact opposite – the more I hear, read, or think about this word, the more exciting it becomes. In its gentle sound, its meaning – ‘fleeting,’ ‘transient’ – already seems to resonate. In that sense, it was the perfect title both for the cover photo and for an album that deals with dreams and illusions, dashed hopes and other ‘existential trifles’ of being human.”

The sound was handled by Victor Bullok (Woodshed Studio; e.g. Anomalie, Dark Fortress, Farsot, Secrets Of The Moon), and the drums were recorded by Christoph Brandes (Iguana Studios; e.g. Imperium Dekadenz, The Spirit, Thron). Guests on the album include Noise (Kanonenfieber), sG (Secrets Of The Moon, Crone), and Markus Stock (Empyrium, The Vision Bleak).

Commenting on the process of making ephemer, Morg continues:

“The progression of the album – over a period of ten years – was arduous. But while I’ve almost forgotten how the struggle for single words and notes made me despair, the collaborations with good friends and great musicians will always stay in my memory. The fact that protagonists of my own ‘black metal socialization’ – be it sG, V. Santura, or Schwadorf – have lent their talents to me still feels surreal.”

Commenting on the album cover by Josef Beyer, Morg concludes:

“When I first saw the photo, I knew that this image belonged to our album. It makes the all-encompassing theme of transience – be it of very concrete things, of youth, or of feelings like happiness – that we deal with on ephemer comprehensible. Later, this photo inspired me to write the lyrics for the title track, so it’s much more than ‘just’ artwork. It’s part of this album; it’s the visual quintessence of this album.”

In the meantime, see & hear the brand-new video “Kranichträume” HERE at Crawling Chaos Records‘ official YouTube channel. Also see & hear the previously revealed trailer for ephemer HERE, also at Crawling Chaos‘ official YouTube channel. Aforementioned cover artwork and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Nebelkrähe’s ephemer
1. Tumult auf Claim Abendland
2. Nielandsmann – feat. Noise
3. ephemer
4. Dornbusch (Im Norden kein Westen) – feat. sG
5. Über Menschen unter Tage
6. Kranichträume – feat. Markus Stock
7. Die Strandbar von Scheria