Nebelkrähe shared new video/single ‘Nielandsmann’ featuring Kanonenfieber vocalist Noise!

German black metallers Nebelkrähe premiered the new video “Nielandsmann” at heavily trafficked web-portal NoCleanSinging.com. The track is the second to be revealed from the band’s forthcoming third album, ephemer, set for international release on October 27th via Crawling Chaos Records. The song and accompanying video features Kanonenfieber singer Noise. 

Explains Nebelkrähe guitarist Morg:

“The lyrics for ‘Nielandsmann’ were written in 2015. Borders and the immense importance of the coincidence on which side of a border one was born were brought home to all of us at that time in the context of the refugee crisis. The fact that the lyrics are more topical than ever today due to an imperialist warmonger in a completely different context was, of course, not foreseeable – but shows, once again, that mankind does not learn.”

Continuing, Morg says:

“The song was never meant to be ‘war black metal’ – on the contrary. I was fascinated by the concept of the ‘border,’ and how quickly this so clearly defined, hard concept loses any meaning as soon as there is no one left to draw such a border. How purely hypothetical this whole construct is, on which patriotism is based – that is the core message of ‘Nielandsmann.'”

For the accompanying video, Nebelkrähe entered into a cooperation with Paralightworx. In addition to scenes filmed specifically for the music video, the clip is supplemented in the “Retrospectives” with footage from the reenactment video group’s short film 1916.

Morg comments:

“To produce scenes with a single protagonist was complex, but was within the scope of what we could do – but to recreate war in detail is something else again. The fact that Paralightworx, as experts in this field, provided us with their movie made our clip in this form possible in the first place. A big thank you to this crew and maximum respect for the meticulousness and professionalism with which these guys produce their films.”

To coincide with this video’s premiere, the presale for ephemer began at Bandcamp and the Crawling Chaos webshop.

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.”

Aforementioned cover artwork and tracklisting are as follows: