Terzij de Horde release second new single 'The All-Consuming Work Of The Soul's Foreclosing' • GRIMM Gent

Terzij de Horde have released a second new single from their forthcoming LP ‘Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone’ (out October 10th on Church Road Records).

‘The All-Consuming Work Of The Soul’s Foreclosing’ is in equal parts uplifting as it is punishing. Passages of triumphant riffs interweave with moments of aggression, all built upon a solid foundation of blast beats.

“Most of the world’s creative energy is constantly expended to keep dominant and destructive systems alive. The injustices of the world are not simply there as inert realities, they require constant complicity from all of us. The All-Consuming Work of the Soul’s Foreclosing deals with this gigantic outpouring of effort to close off the soul and instrumentalize life.” – Joost Vervoort (vocals)

Terzij de Horde stands as a beacon of boundary-pushing black metal and hardcore intensity. Since their inception in 2009 the band has consistently built their reputation on a combination of complex, furious and dynamic songs and raging, emotional live shows. Rather than keeping audiences at a cold distance, Terzij de Horde forcefully pulls them close. The band’s music is unquestionably black metal – but their energy and attitude is closer to grind, hardcore punk and the extreme edges of screamo. Their performances are marked by an intensity that is both palpable and infectious, inviting the audience into a shared space of catharsis and reflection.

The name Terzij de Horde is old Dutch for ‘set apart from the horde’. It is a line from the poem ‘Einde‘ (Ending) by legendary Dutch poet Hendrik Marsman. Marsman is an inspiration to the band, as are many other authors and philosophers in the same dark, vitalistic vein. In 2015 Terzij de Horde created a limited edition book, including 14 translated poems of Marsman into English to commemorate the 75th year of Marsman’s passing. It was accompanied by a song with the texts of poems ‘Wacht‘ and ‘Lex Barbarorum’, the first (and only) Terzij de Horde song in Dutch.

Musically, Terzij de Horde combines complex black metal compositions with doom metal, post metal and screamo elements, to create music that is a raging fire. The band draws energy and inspiration from the most progressive black metal (anything from Yellow Eyes and Krallice to Emperor), but also from the height of hardcore punk intensity (Integrity, Frail Body, Birds in Row) and wide-ranging influences such as Neurosis and Ulcerate.

Terzij de Horde is primarily about raw visceral energy and a whirlwind of contrasting emotions – from grief to rage to hope. But the band’s lyrical focus combines this intensity and fire with deep reflections on the nature of life in a destructive and unequal world and time. The band members bring their backgrounds and experience in academia, education and activism to these reflections. Eschewing the simplistic romanticism of mainstream black metal, Terzij de Horde instead takes a stand in the chaotic heart of society, and challenges listeners to engage with its work on multiple levels. The band is outspoken in its activism and works to break the spell of cowardly reactionary politics that plagues so much of metal.

As covered in scene reports by Invisible Oranges and Vice, Terzij de Horde has been a vital part of building the Utrecht black metal scene to make it a global force in experimental and progressive black metal, alongside bands like Laster, Verwoed and Grey Aura.

Tracklist:

Each Breath Is A Flame
Raise Them Towards The Sun
The Shadows Of Prefiguration
A Hammer To The Great Matter Of Birth And Death
The All-Consuming Work Of The Soul’s Foreclosing
Justice Is Not Enough To Leave The House Of Modernity
Discarding All Adornments (with Amelia Baker/Cinder Well)

Credits:

Recording and mixing by Quintijn Verhoef & Demian Snel

Mastering by Arthur Rizk.

Artwork by Christian Degn

Layout by Mirko Meerwaldt

Terzij de Horde’s upcoming release ‘Our Breath Is Not Ours Alone’ builds on the power of previous work – adding more melodic intensity and openness to the band’s sound while increasing the fire and energy in each track. Lyrically, the new release will focus on the struggle to find the courage and responsibility to face the overwhelming odds of present day systems that erode the life and the soul of the world. The title is drawn from work by German sociologist Hartmut Rosa on resonance and alienation.