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 Monday, September 19th, 2011 at 11:00am by

Cormorant - Dwellings

Amidst the frenzy into which the metal blogosphere has erupted over the forthcoming new Cormorant album, it’s easy to forget that this band is still unsigned. Perhaps intentionally so. As you may remember, band mastermind Arthur von Nagel penned a series of columns for MetalSucks about self-releasing, how to conduct your band’s business, and the music industry in general. I’m surprised that Relapse, Prosthetic, Profound Lore or some other label hasn’t swooped in and picked up Cormorant by now… or maybe they’ve attempted to, and Cormorant just aren’t interested.

In any case, Cormorant are doing just fine on their own; “Junta,” the first song to be released from their new album Dwellings (mind-blowing cover artwork here), is now streaming over at NPR. It’s a 9-minute epic about the violent opposition to the 2009 pro-democracy rallies in Guinea, and it has all the musical touchstones you’d expect from Cormorant following their last album Metazoa, upped to the next level; post- and black metal in a progressive framework that’s spacey, expansive, and hypnotizing. Stream it here, and stay for the interview with von Nagel.

Dwellings comes out on December 6th and can now be pre-ordered directly from Cormorant.

-VN

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  • http://www.facebook.com/timmonsryan Ryan Timmons

    Very diverse song throughout.  I’m eyeing those pre-order deals.

  • andy

    Damn, I can’t imagine these guys live. Trippin’ for days.

  • Anonymous

    Love it, MS should put on a club tour with Cormorant, Nylithia, and some other DIY bands. It’s cool to see these bands making awesome music/artwork without label support….although I’m sure it would help them out from a promotional perspective.

    • http://www.facebook.com/ken.wilhelm Ken Wilhelm

      And Martriden!  another fantastic unsigned band.

  • Gipson

    About them not being signed…in the very interview you linked in the story, Arthur answers the question:

    “We did get offered some deals, actually. Some are still outstanding, so I
    probably shouldn’t drop names. We didn’t sign for a variety of reasons:
    loss of independence, the potential for crippling debt, and because
    we’ve done really well otherwise.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/ArthurvonNagel Arthur von Nagel

    Thanks again for all the coverage Vince and Axl.  Some unfortunate news to report however:

    Paypal have frozen our pre-orders because they have a policy that states you can’t receive money for a physical product without being able to ship within 20 days.  No money can go in or out of our account.  The reason we opened pre-orders so early is because one of the main pre-order bonuses was your name printed in the booklet’s credits.  Obviously that means we needed to open pre-orders prior to the actual printing of the CD so that we could get the names of fans in there.  Paypal doesn’t understand and won’t allow more fans to purchase the album.  On the bright side, they flagged the account in the first place due to the overwhelming amount of pre-orders in such a short time, so I guess you can say we’re a victim of our own success.

    As to signing, we love being in control of our own destiny.  Unfortunately it seems Paypal wanted to put in a bit of a roadblock.  The hundreds of people who pre-ordered already will absolutely have those orders honored, it just looks like we’ll have to pay for it from our own personal pockets rather than the money we earned legitimately from the kindness of fans.

    • Anonymous

      Use kickstarter, much better system for this kind of release.

    • Anonymous

      Use kickstarter, much better system for this kind of release.

    • Tree Beard

      Is there anything the fans can do to make paypal be less of a dick? I already pre-ordered and really hate to see that you guys have to pay out of your pockets.

      • http://www.facebook.com/ArthurvonNagel Arthur von Nagel

        Thanks so much for your concern and support.  After spending half the day on the phone with them, I think we’ve reached a compromise with Paypal so we can continue to accept pre-orders with some caveats.  I’ll post details as soon as I have them!

  • Vakarm

    i tripped so much on Metazoa. I can’t wait to hear the rest of the album

  • sco

    Holy shit balls. This is actually fucking good.

  • sco

    Holy shit balls. This is actually fucking good.

  • CtrlZ

    Metazoa is now FREE on their bandcamp page! That’s really sweet, I was just about to buy it too, rest assured I will be buying the new one, keep on being awesome guys!

  • Sui

    can not order :/ why…

  • http://www.facebook.com/Makooctopus Chris Pearson

    sooo stoked. Metazoa is amazing. Lovin’ the new song and fantastic artwork. Cannot wait for December to come!

  • http://www.facebook.com/Makooctopus Chris Pearson

    sooo stoked. Metazoa is amazing. Lovin’ the new song and fantastic artwork. Cannot wait for December to come!

  • Marcel

    I would love, LOVE, to see a vinyl release, if only for the artwork. Any plans for that?