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Of Amber and Sand

by Kurokuma

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Dean Thom
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Dean Thom Another quality offering of leftfield psychedelic metal from the masters of groove. Marvellous.

The interludes by Empyrean Silence are well tasteful. What a great collaboration. Favorite track: Crux Ansata.
Rob Hammer
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Rob Hammer wow! several parts of the album you can almost call brutal 😃
Kyle SB
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Kyle SB Kurokuma lean even further into their experimental side and deliver a complex, unpredictable album that's simultaneously hypnotizing and brutal. It's Kurokuma, 'nuff said. Favorite track: I Am Forever.
Joe
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Joe Building on their fantastic debut, on which they established their unique take on hypnotic sludge, Kurokuma's latest is more of the same. Spellbinding riffs and atmosphere, superb production and well crafted song structures. These guys work hard on their craft, and it shows.
woollenj
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woollenj hey Joe sign it for me it's James Woollen

sounds great dude

looking forward to hearing rest of album
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    Encased in Amber vinyl variant of the album + the official Of Amber and Sand candle. Very limited amount.

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1.
I Am Forever 04:50
Sealed is the past The path lies in mist But I am the present And I am forever There is only now Now I awaken Threshold eternal Essence of real Here I reside
2.
Sandglass 00:44
3.
Midway between Godhood and beast Forever bound Muscle and bone Free of the blight Flesh inherits Cast off the bonds Of era and age Reject the Incandescent flame Of ephemeral Mortality Embrace the chasm Infinite Now eternal And unburdened Hour...Year...Age... Bloom...Meld...Decay... Hues...Once...Rich... Wilt...To...Grey... Untarnished by the moons Flowering aeonian Paid with essence within Worthless in abundance Cursed To abide In shapeless Perdition Zeal...Lust...Rage... Mute...Cold...Still... Sin...Builds...Stains... Fear...Grows...Feasts... So terror breeds within Fearing condign sentence Divide the infinite Dread that which lies beyond Seek Cadaverine Embrace Oblivion
4.
Clepsydra 00:45
5.
Fenjaan 03:56
Sun And moon And stars Skies That guide Divine light Now water fills and floods the sinking bowl Hours counted with the drop of stones Hammer strikes and sounds a fated toll Watching, sinking Shadows here the radiant skies surpass Falling sand inside the hourglass Time once free, it now exists to pass
6.
Bell Tower 01:02
7.
Neheh 02:20
8.
Timekeeper 00:34
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Crux Ansata 05:51
Nascent and rich With ephemeral gold Precious lucre That flees the tightest hold Commonest thing Surfeit in the fresh-born Blessed unto The wretched and Noble Squander Waste in Profligacy Ignorant hands Cast off freely Endowment once Glutted and bountiful Coveted And bestowed without toil Stripped with each moon Whittled down to the core Filched neath your gaze Consumed from one and all Bountiful stream Once held in numb repose Cracks in drought And grips in mortal thrall What you would trade For meagre slivers more Truest riches Squandered by Intransigence Youthful folly Turned to futile Lamentation Known in wisdom Tearless mourning Make your peace now Crux Ansata
10.
Awakening 00:24
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Chronoclasm 10:26
Witness of flayed kings And dying stars Seen through blind Apathetic eyes Kin of blackened void Eternal yet doomed Pillar of this Sprawling paradigm Endlessly patient Majestic and unseen Mother of growth Father of decay See such wonders built See such wonders fall Look upon my work Ye mighty and despair So to the winds are cast Yon aged colossal wreck Automaton unseen Eater of atom and sun Mother of growth Father of decay

about

Of Amber and Sand is the blistering second album from Kurokuma.

Transcending the banality of modernity, it channels the ephemeral and eternal through 6 meditations on the theme of time, all bound together with 5 liminal pieces taking the listener from the inception of existence to the endless beyond.

"An album so good that I keep forgetting to write about it." (9.5/10) - Ave Noctum

"One of the most sonically perfect records Dark Juan has ever heard." - Ever Metal

"The songwriting on this thing is just absolutely phenomenal." (9.5/10) - Where Strides The Behemoth?

"Lots of bands like to say they ‘do their own thing’ but only a handful defy expectations the way Kurokuma do." (9.5/10) - GBHBL

"Takes dynamics to levels I’d have thought impossible in such a sludgy and primal genre." - The Killchain

"A storming album that offers so much more than the standard doom or sludge material." (5/5) - Metal Epidemic

"Of Amber and Sand is a gem" (8/10) - Metal Hammer

"Kurokuma remain one of the most adventurous metal bands in the underground." (4/5) - Kerrang!

"Deserves to stay in your digital library until the end of the year and beyond" - Scream Blast Repeat

"Of Amber and Sand sees Kurokuma crafting a whole new genre of heavy metal where only they reign wholly supreme." - Outlaws of the Sun

"Each listen you're picking up something new. It's an absolutely ferocious album." - Heavy Matters

"They defy categorization, transcending sludge, doom, and death metal." - Buttonpusher

"Of Amber And Sand seals Kurokuma's standing as an audio hallucinogen." - Musipedia of Metal

credits

released August 9, 2024

Guitar / vocals: Jake Mazlum
Bass / vocals: Zakk Wells
Drums: Joe E. Allen

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ian Boult at Stuck On A Name, Nottingham

Interludes by Empyrean Silence
Baglama solo in I Am Forever by Babak Sharifimajd
Bridge riff in Crux Ansata written by Bing
Breakdown in Chronoclasm written by Thomas Wesley Pentz

Artwork by Mila K
Logo by Enso
Photos by Johnny Lannen

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