BlackBraid - Blackbraid I (Full Album Premiere)

[@bmpromotion]

1. The River of Time Flows Through Me 00:00 2. As The Creek Flows Softly By 06:16 3. Sacandaga 09:39 4. Barefoot Ghost Dance on Bloodsoaked Soil 16:22 5. Warm Wind Whispering Softly Through Hemlock at Dusk 22:42 6. Prying Open The Jaws of Eternity 26:13

[@audiopartes37]

👊🇨🇴

[@Nark212]

Glad this album didn’t flow past me. Sublime ❤️

[@delfordnevayaktewa3404]

🤘😎🤘

[@blueface]

Forever in debt to Sgah’gahsowah for trusting me with his work. It was an honor to do the drums for the record, along with recording, mixing, and mastering it as well! So glad you all enjoy, he deserves all the success he’s been getting! ❤️

[@Marauder623]

I thought they were programmed! Did a fucking great job on this one!

[@maesh3077]

Hey @Neil Schneider , thank you for your contribution to this epic. Your drumming kicked our asses into high gear. You and Sgah'gahsowah are the reason this album bloom. Good job everyone 🤘🤘 Long Live Indigenous BM 🖤🖤

[@metalflower9543]

🤘🏻🔥

[@rationalityfirst]

Fantastic job on both fronts.

[@niledunn4641]

Your work on the album is awesome man. Thank you for contributing to this awesome piece of work 👍

[@memedaddy793]

We need more Native American Black Metal stuff!!!

[@crimsonhawk4912]

No we dont

[@spawnofblood7892]

sound like othes melodic blackmetal that they are natives is not reflected in the sound it seems like some European band

[@0x20pirate]

LMAO kvltists are SEETHING that a native american man put out some great tunes, ahahaha

[@Thesenseiformerlyknownas]

@@spawnofblood7892 Yeah, don't get me wrong it's a solid release but it just kind of sounds like Kroda.

[@marcinstangel9277]

Or maybe they need to find something new / some new sound for them and start experimenting. Like Bathory did with Viking metal, maybe one day we will have a unique sound and a genre in Metal called 'Native American Metal', just like there is Viking Metal now. :) Regardless - decent release. I enjoyed listening to it.

[@ImshadyKurtinz]

this album makes me even more proud to be Native American.

[@amazingpasta666]

be proud

[@Mannazify]

Wear that shit with pride, brother!

[@joebenson528]

Siberian*

[@Codevil.]

I'm a round eye, but I love

[@manoflego123]

I've told this to a lot of friends who are on the cusp of getting into metal that the greatest strength of the genre is how any culture on earth can take it and run with it and the results are unique and mind-blowing. This is yet another example of great fucking music made by someone honoring their culture and advancing a genre.

[@chriskaplan6109]

well said! I agree!

[@manfrombritain6816]

this is a fucking great album but it's not unique. it sounds like all sorts of bands from Europe like Mgla types

[@aramkaizer7903]

@@manfrombritain6816 I don't fundamentally disagree, but this is nothing like MGLA Not every conventional Black Metal band is like MGLA

[@v-man7037]

Greetings from the Navajo reservation in Arizona. This is what I fuckin' call a black metal album! Kickass job my native brothers. Horns up! 🤘😎🤘

[@beastmother9437]

From the first minute and the first riffs i am an instant fan This Is Black metal 🔥🔥🔥🎸🎧👍👍👍

[@angelastonerlove7622]

Hi BEaST MOTHER indeed it´s a great black metal album. Cheers lady🤘😎

[@beastmother9437]

@@angelastonerlove7622 Cheers Angela!

[@Ravntor]

Yeah that's killer from the first second on

[@ayaygabriel]

100%

[@anthonybrewer3413]

It stole BM AESTHETIC but BM it is not.

[@nihil95]

been waiting for this .. And who's gonna deliver it, BMP of course! Damn, that closing track doomish vibe works for me..

[@mjolnirmilitia569]

Just like the Scandinavians , the natives were forced into conversion to the Christian faith, also, natives were nature focused just like the Norse , this is the perfect combo indeed.

[@Beazabull]

You could even go so far as to say they have a direct connection, given the natives' interactions with Leif Erikson. Though that was a bit North of where this music is from.

[@joebenson528]

@Lind Morn Colonization and Invasion are not synonymous. How many tribes and even entire Confederations cease to exist today because other Indians removed them from history long before Europeans colonized unrecognized territory? They should have banded together and founded the United Confederacy of America and bargained peace deals with Europe instead of attacking them.

[@mgacy2957]

Natives were not nature focused lol. Tons of accounts of Natives abusing the lands they lived on with poor waste management and over-hunting. The noble savage is a meme.

[@TheHighestOrderHO]

@@joebenson528 fuck off with all that 😂 look at what all the treaties we signed did for us.

[@Celebrian13]

Indeed it fits like a glove, so I hope for more of this kind of creations

[@chantaldereigne5352]

This album is a total Masterpiece , never felt so transported by an album in a long time..! Greetings from France.

[@welwitschia]

Fucking exceptional, and strong contender for AOTY. Hope there is a vinyl version coming out soon, because I need it in my life

[@inutropie9874]

On the website it says that it comes soon in black and red

[@Stonesorrow]

It is. Preorders will go up soon and it's expected to arrive before 2023.

[@welwitschia]

Nice! Thanks for the heads up folks 💜

[@ericlopez4198]

⁹

[@subsadventure]

Everyone needs this album in their life

[@koch190085]

This is absolutly amazing! My brother told me about 'res metal'. I guess this is it! Whether i stand in a fjord in Norway (traditional BM that i listen to) or in a Res in North America, some themes are universal! Fuck 'Cultural appropiation'! Hopelessness and Darkness are Universal! I LOVE it!

[@benjohnston3369]

This album fucking rips! Lived up to thy hype, way to be Blackbraid and BMP!

[@MrLando0]

My only complaint is this album is too short. That last track is catchy as fuck.

[@flipemoff1836]

The last one is my favorite too. Really rad!

[@Mustlord_Guitar_Ambient]

It's already 10 minutes long :)

[@Fyrnaelli]

OMG those melodies are sick! The unexpected flute in Sacandaga gives more and more goosebumps! Awesome work!

[@tommy6663]

A true masterpiece of an Album!

[@phantomvox]

Discovered this guy last week. Pretty sick stuff can’t wait

[@jedwalker4543]

Agree, I love the theme and lyric content as well. Hopefully this inspires more projects from the NA tribal areas.

[@badass77bowtie]

I'm blown away myself. Haven't had the chills like I got right now since the first time I stumbled upon immortal many years ago.

[@switchboardrevelry4275]

Love hearing an amazing black metal project from my own country for a change!

[@ruzgarsuperberdus]

Hail Native American Black Metal

[@Haelkja]

Native American Black Metal?! I definitely need to check it!

[@warsstars1905]

This is phenomenal....another native American black metal band to check out is Pan-Amerikan Native Front based outta Illinois. Also very deserving of success.

[@technodruid]

Love the call back to the first song at the end... Brings the album full circle. Haven't heard a release like this in a long time. I'm so happy for you, and love love love your work. Miigwech!

[@G0atR1d3r]

Excatly! This and its first apperence were the best moments of an awesome album for me!

[@rolsen1304]

Absolutely love your vocals Sgah’gahsowah, good pronounciation in such a brutal sound is not easy, but you do it!

[@ElConquistadordeAmor]

This is one of the best black metal albums I've heard in a long, long time. Wow, absolutely blown away.

[@skyline2601]

I'm usually into Death Metal, but this has been the first album to really make me headbang in a long time. Glad to have been here when this released.

[@johnbreen2370]

it's death with black with heavy metal and post rock - it's a killercombo

[@skyline2601]

@@johnbreen2370 I don't think I've ever heard anyone classify this as anything other than black metal, and personally I fail to see the death or heavy metal aspects of it.

[@BigChimpEnergy]

@@johnbreen2370 I can see where you might get post-rock, but I don't see death metal influence at all. The vocals are raspy not growled or guttural like in death metal. The guitars use a bunch of melodic tremolo picking (typical of atmospheric and melodic black metal), there is folk instrumentation in some of the interludes and intros (common in folk black metal) and the drumming uses mostly blast beats which is standard for any variant of black metal.

[@PhilosophicalDrummer]

The mixing is immaculate on this one. Instantly added to my playlist.

[@itsbreadbin]

The track 'Sacandaga' is amazing.

[@jeromeblanchard2399]

Superb, the best american black metal.

[@stefanjr]

WOW! The physical digipak CD is exquisite. Awesome paper and print quality - truly made the artwork come alive. A treat to hold, look at and listen to. Top notch. Buy it!

[@filetmignon4446]

Just wanna say this my favorite shower album! The acoustics and atmosphere with steam is amazing! Puts me in another world

[@themetalgoalie]

Most anticipated release of 2022 for me, so excited to see it is dropping on BMP!!!

[@alaskan_bergwanderer]

Amazing. I've already called it, this will most likely be my #1 BM album of 2022. Once single #2 had dropped a few months back, and it was made known that an album was forthcoming, I was already putting that cart before the horse!

[@rudolfantlerofficial]

It's not BM though? Indie rock ripping off a Mgla ripoff isn't black metal.

[@alexsturm538]

No. Mirage by GAEREA.

[@yberjavel]

Magnificent album, I love it 😍 Blackbraid rules.

[@zaldare]

Yup, absolutely in love with this. What an incredible album!

[@uniqemind4968]

I literally can't get enough of this album. It's been on repeat since it came out. Pure fucking 🔥 I need a physical album, vinyl and a shirt ASAP lol

[@shadowhaze9666]

Yet people ask me why I love metal so much. I mean, listen to this shit mate, it's perfect! Gotta love folk black metal. \m/

[@kimonkarapetsis8195]

Besides the stellar ambiance and production, I feel like the drummer really plays around enough to always keep things interesting and even groovy and some points! 10/10 album for me

[@soulblight5503]

I just found out about this thanks to a friend, I've loved Norwegian black metal since we could hitchhike to HMV to buy overpriced import CDs there and I have to say, this sounds INCREDIBLE. Thank you for making this, I look forward to reading the lyrics as well. 🖤🖤🖤

[@shaunzack2846]

An incredible discovery! This is hands down the best black metal album I've heard in a while. Arrived in the mail yesterday. Transcendental experience!

[@DeadPixel1105]

This honestly sounds more like classic melodic death metal, rather than black metal. Reminds me of early In Flames and other European melodic death metal bands, how they sounded back in the early 90s era.

[@plslakewood]

The more and more I listen to this the more awesome it gets!

[@linzzerr]

I was introduced to Blackbraid just last week and was blown away. This album is fantastic

[@garethsutherland9649]

Likewise! 2 good \m/

[@strixvaria8501]

Checking in from the far side of Bitawbakw. Can't wait!

[@dmitrytharn909]

I fail to hear a single "decent" song/track on this one. Each one is a masterpiece. Excellent!

[@adrianodejesus817]

Great day! 🇧🇷🤘🏻🔥

[@K12machinima]

I have been so hyped for this, since the singles dropped. My word, I was moved to tears a few times, and I’ve listened to this twice now, it just hits me in the soul; my family is mainly Cherokee and Choctaw, and there’s something in me that just swells with this unknown and mutual understanding of our shared history and pasts. Thank you, sincerely, for respecting our cultures and shared ancestry, and making this wonderful album.

[@ayaygabriel]

me too. It's just, it's what i've been trying to speak for a few years now. it's all there I love it. gives me a reflection back that i'm not the only one feelin' hell & fury & a quiet awakening of all my past which will refuse to let bloodlines die now!

[@MisstressMourtisha]

All my native ancestors were in camps. These lyrics hit my soul.💕 Cheers to both of you.

[@Khaelox]

is it me, or in a certain part the guitar sounds like STRAPPING YOUNG LAD - Relentless?? btw, epic projet... !!

[@Christopherlawrencel]

What a unique and refreshing spin on a somewhat stale genre. This album immediately grabbed my attention and did not let go. Hell yeah! 🤘🖤🖤🖤🖤🤘

[@Dylan-cu4ty]

Just saw Blackbraid live, most metal thing I have ever seen in my life. Go see them, much love from TX 🖤

[@zxiqlpixs]

This is gorgeous. Every note of it. I think I found a new favorite, well, everything

[@jedwalker4543]

I haven’t been this excited for an album in a long time. Magnificent work, amazing theme. Can’t wait to hear more in the future

[@zackpecenak4559]

This album is absolute fire. I have never liked Black metal at all. But this album is beyond that, it is art.

[@isaacjamesbaker]

Been playing this album on drives to go hiking or climbing a lot and it hits such a sweet spot when it's well before dawn and you're getting pumped and driving through the mountains just soaking in these songs. It's all been said about this album, but this will forever be on my pre-mountain adventure playlist!

[@chriskaplan6109]

Hell yeah! It strikes a similar vibe for me, love the nature reverence and lyricism, plus each track is just so invigorating!

[@noknownthrone2487]

So... I fell in love again with how the first solo in the first song is the same melody that leads you out of this beautiful album.

[@Bemwidood]

Ojibwe nipissing dialect: Mii go taamgo epiichi-nizhshing i gdoo-ngamwinan! Gchi-miigwech mkadewaabik! English: your album is so fucking good! Thank you greatly for the black metal!

[@Inti-Otero]

Excelente trabajo. Esperé el lanzamiento de este álbum, desde que @BMP liberó una de las pistas. Muchas gracias @BMP y @BlackBraid. 🤘🏻🔥💀🔥🤘🏻

[@russellmcgurn4217]

I'm buying this and sticking it next to my Dissection, Unanimated, Sacramentum, Vinterland and Dawn collection, to name a few of my favorites.

[@GrizzyGoat]

When I discovered this I was amazed. Still am. And now after listening to this album, I’m sitting here about to cry and lose it man. This is so beautiful and special. 💚

[@russellmcgurn4217]

Relaaaaaax man 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GrizzyGoat]

@@russellmcgurn4217 music is magic bro I can’t help it!

[@sommarvogel7214]

This is absolutely masterpiece.

[@petrcejka4716]

Greetings from the Czech Republic. Great album, thanks so much for it.🤘🤘🤘

[@deniskooev9406]

Finally out! Black Metal at its best! Fans of Havukruunu will appreciate this gem! Thank you!

[@rikysi3280]

Grat album! Barefoot Ghost Dance on Bloodsoaked Soil is a masterpiece! Thanks for sharing.

[@garethsutherland9649]

Been blasting these tracks all week. Hits a spot i never knew i had. Such a great Black Metal sound. Well done to a super album Rock on \m/

[@nolancollins4926]

Just stunningly good. Went to their bandcamp and bought the digital album and also signed up for notification when the vinyl drops on their website.

[@Charles_Anthony]

I've always wondered what American Indian black metal would sound like. Their culture is so minimalist and they care for the land just like the ancient nordic societies which inspired many black metal classics. It literally syncs up better than most people realize.

[@anomandaris2970]

This is definitely one of my favorite albums this year! Killer from front to back!🤘🔥

[@pedroh.g.8071]

Barefoot Ghost Dance on Bloodsoaked Soil is a MASTERPIECE

[@RomDrummer83]

Hi from France, This is an album that enriches black metal, which takes us to discover a rich culture full of darkness... fantastic💪🤘

[@isaacjamesbaker]

Amen!

[@ayaygabriel]

None darker times to provide music reminding how much darker we can get to overcome and make them all pay.

[@-LHCb-]

I MUST have this on vinyl.

[@good-bloke.1768]

Could this possibly slay any fucking harder!!! So well produced too. Sounds alive in the ears mind and spirit! Take my scalp 🤘🏻😂

[@damaslan2246]

Can't wait. I think we are a lot who can't. EDIT : just listened to it. Killer album.

[@MattiasWestermark]

Not bad at all. I get a feel of late 90s Immortal here. I like the melodic riffs on top of the growl, it's very nice.

[@ceronluisy]

Disco impresionante de inicio hasta el final gracias BMP

[@diegofranciscogironastudil7787]

todo es bueno en este trabajo ,pero el trabajo en la bateria es maravilloso ,hasta llegue a pensar que eran programadas ,excelente......viva la raza

[@polaris8126]

wow! I am totaly amazed by this album! Masterpiece!!! 🤟🤟🤟

[@quantummechanic333]

So FUCKIN' AMAZING! AMSKAPI PIIKANI from Montana, here. This album was highly anticipated in my small circle and we are still blown away!

[@_battlebat_9760]

Top shelf musicianship. Damn amazing album. This will be on heavy rotation for awhile.

[@ElRodeo1970]

Black Metal is nativeness. This is connection and resonation with where we all come from

[@GregsWhiskyGuide]

Simply gorgeous ! ....Agalloch level (even if it is different) is the best compliment I can find. Impressed praise from France 🤘

[@cyranthus]

I hear alot of Agalloch in this, and thats not a bad thing. Love it!

[@chriskaplan6109]

Very fitting and well-deserved praise, this is simply incredible.

[@artbelial6847]

Wow Sounds fantastic, Black Metal from the heart,no new unnecessary inventions, just pure black spirit.🤘🤘🤘

[@noknownthrone2487]

Number 1 release by far this year. I have been waiting for this for months, and it was completely worth it. Holy shit, thank you BMP and BlackBraid. What an excellent piece of masterpiece

[@ozanozkirmizi47]

I am so happy to see some good music from Native Americans... Truly much appreciated... Thank you...

[@lathanasamna]

Damn! Went to the website to buy merch, almost everything sold out! Live in the ADK, hike in the mountains there! This will be the soundtrack to my next adventure!

[@linzzerr]

As an Upstate NYer who has spent a LOT of time in the Adirondacks, I'm so proud to see such a talented and local artist on the rise

[@randyjackson2056]

This is truly amazing work, I'm definitely spinning this a couple of times today, I thought the anticipation may have made it not as epic. It is that epic, as well as surpassing my imagination and thoughts of what it was going to be! No one can destroy the metal!😎🤘

[@williamlavery3824]

It makes Vikings shiver hahah love this True Beautiful complex anger .We are all not that different especially how we experience pain love hate . There is more love in one riff than all the shit on the radio Thank your elders for heavy metal and they should Thankyou for keepin it alive !! Mi Guetch 😊

[@mattbaker7305]

Just found Blackbraid the other day, just a few days before the release. Perfect timing. Really excited to listen to the album and to see where this project/band heads. I have a feeling good things are still yet to come...

[@florentdumortier5306]

That is fucking awesome. One of the highlights of the year without a doubt. Thanks BMP for sharing, as always!

[@HornedBeats]

A good work Southern brazilian hails

[@Jnature27]

A phenomenal album from start to finish.!

[@tannerravsten7189]

Found Blackbraid last week; it has been a long week waiting for this album release! I am relatively new to Black Metal, but this is an absolutely amazing work of art!

[@furor.divinus]

I listened to this band all day yesterday.🔥🤘🏾too good. Most definitely buying this album

[@lepinkainen]

Months ago the first single ran incredibly hard and now, the whole album punched every and all off their feet. \m/ \m/

[@alicosis]

​Fucking badass!! Been waiting for this. Thank you🖤🤘🏽

[@ernestoruiz133]

para todos aquellos que dicen que no hay nada de originalidad en el black metal, o el metal extremo en general... muestreles esta obra de arte para que se traguen sus palabras... demasiado nivel... esto vuela el cerebro... muy epico....

[@jasalgadob88]

it's nice to discover music like this.. greetings from Colombia

[@thagtren28]

Congrat's from Panamá!! Hail!!!

[@PlayTheStuff]

Best BM Album of 2022. Without any doubt!

[@edwardpetterson3321]

Masterpiece, congratulations from México 🇲🇽

[@angeyja919]

I've been following BlackBraid on Bandcamp since the release of the first songs. Probably listened to it every day since then. The connection to nature and the powerful spiritual symbolism is just perfect. I just read the interview and now I hope to see them live someday. I live in Europe, so let's hope I can get the chance. Would be awesome!

[@andrewg2256]

Yes Europe please. Anywhere ...

[@kelmech]

Fantastic album!