HULDER - Verses In Oath (Full Album) 20 Buck Spin

HULDER
'Verses In Oath'
Released February 9th, 2024
LP / CD / TAPE / DIGITAL
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1. An Elegy (0:00)
2. Boughs Ablaze (1:40)
3. Hearken The End (7:24)
4. Verses In Oath (14:36)
5. Lamentation (19:14)
6. An Offering (20:19)
7. Cast Into The Well Of Remembrance (23:04)
8. Vessel Of Suffering (28:17)
9. Enchanted Steel (32:13)
10. Veil Of Penitence (36:00)
The hauntingly grandiose new Hulder album ‘Verses in Oath’, created during the dreariest cold months of the Northwest winter, constitutes the most majestic, untamed manifestation thus far in the band’s journey of conquest, as new territory is put to flame and conquered by sword and shield.
A pivotal 2022 saw Hulder release ‘The Eternal Fanfare’, a 5 track mini-album, marking a new phase in the project’s rapid development. Further to Hulder’s audial ascendency, the band set the live stage ablaze, touring widely in North America throughout the year and into 2023, which brought the band to European shores for the first time as well.
Spurred on by these noble victories the ground was prepared for the immensity of ‘Verses in Oath’. Tracked by Hulder in the Northwest, the mix and master was entrusted to cult legend Ahti Kortelainen of Tico Tico Studios in Finland, whose overwhelming list of credits stretch back decades to include Barathrum, Belial, Impaled Nazarene and Moonsorrow among countless others. The result is both unsparingly savage and wistfully evocative; black blood on white snow.
The ancient sorrow-filled melancholy and seething spirit that are the essence of ‘Hearken The End’ permeate the entire album, by now a fundamental detail in Hulder’s identity where roots run deep in long forgotten soil. And whilst the slashing cruelty and torn flesh of ‘Vessel of Suffering’ and ‘Enchanted Steel’ embrace a predatory barbarism, it is the joining of all those elements that places ‘Verses in Oath’ in the timeless pantheon of Black Metal’s most strident lineage.
While Black Metal has evolved into myriad offshoots and subgenres to the point of incomprehension, Hulder is resolutely steeped in the genre’s destructive preeminence, rituals and traditions, carrying the torch of its origins and heritage. And still ‘Verses in Oath’ astonishes with the malevolent spirit of creative autonomy and individual freedom essential to reach the genre’s exalted heights.
Hulder - Guitars, Vocals, Synth
Necreon - Bass
CK - Drums
All music and lyrics by Hulder
Recorded at De Pestkerk Studios, Jan - March 2023
Drums recorded at The Underworld Studios January 2023
Mixed and mastered by Ahti Kortelainen at Tico Tico Studios, June 2023
Photography by Liana Rakijian
Illustrations by Mfaxii
Logo by D. Andersson
Layout by Dan Fried
DECIBEL MAGAZINE TOUR 2024
Hulder, Worm, Devil Master, Necrofier
2/21: Roseville, CA - Goldfield Trading Post
2/22: Oakland, CA - Thee Stork Club
2/23: Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
2/24: San Diego, CA - Brick by Brick
2/25: Mesa, AZ -The Nile
2/27: Austin, TX -Empire Control Room
2/28: Dallas, TX - Trees
3/01: Atlanta, GA -The Masquerade
3/02: Orlando, FL - The Abbey
3/03: Miami, FL - Gramps
3/05: Greensboro, NC - Hangar 1819
3/06: Baltimore, MD - Baltimore Soundstage
3/08: Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
3/09: Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Monarch
3/10: Boston, MA - The Middle East
3/12: Pittsburgh, PA - Preserving Underground
3/13: Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
3/14: Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
3/15: Chicago, IL - Reggies
3/16: St. Louis, MO - Red Flag
3/17: Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
3/18: Denver, CO - HQ

[@chalinovargaz2584]

20 Buck Spin kills it again..great bands from an awesome label

[@clitoriux]

Fantastic job, Marliese. Congratulations!!! HULDER!!! 🔥🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻🔥

[@justinhancock7337]

Got my LP yesterday. This is one hell of a record! Thank you for constantly finding ways to take more of my money 20BS.

[@SonicBroham]

flying from Portland to the San Diego Decibel stop, going to be killer!

[@metalyuppie]

I am not surprised in the slightest that this album absolutely rips. She is one of the greatest artists in black metal today, infusing the old with the new, atmospheric and mysterious while also aggressive and heavy. Brilliant work!

[@ekonoi2e]

This album is a great adventure, with lots of unexpected changes, in all moments professionally played and perfectly recorded all of the paths.

[@thelastmoonlover]

Ooooh yeah! The wait is over!

[@clauskodaxis5165]

Hulder Never Disappoint killer Masterpiece Band 𖤐 🖤🤘🏻⚡😈🔥💀🕯️🐺🍺🌑💎

[@Brett1334]

It’s great don’t get me wrong, already got a copy on the way! but I prefer the previous material, down to guitar tone, keys etc, I feel a lot of material on this one sounds similar and the last album was stronger.

[@ismaellegrand8997]

Amazing work ! Powerful, cold and gloomy as we like...

[@kreatoruse1305]

Hell yeahh come out new album awesome🤟💀🔥

[@lunacylunacollective9025]

Black Majesty

[@hersheypants731]

I got my LP last week and spun it a few times over the weekend. Her darkest material yet. Absolute banger

[@celestinebabayaro1809]

KILLER!

[@eversosleight]

Instant fan 🖤

[@bethanyring658]

Love this!

[@Betonoszlop]

Ravenblassed albume.. I do wonder if it will go BMP, although does not matter, hails Hulder!

[@helvede-qp7kj]

love that atmospheric black metal great job!

[@samaelrocks7888]

See you guys in a couple of weeks! Good stuff!

[@wheelsofmercury]

Great album!

[@LePopPathetique]

her best so far for sure! killer album

[@WhompusCat117]

album arrived yesterday and i am obsessed. chills. cannot wait to see in Atlanta. Inquisitor/Marz/Marliese is BEAST.

[@WeirdRoamingWolf]

Greetings 2 MARZ. This album is terribly beautiful. Her clean vocals are absolutly stunning..

[@ilkomatev9250]

Masterpiece ❤cheers mate\m/

[@claybowling466]

God Damn!!! This is just killer. Hulder does it again.

[@thelastmoonlover]

Probably her best album so far!

[@Noahvon503]

Just saw these guys in Portland. Killer show.

[@AndreGoreDrums]

🤘Som foda! 🤘

[@JosiRizzari]

Finallyyyy ❤️‍🔥 amazing album Congrats Hulder 🛐

[@EYEHATEEYESORE]

Amazing

[@b.entranceperium]

Got my vinyl of this yesterday, but saving this full album spin for my long drive to see Crypta tomorrow night. Excited for it

[@agresivaleon]

Another masterpiece.

[@metalheadgrl]

I like Hulder so much🤘

[@KernuTheWise]

🤘

[@thelastmoonlover]

Is a masterpiece! I need this gem in my collection 🤘🏻📀🥇

[@KMKimo]

YES!!

[@werthersotelo4788]

Great album as usual

[@708Drojo]

ITS SO GOOD!!!! HULDER RIPS N SHREDS 🤘😡🤘

[@theblackvomit.666]

🔥🔥🔥

[@Glitteryy]

Excellent

[@jamesangel4366]

Yay

[@badboybootz8]

36:49 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@joshbuckley4434]

Departure Chandelier, Morcolac and this have started the year off phenomenal for Black Metal. Check out Dipygus's new album as well. BEAST of a record. 2024 is starting off amazing 🤘🤘 Rock 'n Roll "The only religion that never lets you down".

[@grahamashton3899]

I thought this was very good and getting better with each release this is more epic so better in my opinion

[@Vainglorious666]

Hey 666 Likes i am the MAN

[@davidblair3845]

Top 5 "BM" bands in the States today.....idk why women doing these vocals seem more natural...the raspy witch vocal just works....Great record from beginning to end!

[@marksanchez3977]

Evil...

[@MRSludgedude]

More of an old school death metal, sludge doom fan but this isn't that tin can kvlt crap. This has alot of doom in it like 1914 and konvent.