Keys To The Astral Gates And Mystic Doors - Keys To The Astral Gates And Mystic Doors II [Demo 2]

[@CastleShield]

I love the fact that these keys are not just for the astral gates. They made them being practical and reusable enough to also open mystic doors, if there would be a need.

[@Ei-mx1we]

It's always so embarrassing to accidentally bring my mystic doors key to the astral gates, and vice versa, but now I no longer have to worry about that.

[@starymarine]

This comment rocks.

[@antoine9765]

Just don't get astral jacked or you would lose your door aswell.

[@Pellagrah]

Need this in my life. Can't stand these cheap disposable keys that you have to toss after opening just ONE astral gate or mystic door. Really sucks when you have to do a dozen or more cosmic opening ceremonies a day, it's just a lot of keys.

[@tobiasheinrich104]

I think the band name is taken from a "Stutthof" (later Acherontas) title.

[@pointyboot]

Please play next year's Super Bowl

[@Fo-Flats]

Best comment of the year so far! Salute.

[@gifzwerk]

😂😂😂😂

[@RaulEdu33]

Lol it's still less satanic than whatever rituals Katie Perry and Taylor Swift do in their performances. 😂

[@cjackfly]

Yeah, anything other than old white guys or whatever the f they doin otherwise. 😅

[@AAa-v3y8z]

They don’t deserve them , maybe

[@pattonfan137]

Somebody like this so I can find it again. This is great.

[@juanchetumare]

Wake up babe, it's 17 hrs later and there's astral gates and mystic doors to be opened with these keys

[@pattonfan137]

@juanchetumare Hey Babe...I'm a dude, but no worries. Thank you for the reply. This is a masterpiece and I appreciate you and everyone who liked my comment to help me get back to this place. Take care and safe travels

[@PartlyXenon]

@@pattonfan137Dudes can be babes, babes can be dudes (Matt Berry in Disenchantment). In another universe, babes eat dudes and have a comedy-drama movie called "Dude" about a dude in a farm. - Cpt. James Tiberius Kirk

[@viljamtheninja]

There are plenty of ways to make sure you can find your way to certain YT videos more expedient than asking people to reply to your comment. The most obvious would be to add it to your favorites. Then you can find it whenever.

[@andrescampos3989]

7 days later

[@Evanspar]

KZbin algorithm casually sending me arcane melodies from beyond the earthly plane.

[@greatbigeyeball]

@Blacksun1984 He aint well

[@MetallicaFan5591]

Best KZbin recommendation ever honestly

[@brentlam5806]

Lmfao

[@deadeverywhere]

it’s a sign of the end times

[@crazymetallian]

this recomendations are so weird that i beggin to get scared

[@qriofficial1769]

Sick ass album cover. Also I love how the guy is just pointing at the logo like "hey there's something up there" lol

[@robosing225]

And his friend is rejoicing at the notion.

[@chinoleal96]

XD

[@jamiesadf5829]

The one guy is like 'we are a band' and the second guy is like 'check out our logo'

[@0morgulis]

the one on the left is like "what'll happen if i poke these symbols" and the one on the right is like "guys do you see what i have to deal with?!" spoiler: poking the symbols is how you get a key

[@Psicrofilia]

He's like: THE KEY, MIKE!

[@obscured.by.clouds.]

This is the happiest sounding Black Metal I’ve ever heard

[@Alix777.]

Yes lol

[@piotrtusk5735]

Try Lifelover :)

[@jameskpolk9137]

@@piotrtusk5735depressive suicidal black metal:

[@zepolcin2412]

@@piotrtusk5735amazing band

[@ild4099]

Thats what makes it especially creepy imo

[@astral_rapist1488]

Best band logo ever made

[@crazymetallian]

is f** amazing

[@MrCaptGeezer]

To be a bit of a dork here, that's actually how sigils are depicted for those that did the Magick stuff for reals

[@astral_rapist1488]

@@MrCaptGeezer obviously but it's unique unlike other bands

[@gintuner4371]

The drummer forgot his keys, so they are recording them through the doors.

[@tahinisauce3595]

Had a good chuckle with this, thanks

[@junny3000]

He didn’t forget them lol he just got to the space last and there wasn’t any room so he set up outside lol drummers

[@benekatop]

11:20 as they state, the drums were programmed!

[@gintuner4371]

@@benekatop i guess they were programmed in the next room from the mic

[@nasaliaa9130]

Ahhahah

[@xgunnx]

Shoutout to all the old heads trying to read the tree branches!

[@jamiesadf5829]

honestly my favorite part is that its actually there, and its not that hard to read once you notice it.

[@Voltage.Bone.R]

I managed to read them finally

[@Cavirex]

😂

[@OhGodWhatIsThisAah]

​@@jamiesadf5829please don't do this to my brain lol

[@junny3000]

Shout out to all the young guns who can’t partake in recording to tape and achieving the goal of nailing the compressed crunch sound that only comes from analog tech that with its ever rising cost to own machines made from 1960-1990 are becoming rare, almost the stuff of legends now

[@to819]

Fun fact: This only happened because a ton of people had locked themselves out of mystic doors. There was actually a petition that got over 100,000 signatures (in blood, of course), and that's how this album came about.

[@0morgulis]

i was one of those people! they had a bouncy castle in the one door. i left my mystic key inside. it was rough

[@obscured.by.clouds.]

Were those mystic doors the wooden ones inhabited by Agalloch by any chance?

[@to819]

@@obscured.by.clouds. Technically yes. But at the time that the keys were being created, he'd been temporarily banished with some incredibly powerful eldritch magic. When he finally returned, his dimension had essentially been transformed into a maze. This means that his ability to hypnotize those who opened the door to his realm had been significantly hampered. Hope that clears a few things up for you. P.S. It's still extremely risky to go through those doors.

[@Nonlolol]

can u please give context i just dont understand what comments are talking lol

[@obscured.by.clouds.]

@@Nonlolol lol there is none. We’re just making it up as we go along

[@brunovallesmunoz4757]

Came for the logo....Stay for the music....And I really liked those atmospheres!

[@Brendo2386]

Yeah me too! Suprisingly melodic for raw black metal

[@yomeperdi]

That’s how it works it’s a magical sigil ⚫️

[@kcee7841]

Much atmospheres, much passion, much energies.

[@riling]

I'm here just for those keys.

[@Fex8880040]

that's the sound of silence cover on second track

[@Metal.mike89]

I can’t get over their logo

[@kangamangus]

A little too gimmicky for my taste

[@BlackMetal-qr5zn]

Probably the best black metal logo I’ve seen ngl 🧛🏻🦇

[@Germany244]

Looks loke every demon sigils

[@BlackMetal-qr5zn]

@@Germany244 it’s pretty dope and original

[@Germany244]

@@BlackMetal-qr5zn yeah its a good band logo for Raw Black Metal

[@ChristianStepmoms]

The fusion of Black Metal and Midwest Emo on the final track blew me away

[@Slapducky]

Coincidentally, the band is from Madison, Wisconsin, which has a strong Midwest emo scene.

[@jonransdell]

Sounds like you'd love blackgaze

[@ScarletDoppleganger]

Love it how they recorded it through a walkie talkie. You can really feel the nostalgia

[@thomasmcnamara5929]

I figured it was a truck driver CB radio.

[@matte8677]

This is the most optimistic sounding black metal I’ve ever heard lol

[@xenos_n.]

It's very chill & melodic, with some fuzzy 90's indie rock elements in parts. It's really awesome hearing people innovate within raw black metal and actually make something great.

[@flowersandwater666]

try Agriculture

[@j377yb33n]

Usually i'm not big on black metal, or the bootleg cassette era recording sound, but it really works in its favour here. It's crunched enough that nothing really gets lost in the mix

[@edwardelric880]

First BM I've heard in months that's actually grabbed my attention. Great stuff.

[@conanthebrobarian6484]

The band logo is a masterful work of art. It deserves to be in a museum.

[@mathiasjonsson8222]

Black Metal in a major key? Fascinating.

[@G3E007]

there are tons of bands like this. one comes me to mind now, vallachia

[@mathiasjonsson8222]

@@G3E007 Not from Norway i reckon...Or? Norwegian (Scandinavian in general) BM sounds like surf music in a minor key with extra distortion. This sounded like Indie with extra distortion. No offense. Just surprised. Then again, I'm kind of an old fart. What do I know 😀

[@G3E007]

@@mathiasjonsson8222 if you diminish the circle from BM to exclusively norwegian BM i dunno if there are non haighly underground bands out there

[@mathiasjonsson8222]

@@G3E007 Well, my Norwegian cousins are pretty conservative when it comes to BM. You are probably right. I am not a connoisseur. Just thought this act stood out both graphically and sonically.

[@literallyanythingelse]

the elephant in this particular room is deafheaven. loads of major key BM tunes. not the first to do it but probably the most famous

[@lesterksi4521]

I have to say, the coolest logo / symbol in a while

[@milk_420]

i sat here for like ten mintues trying to read it

[@codycurtin2295]

Coming back to this each time is like christmas morning in Sweden and the churches are burning all over again ❤

[@Dread_Pirate_Roberts_2013]

Guys, really, 😦this album has fundamentally reshaped my relationship with music. It's a revelation, stirring something primal within me. KZbin's recommendation feels like destiny, leading me to this transformative moment. It's a powerful force that has forever changed me; I come back to listen daily. Sometimes I laugh hysterically, at other times I cry with cosmic dread, but I just love it.

[@SolarianXIII]

I love how much melody is in the tremolo picking and using that ol rawness we love too hone intensity..this is amazing.. and for the logo incredible

[@harrisonstephens1835]

Legitimately one of the best diy black metal projects out there, these guys rock

[@andywhos]

yep, sic .

[@totalSLACK]

cant wait to draw their logo on my trapper keeper

[@robosing225]

Trapper keeper? How apropos of the superannuated feel and sound of the album.

[@totalSLACK]

@@robosing225 no shit, that's why it's funny

[@ChucksExotics]

Don't f$#k it up. If you draw it wrong who knows what kind of evil dank hex portal wormhole it could open. Do you want to be trapped in stench-world for 3000 years?

[@Pyromander777]

What kind of trapper keeper ?

[@totalSLACK]

@@Pyromander777 Trapper Keeper© brand

[@MrAlexollie]

KZbin algorithm is working well. Nice demos you got there

[@dream-rater]

As many said before - surprisingly optimistic. Really pleasant to listen.

[@asgoodasyou]

I'm usually not into this type of music but this makes me feel good listening to it. I love it

[@headtrips1]

It’s hard

[@wildmanfisher]

Keep it in your pants then

[@tomaszkaminski6495]

There is a naive (and magical) charm of authentic folklore in it, more than usually.

[@dougodyssey50]

Why was the vocalist at the bottom of a well?

[@InVinoVeratas]

Algorithm blessed 🎶 🙌 🎶

[@animadverte]

The logo is not a written logo, but a pictorial logo. On the left you have the keys and then, on the immediate right, you have a complex magical arabesque drawing representing the astral gates and the mystic doors. So the logo is not to be read but to be seen.

[@tarkovskijnoir]

It is both, actually - the EYS-part to the left is fairly easy to make out when you know what it is. Great, great band!

[@coconuthead1055]

I thought that at first too but it does actually have all the letters in there

[@tarkovskijnoir]

@@coconuthead1055 the K at the beginning is a little small, but right there by the key. Super well done.

[@elliottbaker201]

I can't stop seeing the people in the logo. That's singular, not plural..

[@splatgorek]

I can read KEYS TO THE

[@benelinder319]

This is what my cats listen to when thye're dreaming about opening the kitchen door

[@screambmachine]

*mystic door

[@gagewayland1080]

Came here for the logo but this entire album is genuinely so amazing. Matches and exceeds the attention pull. These guys are incredible

[@mifo8379]

This album has become a nightly ritual when getting ready for bed. Love it so much

[@elguero933]

Life changing album. Wtf KZbin, great recommendation. I am in love with this

[@johnb7046]

What's funny is this logo is much more legible than many others. This rules btw, maybe make more than 14 tapes next time

[@Fo-Flats]

Fan club editions coming in hot.

[@dodgyyy]

@@Fo-Flatslet us know

[@Tempest1984]

Absolute killer demo! The sound is just right and the atmosphere is brilliant. Shame that the tapes are already sold out.

[@georgeetboom7719]

I fully expect to hear a crowd roar after each song, its so raww!!!

[@theevilsidekickinternation8651]

😂that made me giggle Roar Black Metal 😊

[@SympanProductions]

I didnt expected this chord progression when i first came here . I had lots of fun !!

[@theevilsidekickinternation8651]

I was totally hoping it had more than the 2 fret power chord that more than 124,560 bands have used For black metal death metal punk & doom You know! 3rd fret power chord Slide down to the 4th fret And back up to the 3rd fret Fuck I hate that riff!

[@ApoplecticDialectics]

I cranked this and it opened a door to a dimension made of pure ham. I started tunneling through with a soldering iron and it smelled great but at this rate I'm going to get maybe three or four feet a year into it at best so I gave up and went to long john silver.

[@0c00l]

This comment cured my ligma

[@cls34]

@@0c00l ligma ham

[@justin.halteman]

My God, it's..... Good. So unusual for new black metal to be good. I love it.

[@godramen7104]

That logo is insanity! 😮

[@West.khardasian]

Best Band Logo ever

[@theevilsidekickinternation8651]

That one comment about Ramones… I see it… It’s the structure of the chords It’s basically pop music Played with distortions and double pedals and screeching It’s catchy Up beat Melodic Basic But they blend the atmosphere and strumming and style to make it into something black metal I love it \m/

[@rvfiasco]

Yea, it's good.

[@Doomguysdeadbunny]

This isn’t pop music at all

[@definitelynotanAIchatbot]

​@@DoomguysdeadbunnyThis is black metal for Swifties

[@Doomguysdeadbunny]

@@definitelynotanAIchatbot wild

[@definitelynotanAIchatbot]

@@Doomguysdeadbunny I didn't make the rules

[@cmacdhon]

Dark, foreboding, yet still very melodic. Well done boys!

[@ejackson5373]

I'd argue it almost has an optimistic feel, it feels happy and uplifting in a way

[@TheMorous]

​​@@ejackson5373 yeah exactly their first demo was more dark and even have doom elements personaly i like this one more

[@victoraugusto2849]

Me when I found out my Keys To The Astral Gates were also usable for Mystic Doors

[@thezendevil]

Good one hehe

[@misterpopeofficial.]

Melodic lo fi black metal? You never know what's gonna come through that door.

[@connorbooth7207]

Another good melodic lo-fi black metal album is Divine Stygianism by Sanguine Relic

[@Janvoller-yp8vj]

more like melodic blackgaze mixed with midwest emo

[@brutaldude666]

I'm here for the music... but for the logo first.

The melodies in "That witch dwells within" is so warm.

[@libertykraft6646]

I play this in the background while i read. Thanks this is nice.

[@sarlekdecoraza5344]

Por algo he llegado a esta genial obra, algoritmo místico de KZbin, pensé que el álbum es el que te elige a tí, tanto en sonido como en gráficas visual es una joya,.. éxito a esta banda

[@juandarma]

si la verdad se lucen con tan genial musica, animo por esa buena selección de depresive life!

[@alfc.freyre3861]

X2

[@MetallicaFan5591]

What a recommendation KZbin. Just giving me one of my new favorite bands. The ultimate key to my astral door. both albums are black🔥 🖤

[@Voltage.Bone.R]

Enjoyed listening to this. It’s very upbeat compared to their first EP but the windy yet liminal aspect around it is something I’m here for.

[@Nekrist666]

Great Raw Black Metal and dope band logo, the introduction track riff reminds me to a Christmas song, in Spanish is “noche de paz”.

[@galisteo5401]

Noche de paz si, igualito jajajajaja

[@MattieLovesSantisima]

This album is actually really good. I'm impressed.

[@TwistOfTransistor]

It's a demo, not an album. I hope they release more demos like this

[@alejandrotrejo8433]

repost - K3YS 0P3N MY$TIC D00R$ - 5 very strong tracks here but it's definitely Vampyric Comet ->Snowbringer's Spell -> What is the Glimmer that hammer home the groups sound. To others commenter's points Glimmer specifically is a great closer and has some chord progressions which have a bit more of a "gaze" sound to them but the group don't go full Alcest on this at all and instead maintain the lo-fi production and tremmlo strumming and just nail the dismount/landing. Would def recommend for any wizards who need to ponder their orb or lament their losses. Steller follow-up for sure!

[@danielgbgibson]

Been pondering my orb all day and gearing up to lament some losses next. These guys keep the toe-tappers coming!

[@dgsdesign]

Guy on the left explains the Mystic Doors process at the Astral Gates conference, guy on the right is like "See? Easy."

[@RealUKBlackMetal]

Excellent work. This randomly appeared on my feed and the cover and title compelled me to play. I know nothing about them and I don't need to. A near perfect execution of the early 90's ways.

[@HauntFreak13]

That band logo ❤❤❤

[@jesushoobistankchrist]

Finally! The algorithm is good for something other than dangling thirst trap fail videos in front of my eyes. Well played.

[@MoonGoblin]

"How complicated do you want the sigil?" "More than that. No, even more. It should look like a computer motherboard. Yes, perfect."

[@thuntboisqueejee]

Skip over an album with a logo like that??? You must be crazy.

[@marlongomes3748]

Primitive and bizarre... I love it! Hail!

[@realcalebrome]

finally. been searching so long for something that would take care of not only all my mystic doors but also that one tricky astral gate ive been meaning to crack into. cheers lads.

[@dominikpock5589]

Sick demo, especially the last song. Hail Keys To The Astral Gates And Mystic Doors \m/

[@rtother54]

There's a light on in the attic. Though the house is dark and shuttered, I can see a flickerin' flutter, And I know what it's about. There's a light on in the attic. I can see it from the outside. And I know you're on the inside...lookin' out. Shel Silverstein

[@t4bk3y]

This kind of stuff really brings me back

[@pc4mlc451]

Not a black metal guy at all, but this was pretty friggin' awesome. It'd be an amazing live show.

[@kryp7777]

vampyric comet is such a beautiful piece of art

[@matthewwalsh974]

This is fucking great! Stevie T's happy black metal video from years ago spawned a band! All jokes aside, genuinely a good idea- makes you stand out. Love the production too! Perfect clarity mixed with rawness. Just a room mic on the drums? Perfect.

[@dimond_nd]

I love your music guys, and that logo ❤

[@riling]

I'm here for those damn keys!

[@scottmcneill6439]

Hits the spot, for this old goat thats for fucken sure. Good shit......-I-v-I-

[@robosing225]

While I'm personally not a fan of music that sounds like it was recorded in a garage with cereal box equipment, I understand this is a demo and we all don't have expensive equipment to capture quality... I will say these damn riffs are so good it's almost unfair. I'm here boppin my head to this music and I can't stop. Reminds me of the Strokes with their oldschool low bitrate style but black metal. Friggin' Beautiful.

[@BetterCallThall]

you're just describing 2wbm lol

[@HonestDepression101]

LOL.... I am not and never have been "kvlt" but this is comment above exemplifies why a certain amount of gatekeeping is not only a good thing but necessary. At this point it's all over and the jig is up. This music now unfortunately has only a few months (maybe?) To a year left before its not "cool" anymore and the trend is dead. BM has/had many faults but it becoming cool is its ultimate death. This album is fucking amazing tho.

[@Queerpunx]

All things fade, and cycle back... Never the same, but the energy is there. It's happened to so many genres of underground music. That's how life goes, it's why appreciating the music we love in the moment is key. Not getting to attached to one way, and always remembering things return and cycle back. Gatekeeping; tho I understand it on a level, it's not really productive. I refuse to become my parents stuck in some utopian reality of a time long passed. @@HonestDepression101

[@HonestDepression101]

@@Queerpunx well said.

[@HonestDepression101]

@Queerpunx I respect your comment even tho I still feel the way I do. This is coming from someone who is in their early 40s and has been into DIY punk since I was in my very early teens and has seen the dilution of underground communities and artforms due to to unwanted exposure. The thing that I hate the most is that the people who come in rarely ever stick around. They show up and change things to the point that they will never function the same and then a year (if that) maybe two or three they move on, never caring about the state before the arrived, how they are leaving it or it's future. Mostly never even contributing much of anything but always loudly and proudly claiming that they were a part of it. Black Metal, like HC punk but even more so has been since day one specifically for insular communities. So if your arguing that at the heart of it all this "movement" does not in fact exist for and consists of insular people intent on keeping their thing that way exactly that way then I disagree completely.

[@tombosixer7342]

Blowing up! So proud of these guys!

[@ArnoDiggle]

Reminiscent of Endlichkeit's demos. Keep going guys! This is phenomenal.

[@z0h33y]

Velvet Cacoon too if you like Endlichkeit.

[@walmys2nd]

Next-door sounding-ass drums. I love it 👍

[@te6194]

Thanks algorithm. Excellent album, very creative musicians.

[@sidvicious2323]

oh hell yeah, i didnt expect another album!

[@salamanderavem3782]

That LOGO WOW!!! Like grima I love when they use the chaotic look in creative ways

[@oblonghas]

theres plenty of emotion here, I dig it

[@kosmik6484]

Me gusta esta banda. Su musica es simple, pero mo simplona, y la baja fidelidad le cae como un guante a la musica asi. El segundo tema me encanta. Ah, y el logo... el logo.

[@samuraiyue]

WHAT THE ACTUALK FUCK?! THIS IS SO DAAAMN GOOD!!! D:!!!!

[@Yellow_Balloon125]

This is brilliant!

[@toi_techno]

This is amazing Haven’t heard a demo like this since 1994/5 Love it

[@daedtonsknup]

Hypnotic as I love it! Well done!

[@sculpture151]

I need a t-shirt of this cover art. Now!

[@BelboandLucy]

Fajnie chłopaki grają. Klucz 🗝

[@drezaonalin]

something that reminds me of ramones, maybe because of the major tone! but the logo is undoubtedly sensational! I had to listen to the entire album trying to decipher it!

[@milkmanswife93696]

what a wonderful find!

[@helldante100]

The best logo band ever made

[@one-rv2bx]

I could listen to that logo all day long

[@vehicleforerror]

Fantastic and Fantastico

[@three-stripes]

Not expected, but grateful for more material.

[@bobsiddoway]

KZbin algo coming through. 🔥🤘🙌

[@chinoleal96]

Joder! Que buen disco 🙏🇲🇽

[@Driga_]

Absolutely beautiful 🖤

[@seanthebaptist6757]

Beautiful beyond words

[@lizarowe]

key to my heart!!

[@SantiagoRuth]

Excellent project, great music, I love it.

[@Lord_Valtgryftake]

El logo esta muy bien 🤯