Sun Vessel

Destruction's New Battledress

The third album, and as its name suggests, is a change of form felt far more strongly than on the previous "A Seed Fallen To Earth", which already stood apart from the more overt references of "Etched In Eternity". The compositions are mainly structured around three poles: tracks that clearly fall within neo-folk, others that are more purely folk, and finally pieces leaning toward Dark Ambient, both ritualistic and esoteric. More original compared to the others, the song “Our Place In the Heavens,” with its synthetic and mystical keyboards, is not without recalling John Maus.

“Destruction's New Battledress” is an album that explores the spiritual dimension of Sun Vessel in much greater depth. Although spirituality has always been a fundamental component of Sun Vessel’s identity, here the trench of the soul is dug much deeper. The waves resonate, and our bodies vibrate in unison with the melodies. There is a sense of contemplation that emerges from this album. Austerity and beauty shape “Destruction's New Battledress” within the poetics of inner struggle. A testimony to an ineffable, combative spirituality!

An album to be found in our In Illo Tempore collection.

Sun Vessel - "Etched In Eternity"

First release from our In Illo Tempore collection devoted to Dark Folk / Neo-Folk and related genres.

"Definitive victory over the storms and triumph of Eden. The dismantling of the great wheel of time is followed by the cycles of the ether where man enters into real communion. "Etched in eternity" celebrates this harmony.

The echo of the voices resounds, strong, serene, deep and imbued with a sober felicity characteristic of souls inclined to the detachment of heights.

The instruments take part in the balance; the guitars weave the peaceful base of the canvas and the light orchestrated layers wrap the whole of a glittering veil, thus opening the way of the great ways.

To the vanquished shadows, then remains the golden vestiges bathed in light of the eternal city of airin."- Ralf Manor

Sun Vessel - "A Seed Fallen To Earth"

"An active servant of the neo-folk tradition, Sun Vessel has been marching for several years now, in a setting that combines the beauty and tragedy of a glittering age. Although still faithfully rooted in the folk heritage, the project has now released a new album that breaks free from certain codes inherent in the styles. On "A seed fallen to earth", Sun Vessel takes a fresh approach to songwriting. More than just a contemplative ballad, the album is punctuated by tracks that often evoke the ethereal specter of the 70s. A panel of authentic auroral songs floating in the air, reminding us of the serene color of wheat and the quietude of great, peaceful memories. The voices and melodies are particularly expressive, and despite the distinct singularity of each track, a real harmony emerges from the whole. In the same way as the balance in the subtlety of the arrangements, the breadth of each composition echoes the varied emotions aroused in the listener. The graceful elegance of the choruses sometimes gives way to more dazzling flights of fancy, in a dream-like ardor of nostalgia mingled with ecstasy. Segments alternate between intensity saturated with clarity and more diffuse, radiant sobriety. "A seed fallen to earth", while respecting a certain integrity, is freer in its approach. Freed from all temporality, the scintillating landscapes sketched by this work offer themselves to us, emerging from an elsewhere shimmering with light."- Ralf Manor

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Destruction's New Battledress

Sun Vessel - "Etched In Eternity"

Sun Vessel - "A Seed Fallen To Earth"

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