We are proud to announce that Chile-born and now Germany-based scourging black metal plague Vel'Har joins Sentient Ruin for a much awaited and long anticipated vinyl release of its 2020 light-consuming debut MLP "Letanía I", to be released August 19 2022 on limited edition 10” vinyl and digital formats, all pre-order able now via all our channels.
On the wretched offering cryptic mastermind H.S.V.H. unfolds two monstrous black metal blades adorned by three interludes to invoke an unholy sonic siege upon the ridicule of life and the purity of christendom. Baptized under the pentagram and spewn from the unholy jaws of oblivion, these five tracks sprawl and hiss like a horrifying morass of snakes, consuming reality and devouring everything in the wake of a monstrous tide of venom. The rawness and violence of these riffs is evident, but so is the ritualistic and esoteric majesty emanating from its death-scarred aura; an infernal force summoned as a liturgy or rite of passage toward a higher meaning and other form of existence. And that form is Satan's triumph, the zenith toward which every moving part of this wretched crucible converges. His glory as beacon and conduit of pestilent krafts conceived with the malefic design of insulting life and transporting the listener deep inside twisted and inverted dimensions of infinite dissolution and complete insanity.
”Vel'Har” means "permanent altered state of consciousness", a word which materialized from a vision, in a meditative state. Asking what the state is called, such word was uttered from the void of trance…. This state is achieved through the preparation of the being for transcendence, as such those who delve must be prepared to know how to recognize the limits of "reality”. Vel'Har is the reflection of one’s self, of their fears, of their insecurities, of what you do not want to know or see, but which is there... Lurking... Waiting for you to fail, to show you what reality, really is. A form of transcendental blessing, or curse, based on how it may be interpreted, that will accompany you in eternity… You can embrace it, learn and grow from its glory by accepting it as part of you... Or deny it and pay its price in perpetuity.
Vel'Har was initially envisioned from the southern and hostile lands of southern Chile around 2010 under the constellation of HSVH and IAAG, in an attempt to channel and capture those experiences acquired in altered states of consciousness, dreams, astral travel and the ritual work in "the black Lodge" thus challenging the limits of sanity and reality, in search of full knowledge, delivering in a purist way a collection of spells that would awaken the darkest sensations in those who hear and understand the true call… Vel’Har did not however actually see the light until 2019, when HSVH relocated to Germany and in doing so decided to bring the project with him and finally give it life after it had lingered for years lost somewhere in conscious memory. With the main support of Lord Valtgryftåke and Keikruk 13th Temple / Gryftigæn and Mahanvantara Arts Records, its first offering "Letanía I" was assembled at Temple of Rudrah Studios, being subsequently initially released by Mahanvantara Arts Records in tape format limited to only 30 copies. The wretched debut offering sent a shockwave ravaging through the European black metal underground, thus Sentient Ruin stepped in to release the work unto and exclusive vinyl release enhanced with new artwork created by BMS Ilustration and inspired by the symbolism of the chalice and the sacrifice of innocence, a released aimed only at select group of perverse devotees of true Luciferianism. "Letanía I" ‘s oppressive, raw, and impetuous sound catapults the listener back to the 90's, reminding them of the ancestral black metal glory established by bands like Opfermod or early Watain, emphasizing the genre’s darkness and oppressive inclinations with a masterful aural conjuring of unrelenting yet dynamic riffing and tortured vocals that create and otherworldly and surreal atmosphere that celebrates the authenticity of black metal and the dismemberment of the soul and self.