High Command release “Imposing Hammers of Cold Sorcery”

HIGH COMMAND SHARE NEW TRACK “IMPOSING HAMMERS OF COLD SORCERY

FROM FORTHCOMING FULL LENGTH ECLIPSE OF THE DUAL MOONS

SECOND ALBUM ARRIVING VIA SOUTHERN LORD ON 25TH NOVEMBER

High Command shares a second track from their forthcoming full length album Eclipse of the Dual Moons, arriving 25th November via Southern Lord and produced with Seth Manchester. The new track, “Imposing Hammers of Cold Sorcery“, is a hefty and atmospheric track which tells the story of a perilous quest. In the band’s words…

“Imposing Hammers Of Cold Sorcery is a sonic conquest of ancient lore. A testimony of fortitude peering into the eyes of obliteration. Following an attack from a celestial horde, the Four Realms are cloaked in apprehension. On a fabled whim of the long forgotten Guild Of Sage, Dikeptor & the Infernal March must endure the frozen winds and scale the perilous cliffs of the Serrated Peaks. What lies beneath the clouds is a formidable mystifying power.”

LISTEN TO “IMPOSING HAMMERS OF COLD SORCERY VIA BANDCAMP

Swords and metal go hand in hand. That’s what crossover thrash band High Command say, having turned heads with their debut album Beyond The Wall of Desolation (2019).

“Our love for the bay area in the 80’s is certainly no secret. Besides some of the more obvious influences we have I think we were much more comfortable exploring some of the less obvious stuff we hinted at with the first record. Particularly traditional heavy metal (Dio, Mercyful Fate) the south’s interpretation of the bay area (Exhorder, Obituary, Nasty Savage, Devastation, Rigor Mortis) first wave black metal (Bathory, Hellhammer/Celtic Frost). Of course all of this executed with the discharge, Cro mags, Sacrilege DNA that runs through our veins”

But it’s not solely metal music which influences the band, who cite the lustful violence of Robert E. Howard, Michel Moorcock, Jack Vance and many other legendary pulp writers of the 20th century as an impetus for their expansive storytelling.

“People would also be surprised to hear we drew quite a bit of inspiration from the music of Ennio Morricone, especially in regards to writing some more of the epic, grandiose passages and chord progressions.” says the band.

Now, with their second album, Eclipse of the Dual Moons, the band take their love of storytelling a step further, deepening and widening the world of Secartha, the realm of High Command’s songs. The band place themselves as omniscient narrators of the world they have created, and say that they are inseparable from Secartha and its people.

“It’s one thing to make a good metal record, but it’s another to put on top of it a sort of overarching story that makes sense to listeners. The whole High Command project is enriched by lyrics articulating characters, a world, and trials faced within it. We want our records to be immersive and leave listeners with a feeling they’ve experienced something bigger than the music.”

Listen to (+ share) “Siege Warfare,” on Bandcamp.

Stream on Spotify + other DSP’s here.

It’s not just a question of widening the world, which the band first started exploring on The Secartha Demos (2016); Eclipse of the Dual Moons sees High Command honing their process to a fine art “it’s like we started with chiseling a rock… this record is the moment the rock in question begins to look like an actual sculpture.”

The band will be on tour throughout North America in October, as part of their Season of the Witch Tour, with Dead Heat and Final Gasp.

October 26  Takoma Park, MD @ Hell

October 27  Richmond, VA @ The Warehouse

October 28  Philadelphia, PA @ Ukrainian Club

October 29  Holyoke, MA @ Dracula

October 30  Ridgewood, NY @ TV Eye

October 31  Pawtucket, RI @ Machines with Magnets

ECLIPSE OF THE DUAL MOONS TRACK LISTING:

1 – Eclipse Of The Dual Moons

2 – Immortal Savagery

3 – Imposing Hammers Of Cold Sorcery

4 – Omniscient Flail Of Infamy

5 – Fortified By Bloodshed

6 – Chamber Of Agony

7 – Siege Warfare

8 – Spires Of Secartha

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