Nachtmystium Premieres New Song "Borrowed Hope and Broken Dreams"

Nachtmystium is set to release their sixth album Silencing Machine on July 31 via Century Media, and just as vocalist/guitarist Blake Judd had promised, it’s a lot more direct, aggressive, and black metal-derived as opposed to the wildly unpredictable directions taken on the last two albums, 2008’s Assassins: Black Meddle Part 1 and 2010’s Addicts: Black Meddle Part 2. That said, there are plenty of curveballs on the new album, just not the wild Eephus pitches like, say, “No Funeral” or “Blood Trance Fusion”. A good example is “Borrowed Hope and Broken Dreams”, which has premiered today at German website Visions.de.

Much like what Nachtmystium did on 2006’s classic Instinct: Decay, the new song incorporates more of a controlled pace and psychedelic/garage rock elements, which again meshes very well with the blackened arrangement. It’s one of, if not the most accessible song on Silencing Machine, a perfect indication of what you’re going to get on the record.

Listen to Nachtmystium’s “Borrowed Hope and Broken Dreams” here.

Also, you might remember how I came back from Roadburn 2012 back in April and raved about how good Nachtmystium’s performance of the entire Instinct: Decay album was. Well, a soundboard recording of the band’s complete set has been posted online by the awesome Roadburn folks, at the Dutch site 3voor12. If you’ve got an hour to spare, give it a listen, it’s a phenomenal live set.

Stream Nachtmystium’s Roadburn 2012 performance here.