This is it. This is the album I’ve been wanting to do for well over ten years now. I’ve wanted this even before Appalachian Winter existed! And now that everything’s done and official. . . I CAN’T LISTEN TO IT BECAUSE I’M SO FUCKING SICK OF IT. Gotta love the human condition.
With a little luck, you good folks might actually be able to stomach this one much better than I can right now. Streaming is free, the downloads are free, and if you want physical copies, Nine Gates Records would love to help you in that regard.
I mentioned it in the announcement concerning The Lake and the Mountain but it may bear repeating: shipping costs can get rather steep for those of you not in the United States. If you would like multiple albums, it may be more financially sound to order them at once, rather than separately. Also, bear in mind that Appalachian Winter has five physical releases with Nine Gates Records in total as of today:
- Ghosts of the Mountains, (2013: CD, digipack [NGR – 002])
- Berglieder, (2013: split 12″ vinyl record with Draumar, not metal [NGR – 004])
- The Epochs that Built the Mountains, (2014: CD, digipack [NGR – 009])
- The Lake and the Mountain, (2017: CD, digipack, not metal [NGR – 011]) and
- From the Cosmos to the Mountains, (2017: CD, digipack [NGR – 012]).
I’m the only metal band on Nine Gates (I think) at the moment, but if you’re into uncommon music, you may find find their Bandcamp site worth investigating. You may bundle any release(s) from there with an Appalachian Winter CD or more and save money on postage as I’ve mentioned.
What Comes Next?
Now that all of that previous business is out of the way, it’s time for my favorite part of the after-effects of a new release: what comes next! I don’t myself have the full details of the next album yet, but I can say for sure that topping The Cosmos to the Mountains is something far outside my capabilities. I had a good many moments where I didn’t think I’d be able to complete the album itself, and the thematic-history content is exhausted. The past three metal albums were all histories, one anthropocentric, one geological, and now one cosmic. I don’t have the imagination to go further back than the Big Bang. I also finally feel that I don’t have anything left to prove, and that may be dangerous – it could foretell that whatever comes next might really suck pretty hard. But, I’m going to keep Appalachian Winter going as long as I can, so I have drawn plans for the next album. It’s going to try to return somewhat to the themes and style of the releases I started with. I’m going to do that good shit I know how to do, and I’m going to really have fun with this one. I even have a name for the album. It’ll be called Winter Always Returns. With a little luck, it’ll be complete sometime in 2019. When I have a song done, I’ll be sure to post it for you good folks. It may be a few months before that happens, though.
Allow me to close with this: Whether you’ve downloaded the music, purchased or are planning to purchase CDs of mine, uploaded my stuff to YouTube or some other site where folks share things, reviewed an album, commented on a song, or shared my stuff with others; you have my deepest thanks and appreciation for your time. It’s truly flattering and humbling.
Cheers,
-Danny, a silly man with a rinky-dink project that tries to be black metal.
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