The Art Of Destruction

About the Release

“The Art Of Destruction” is an album by Northorn from Indonesia. The release places Northorn within Depressive Black Metal and appeared in the Talheim Records catalogue on 28 May 2020. For the Talheim edition, Northorn developed material from the 2017 release of the same name into a five-part version running just under 24 minutes. Slow and mid-paced movement, raw production, doom-shaped melodies and sharply foregrounded vocals define its depressive black metal, before “R.I.P” markedly increases the pace at the end. The lyrics and visual presentation address self-destruction and pain; those motifs are documented as part of the artistic concept, not romanticised. The tracklist contains 5 tracks with a documented total running time of 23:54. It opens with “Gomorrah” and closes with “R.I.P”. The sequence centres on “The Art Of Destruction”. “R.I.P” occupies the most space at 06:56. The catalogue lists the release as CD Digipak under TR056CD.