The Weight Of The Mask: CD Villagers Venturing deep into the Moore

Venturing deep into the Moore family archives

I Shall Die Here sonically serrates the remains of metal’s already unidentifiable corpse and splays it amid tormented voices in shadow

became a modest hit in the USA and Canada

cannot be said with certainty

The Weight Of The Mask: CD Villagers Venturing deep into the MooreYou'd be forgiven for struggling to summarise the sound of Svalbard in a few words. Since forming in 2011, the band have had their hands in black metal, post rock, d beat, shoegaze, hardcore, and post metal. Whilst their music stubbornly refuses to fit neatly into one genre, one word remains a fitting adjective for the British quartet: unique. Svalbard spent their early years playing DIY shows, releasing 3 EPs and honing their sound, before eventually