Botanist is changing labels, announcing a new album to be written entirely in Latin and to release via Prophecy Productions, the tenth album by the the post-black metal project.
The San Francisco, CA based band founded by multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Otrebor is planning not just a new album, but reissues of the band's pack catalog. The next album is still in preparation at this point.
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Botanist belongs in this new generation of black metal bands, of acts attempting to reinvigorate the genre by expanding its scope. Post-rock influences and avantgarde notions find their way into Botanist's music, leading to a very successful series of releases, with 2014's VI: Flora standing out in particular. At the same time, stylistically the band departed from not only the … Read more
The whole concept of one-man black metal projects is quite old. From back in the ‘90s you would have acts like Burzum and Ildjarn (although they would feature also Nidhogg occasionally.) Those acts were great and it was quite nice to see that other musicians today would adapt the same philosophy and try to create solitary projects, with excellent examples … Read more
Botanist SPB: In the recent years you have included musicians in order to perform live as Botanist. I wonder if that change has also affected your songwriting in any way? Do you compose now having a more clear idea that these songs will be played live? Botanist: The backlog of … Read more
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