Sunday, May 24, 2009
MANIAC (EX MAYHEM) ACTIVATES SEHNSUCHT
Speaking of MAYHEM and black metal. Former MAYHEM and current SKITLIV vocalist MANIAC is hard at work on his ambient, black industrial project SEHNSUCHT as the project offers this update: SEHNSUCHT is the noise/darkwave/ambient project set up by SKITLIV front man Maniac (ex MAYHEM) and comprises Maniac himself on vocals and guitars, GALLHAMMER’S Vivian Slaughter on bass, sax and backing vocals, and SKITLIV guitarist Ingvar on guitars.
The band is already signed to the UK’s Cold Spring label and are currently in the studio recording SEHNSUCHT’S first album, which has a working title of “Narrow Birth".
Check out some rough mixes and unfinished tracks on SEHNSUCHT’S MySpace page HERE
Maniac will also shortly be completing work on the first SKITLIV album “Glem Aldri Korset”. Aside from Ingvar, the Doom/Black/Noise project includes SHINING’S Niklas Kvarforth on guitars and sculptor Spacebrain on bass. The difference between the two bands was recently described by Maniac’s manager: “Where SKITLIV is very much Maniac’s unpredictable offspring, the band is all about extremes and expecting the unexpected, SEHNSUCHT, on the other hand, is its more thoughtful, introspective, sibling”.