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Emerging from the German underground, EYCHENGEYST forge a distinctive audial manifesto shaped not only by the rawness of the genre, but also by the spirit and aesthetics found within other musical geners. Across their three demos, these seemingly disparate influences converge into something stark, melancholic, earthy and deeply rooted in a sense of cultural and spiritual identity. Indeed, at the heart of EYCHENGEYST's lyrical concept lies the spirit of Lebensreform, the 19th century German life-reform movement that advocated a return to nature, simplicity, self-determination and a more authentic way of living, in opposition to the alienation and artificiality brought by modern industrial society.
This philosophy gives their music a particular character. The raw, primitive force of Black Metal meets the austere and defiant attitude historically associated with Oi!, the nocturnal melancholy and cold atmosphere of Dark Wave, and the organic, introspective and nature-oriented sensibilities of Neo Folk. Rather than functioning as straightforward genre exercises, these elements become part of a broader aesthetic centred around nature, solitude, inner freedom, ancestral consciousness and rejection of modern alienation.
SIGNAL REX now gathers all three EYCHENGEYST demos together for the first time on a compilation CD, presenting their complete early output as a single document, three recordings tracing the formation of a singular aesthetic somewhere between raw Black Metal, the shadowy world of Dark Wave, the defiant spirit of Oi!, and the pastoral darkness of Neo Folk.
Released on 2-part CD digipack, with offset print on 300g Munken Lynx Rough cardstock, 2-sided print, with white base CD, pro-cd strictly limited to 100 copies.
