Belgian dark metal outfit EMPTINESS are now releasing their full concert performance that aired via the Roadburn Redux Festival! The virtual edition of the prestigious festival took place in April 2021! The EMPTINESS show can be watched in its entirety via the official Season of Mist YouTube channel at THIS LOCATION.
EMPTINESS is supporting their latest album, ‘Vide,’ which is out now and is completely produced by vocalist/bass player Jérémie Bézier, who is trying to create something authentic and avoid all external energies. The tracking mostly happened during the Belgian lockdown, in his apartment and rooftop 7th floor in Brussels.
Belgian dark metal outfit EMPTINESS have teamed up with Botanique for a very special digital livestream. The stream will take place on April 29th, 2021 @19:00 UTC The event is completely free for all to watch on Facebook HERE. For donations to the band (in full), you can grab ‘tickets’ HERE.
EMPTINESS comment om the stream:”We have partnered with Lebotanique to offer you a deep introspective live experience. This adaptation brings a new light in the tunnel they lured us in with our new album ‘Vide’…“
EMPTINESS will be playing in support of their freshly released album ‘Vide’. The new offering is completely produced by vocalist/bass player Jérémie Bézier, who is trying to create something authentic and avoid all external energies. The tracking mostly happenened during the Belgian lockdown, in his appartement and rooftop 7th floor in Brussels. ‘Vide’ was released on February 12, 2021 and is still available HERE.
Belgian dark metal outfit EMPTINESS has teamed up with the prestigious Roadburn Festival to premiere the full album stream of their new opus ‘Vide’, released today! You can now listen to the album in full HERE.
EMPTINESS comments on the stream: “Nothing to enjoy here, it’s death. Enjoy death.“
‘Vide’ is released today, February 12th, and is completely produced by vocalist/bass player Jérémie Bézier, who is trying to create something authentic and avoid all external energies. The tracking mostly happened during the Belgian lockdown, in his apartment and rooftop 7th floor in Brussels. Orders are now available HERE.
Track-list 1. Un corps à l’abandon (4:16) 2. Vide, incomplet (4:12) 3. Le mal est chez lui (3:42) 4. Le sévère (0:30) 5. Ce beau visage qui brûle (3:39) 6. Détruis‐moi à l’amour (4:34) 7. Plus jamais (6:21) 8. L’erreur (4:31) 9. On n’en finit pas (4:14) 10. L’ailleurs (7:33)
The cover artwork for ‘Vide’ was created by guitar player Olivier Lomer.
Season of Mist are proud to announce that two of our distinct visionary artists have been selected to perform at the 2021 ‘Redux’ edition of the prestigious and unique Roadburn Festival. We congratulate AUTARKH and EMPTINESS, who have been selected for an already mind blowing digital event that will take place from April 16-18.
Roadburn 2021 will be taking place in an unfamiliar format – but it will still retain the hallmarks of what makes the usual editions a must-attend event for fans of heavy music around the globe. Roadburn Redux will feature exclusive performances live at the 013 venue which will be broadcast around the world via the Roadburn purpose-built platform which includes a real-time live blog. In between those shows will be a whole programm of premieres and special performances as we continue to highlight the most innovative and engaging artists in the Roadburn universe.
Belgian dark metal outfit EMPTINESS are now revealing the third track of their upcoming full length; ‘Vide’! The new offering ‘Vide, incomplet’ can now be viewed via the official Season of Mist YouTube channel HERE.
EMPTINESS comment on the track: “Humans are fun.“
The new album is completely produced by vocalist/bass player Jérémie Bézier, who is trying to create something authentic and avoid all external energies. The tracking mostly happenened during the Belgian lockdown, in his appartement and rooftop 7th floor in Brussels. ‘Vide’ will be released on February 12, 2021 and pre-orders are now available HERE.
The cover artwork of ‘Vide’ was created by guitar player Olivier Lomer.
Track-list 1. Un corps à l’abandon (4:16) 2. Vide, incomplet (4:12) 3. Le mal est chez lui (3:42) 4. Le sévère (0:30) 5. Ce beau visage qui brûle (3:39) 6. Détruis‐moi à l’amour (4:34) 7. Plus jamais (6:21) 8. L’erreur (4:31) 9. On n’en finit pas (4:14) 10. L’ailleurs (7:33)
EMPTINESS are back with their 6th full length ‘Vide’, the record that might be described as the most acurate musical representation of the year 2020; Unsettling anxiety manifestation in sonic form!
Extreme music has always been drawn towards the dark side of artistic expression. This has often led to an ever escalating race of trying to push the boundaries by just becoming harder, faster, and somehow louder. EMPTINESS beg to differ and their new album ‘Vide’ makes abundantly clear just how far the Belgian explorers of the tenebrous are willing to go.
Founded in Europe’s centre of gravity, Brussels, Belgium in the year 1998, EMPTINESS embarked on their musical journey with a burning vision to delve deep into darkness and horror. While the band was taking musical inspiration from different extreme styles such as black and death metal, the Belgians approached them in an open minded manner of continuous experimentation.
Following their inception, EMPTINESS first released the two demos ‘Eternal Rising’ (2000) and ‘Necrorgy’ (2002) that received a remarkable welcome in the underground. Yet with each new album, ‘Guilty to Exist’ (2004), ‘Oblivion’ (2007), ‘Error’ (2012), and ‘Nothing but the Whole’ (2014), the Belgians were also increasingly leaving a mark in mainstream music press.
EMPTINESS scored the devil’s luck in and won the perfect production set-up to create new sinister soundscapes during the recordings of ‘Not For Music’ in 2017. After recording in their own Blackout Studio, the Belgians received an invitation to further enhance the production of ‘Not for Music’ by Jeordie White aka Twiggy Ramirez (MARILYN MANSON, A PERFECT CIRCLE, NINE INCH NAILS). The final mix and mastering was done by Sean Beavan (GUNS N’ ROSES, NIN, SLAYER).
‘Vide’ (2021) was meant as a claustrophobic album, a journey of an infinite mind stuck into a world too small. Questioning the essence of once perceptions, this album invites you to rethink your grasp of reality. To that end, it was important for EMPTINESS to be isolated during its “experimentations”. Recordings would take place sometimes in confined spaces like apartments or a cabin in the woods, and sometimes on a city roof allowing to contemplate a strange human world from above. Involvement was strictly limited to the band members who took care of all audio production and visuals work. The pandemic and lockdown happened while recording was in progress; a materialization of the imaginary world being created. The album either by coincidence or not, is in tune with our dissonant times.
Enough. Put down your phone, go lock yourself in a small compartment wearing nothing but noisecanceling headphones and let EMPTINESS lure you into their new realm. You have been warned.
Recording Studio & Sound Engineers: Recorded with a portable recording setup, in an apartment, a cabin in the woods and a rooftop. Drums recorded in Blackout studio (BE).
Belgian dark metal outfit EMPTINESS has shared an official music video for the new song “Le Mal est chez lui,” which is the second single from their upcoming full-length, ‘Vide,’ due February 12. The song and video can be found at THIS LOCATION.
EMPTINESS comments on the track, “Self-isolation, but Evil is at home.“
The new album is completely produced by vocalist/bass player Jérémie Bézier, who is trying to create something authentic and avoid all external energies. The tracking mostly happenened during the Belgian lockdown, in his apartment and rooftop 7th floor in Brussels. Pre-orders are now available HERE.
The cover artwork for ‘Vide’ was created by guitar player Olivier Lomer.
Track-list 1. Un corps à l’abandon (4:16) 2. Vide, incomplet (4:12) 3. Le mal est chez lui (3:42) 4. Le sévère (0:30) 5. Ce beau visage qui brûle (3:39) 6. Détruis‐moi à l’amour (4:34) 7. Plus jamais (6:21) 8. L’erreur (4:31) 9. On n’en finit pas (4:14) 10. L’ailleurs (7:33)
Recording Studio & Sound Engineers: Recorded with a portable recording setup, in an apartment, a cabin in the woods and a rooftop. Drums recorded in Blackout studio (BE).
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