Dutch blackgaze band Noctambulist has signed with These Hands Melt for the release of their second full-length album.
Noctambulist is an atmospheric post-black metal outfit from Tilburg, the Netherlands. Formed in 2015 between housemates J.D. Kaye (Vocals/guitar, Sam C.A. (Bass)and Mitchell Scheerder (Drums), they set out to create a hard-hitting, melancholic style of black metal that draws inspiration from other genres such as post-rock, shoegaze, new wave and post-punk.
Noctambulist stand for contrasts: Serotonin summits and strung-out canyons, the empty and the grandiose, the beautiful and the appalling.
After defining their sound and completing the lineup with guitarists Tristan Tabbers and Stef Heesakkers they released their full-length debut Noctambulist I: Elegieën via Northern Silence Productions.
To get a first taste of their second album, new record company These Hands Melt has released ‘Aderlater’., their first single from the album.
“We wrote the track ‘Aderlater’ with the full band after J.D. and Stef came up with some chords that went nowhere,” said the band. “We were all listening to a lot of post-punk and new wave and most of us attended concerts by The Cure around the time.”“If I recall correctly Mitch came up with the intro drum pattern and we changed the 6/8 we had to a 4/4 beat and wrote basically the entire song on the spot. The lead in the chorus came from Tristan from another old composition we never finished. It all fell into place, so to speak.”“Lyrically the song deals with laying bare uncomfortable and personal feelings for the sake of music. It is, in a way, an ode to insecurity.”
You can listen to ‘Aderlater’ here.
