Veteran Greek musician The Magus, known for his work with the likes of Necromantia, Rotting Christ and Yoth Iria among others, will release his debut solo album (but also now his band’s name) entitled Βυσσοδομώντας in October this year through The Circle Music.
Translated from the Greek, Βυσσοδομώντας means “Conspiring in the Darkness”, and the album will include guest vocals from dark folk artist King Dude, also known as “the blue-eyed Mephistopheles with an acoustic guitar”. King Dude is reknowned for his voice to “shift from haunting and vulnerable to thunderous near-Biblical fury in the space of a breath, marrying the sacred to the profane with pomp, circumstance, and a curled lip”.
King Dude said that he was “honoured and thrilled to play a role on this album for The Magus!”
The Magus commented: “The instrumental track ‘Give the Devil His Due’ which was on the farewell Necromantia album, has a story behind it. Like all the songs I do… Therefore, I decided to tell you that story in the upcoming album of The Magus, entitled Βυσσοδομώντας.
“When I was working on it, together with our six-string wizard El, we felt that it should be a very special song so that the music itself tells the story also, not just the lyrics. And indeed, we wrote something very special. A gem of devilish horror! However, there were some parts in the song that needed a very distinctive voice…
“King Dude, the master of dark spiritual acoustic folk music, was amongst the first names who came to our mind. I am deeply honoured that he accepted our invitation to sing the parts and tell you himself a piece of our story. Not only because his voice fits like a glove but because we also share some similar occult interests and aesthetics. He did a magnificent work, truly artful and loyal to the song’s intense storytelling. You have been warned… Like serpents from the depths we rise…”
Following Necromantia co-founder Baron Blood’s death, The Magus decided to disband Necromantia by releasing their final album To the Depths We Descend in 2021. But his personal musical and mystical journey did not stop there, so, in the summer of 2022 he decided to give birth to a new musical project, entitled simply and appropriately, The Magus.
Joined by longtime associates, El (Soulskinner, Zaratus, Thou Art Lord, Principality Of Hell) on guitars and Maelstrom (Necromantia, Yoth Iria, Thou Art Lord, Principality Of Hell) on drums, the new band started working on material for the upcoming album to be released later this year.
