Hope Drone have unveiled "This Body Will Be Ash," one of the tracks from their soon to release new album Void Lustre, which comes out Friday on Moment of Collapse/Sludgelord Records.
Void Lustre is the third record from the Australian post-black metal band.
Heading over to their Last.fm account, the light hearted description ‘Australian for Deafheaven’ doesn’t exactly seem to serve as an appropriate designation for Brisbane based black metal troupe Hope Drone. Sure, the atypical approach towards standard genre fare is evident, and the lush, wide production on this 4 track release certainly draws parallels. Though it is likely more of a … Read more
Francis (Hope Drone – drums) SPB: Was the mic’ing of your kit in the studio fairly straight forward, or were there some things you and the engineer did to find the right mics or experiment with sounds? Francis: Personally I wanted to go for a natural, organic Albini-esge drum sound. … Read more
Karl Hartwig (Hope Drone) SPB: What is the feeling of the current Australian black metal climate? It seems that Brisbane is shaping up to be a kind of epicentre for the genre, and it would be interesting to hear thoughts from a band of that area. Hartwig: I can’t really … Read more
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