For a decade, the Yekaterinburg-based band Gvorn has been honing their craft of extreme music, from the slow atmospheres of funeral doom alike Bell Witch to the bubonic death metal gutturals of Cryptopsy. With a handful of lineup changes over the years, the group currently consists of members Valery Potekhin (vocals; Mizoteist), Roman Nadein (bass, vocals), Sergey Semenov (guitar), Vyacheslav Smirnov (guitar), and Nikita Chusov (drums).
While less in the trenches of funeral dirge as their previous release Keeper of Grief, the five-piece leans into the classic, dynamic death-doom sounds of My Dying Bride or Swallow the Sun on this new EP. Inspired by The Elder Scrolls video game series, Gvorn summons the dark, fantastical territories and necromantic creatures of Oblivion or Skyrim on Lovecromancy.
It’s difficult not to deny the immersive Ahab influence on opener “The Nightmare,” a somber, wandering exploration that leads to the mystic, twelve-minute highlight “Empires for Vampires.”
We’re honored to be offering an exclusive sneak peek of the EP prior to the release, but you can order a CD with 8-page booklet now, distributed via the Georgian label Satanath Records. Lovecromancy was mixed and mastered by Anton Kurtekov, and features artwork by tattoo artist Svetlana Kuprikova (Der Döbermann).