Rites, by Archana

Rites

by Archana

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1.	Steadfast Cohorts 05:43	buy track
2.	Drawing Banners 02:58	buy track
3.	Partisans Divide 05:23	buy track
4.	Ruin 04:43	buy track
5.	Archana's Travels 05:53	buy track

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MYSTIC TIMBRE 040

Interview with The Sunday Dungeon (thesundaydungeon.wordpress.com/2020/03/29/the-dungeon-returns-an-interview-with-archana/)

Drawing Banners played on Anticipating Nowhere | #29 (mixcloud.com/SimmoMaz/anticipating-nowhere-29/)

"Rites, from Archana, is no different as its tone and demeanor differs from Alloch Nathir. Where one was meditative cloaked in mature ambiance, Archana is more ancient with classic stoicism at its roots. Overcast in somber silence, Rites pays tribute to dungeon synth's tradition of solitary wanderings through glacial melodies and grey dawns. Both Archana and Alloch Nathir draw lineage from the same post black outfit Abhasa and these releases, much like the history of dungeon synth, are intimate meditations on immersion." - Kaptain Carbon, Tape Wyrm (tapewyrmmetal.com/archives/2982)

The second chapter of Archana's mythic travels unfolds. Inhabiting the misty etherealism of Tales, Rites sets aloft on billowing columns of dreaming dungeon synth textures, harrowing dark folk atmospheres, and somber medieval melodies. Stunningly exacted compositions and absorbing production meet to present with fantastic clarity the new lands discovered, where old battles were waged, and ancient legends were forged.

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released June 23, 2020

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