Canadian doom/death metal band Norilsk releases »Potsdam Glo« from upcoming live album »Gigantes Mortui«; out soon on Hypnotic Dirge Records!
Ottawa/Gatineau, Canada based doom/death metal band Norilsk has released the second single »Potsdam Glo« taken from their upcoming live album, »Gigantes Mortui – MMXIV-MMXXIV«, due out on November 7th, 2025 via Hypnotic Dirge Records.
Tracklist:
01. Beyond The Horizon
02. Potsdam Glo
03. Ghosts Of Loss
04. Le puits de l’oubli
05. La liberté aux ailes brisées
06. No Sacred Ground
Courtesy of Against PR:
Canadian doom metal band Norilsk will release the live rehearsal album »Gigantes Mortui« on November 7, 2025 through Hypnotic Dirge Records, in digital, CD and cassette. The record marks the band’s first decade and captures the current line-up performing together in their rehearsal space.
The band is sharing the second song »Potsdam Glo« and launching physical pre orders. Most songs on »Gigantes Mortui« have appeared on stage over the years. Norilsk revisited its catalog to arrange the material with a live feel. The songs were first recorded as a two piece by Nic Miquelon and Nick Richer and now reflect the energy of the full band.
»Potsdam Glo« dates back to the first EP. Its closing section builds on an obstinato bass pattern and layered melodies that evoke a vast and crystal cold Canadian landscape. The lyric that inspired the album title appears in this track with the words dead giants on beds of eternal snows.
Pre-orders are open now. CD and digital are available from both Hypnotic Dirge and Norilsk. A limited cassette is available only from the band.
Listen and pre order:
Norilsk Bandcamp: norilskdoom.bandcamp.com
Hypnotic Dirge Bandcamp: hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com
»Gigantes Mortui« celebrates Norilsk’s first ten years with new live-in-the-room versions of songs from across the catalogue, recorded with the stability and chemistry of the current line-up. Tom Hansen and Matt MacIvor joined in 2016 and 2017, and the band revisited its discography to re-arrange material with the live feel these tracks have gained on stage. The result presents their atmospheric death doom songs with an immediate and organic sound. Two single are already available: norilskdoom.bandcamp.com.
The tracklist spans early material and later highlights. »Ghosts of Loss«, first heard on the 2017 album »Le passage des glaciers«, has evolved through years of live performances. The closing piece, »No Sacred Ground«, is described by the band as an homage to the pilgrims of doom, the artists and listeners who travel to the heart of underground live music. Physical editions will include a very limited CD in a four-panel digipack and a Maltese cross deluxe cassette.
Recorded by Simon Bouchard.
Mixed and mastered by Topon Das at Apt 2, Ottawa.
Cover artwork by Timur Khabirov.
Line-up:
Nic Miquelon – Vocals and Bass
Nick Richer – Drums and Backing Vocals
Tom Hansen – Guitars
Matt MacIvor – Guitars
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