Canadian atmospheric death/doom metal band Norilsk stream their fourth album »Antipole«; out now via Hypnotic Dirge Records!

Quebec, Canada based atmospheric death/doom metal band Norilsk has just released their fourth album »Antipole« on February 7th, 2025 via Hypnotic Dirge Records.

Tracklist:
01. Antipole
02. D’ombre et de glace (l’asphyxie)
03. Locus Sanctus
04. Nunataks
05. La chute du géant
06. La fonte
07. Un chant pour les morts

Courtesy of Hypnotic Dirge Records:

As the cold season returns, Hypnotic Dirge Records is proud to announce the brand new studio album by Canadian death doom band Norilsk.

The quartet has assembled a brand new chapter in the band’s discography, building on the characteristics that made Norilsk what it is today while offering something undeniably contemporary. The new album, »Antipole«, picks up where 2022’s EP »Beyond The Mountains« left: with its slow doomy riffs, cold melodies, recognizable death growls, and a hint of post-metal atmosphere brought by a dual guitar interplay. While offering rewarding surprises to those who have been following the band since its beginnings, this album is also a major step forward for the band, and an ideal point of entry to anyone new to the band or death doom in general.

Norilsk is known for its unique take on winter doom, where cultures and nordicity provide a backdrop for addressing other deeper concepts such as loss, mental illness, or identity with the land. On its new album »Antipole«, the artist explores the concept of duality. The album flows between slow and faster songs, and highlights the contrasts in death and doom, with its beauty and tragedy, harshness and fragility, light and darkness, reality and fiction, and its gravity and ethereality.

»Antipole« is released on February 7, 2025. Order your copy here:

Worldwide (main) store | Canada/US store (CD’s only) | Bandcamp

All songs written, arranged and performed by Norilsk.
Lyrics by N. Miquelon.
Mixed and mastered by James Plotkins (Plotkinsworks).
Drums recorded and mixed at Wolf Lake Studios by Mike Bond with assistance from JP Sadek.
Drums edited and mixed in The Bond Cave.
Guitars and bass recorded by Tom Hansen.
Vocals recorded by Topon Das at Apartment 2.
Artwork by Adam Burke (Nighjar Illustrations).
Band photo by Nick Richer.

Norilsk is:
Nic Miquelon – Vocals and Bass
Nick Richer – Drums and Backing Vocals
Tom Hansen – Guitars
Matt MacIvor – Guitars

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well