Northern Vantage

Atropine extracts of henbane were used by Cleopatra to dilate her pupils to appear more alluring. In the Renaissance, women used the juice of belladonna berries to enlargen the pupils of their eyes for cosmetic reasons (in Italian, "bella donna" translates to "beautiful lady"). Later on, belladonna was used by witches before flight. The juice of the berries was applied to their vaginas resulting in massive and sometimes lethal dosages of atropine. In this state of unbelievable hallucinatory incoherence, they believed they were actually flying on their brooms and as they spoke aloud their spells the results unfolded right before their eyes.

This album was carefully created over a four year period under the closely supervised influence of mandrake, hemlock, datura stramonium, henbane, belladonna and jesaconitine isolate. Most of the drone library was originally recorded to DAT and buried in the ground for two years before reviving them for use.

- Brand new 2007 album!
- Bleak grim Aussie black forest metal combined with eerie ambient soundscapes!
- For fans of Xasthur, Mütiilation and Ildjarn!

1. Ektoplasmic Dreams 04:55
2. Solitude 15:00
3. Pernicious Paths Of Perception 09:23
4. The Untouched Land 06:10
5. Doppelganger04:34
6. The Failure Of Human Nature 16:02
7. The Grandeur Of Melancholy 07:04
8. Homosapiens Devoid 08:12

LASCOWIEC / MARBLEBOG / VÉRZIVATAR - Deep Horizons Of Eternity split tape

45 minutes of underground black metal from a US and two Hungarian bands, including previously unreleased songs.

Burn down your local church, synagoge or mosque and then fuck off and die!!!

July 31st, 2007

Hey, me again! A lot of e-mails came my way after I updated the site, too many to respond to all. Many people were saying that websites on MySpace were popping up, using the Velvet Cacoon band name and featuring songs supposedly from our new album. Our fans are very sly like that! heeeheee!

As always, the very website you are reading this message on, velvetcacoon.com, will be the only place anyone from the band ever puts any valid and official information up on. It is where you will first hear music from the new album as well, see concert listings, and anything else related to Velvet Cacoon. That should go without saying, but over the years we have managed to acquire some very very obsessive fans who, I guess, think we enjoy their attempts at flattery when we really sorta wish they'd never discovered us in the first place.

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) the new album is still in post-production and we are looking at a late September/early October release date. As with "Genevieve", there will be no "internet leak" of the album since both we in the band and Full Moon Productions have certain plans in store. So until then, any songs you hear on MySpace or wherever your internets may guide you are not from us or any album we've made.

Velvet Cacoon once made use of MySpace in order to "reveal" a "hoax" about material we "stole" to the largest audience possible, and once that revelation was made we took the site down. We think MySpace is a bit tacky and would never use the site to promote Velvet Cacoon in a serious manner. MySpace is "a place for friends", certainly no place for us.

Furthermore, the website known as MySpace is owned by News Corp. (Rupert Murdoch), who bought MySpace just over two years ago. While this may mean very little to the average teenager who just wants to click away and hear his or her favorite black metal bands putting up their latest and (hopefully) greatest songs, what it really means is that anytime you click on those ads that blink, bounce and generally bombard you on MySpace, you are generating revenue for the same company which has made significant investments in things like:

Wal-Mart
Fox News
George W. Bush
McDonalds


What a fantastic list, no? Those companies eat, sleep, live and breathe black metal ideals!

In the age of convenience where corners are cut and sacrifices are made in the name of ignorance, we just wanted to point this out. Many black metal bands likely contend they are somehow "screwing the system" by using a right-wing, Christian owned website like MySpace to "spread the word of misanthropy and Satan", but we know that's just a deflection of hypocrisy. Why respectable bands continue to invite fans to a website which keeps tabs on the activities and preferences of its registrants in addition to exploiting the "Private Message" feature in the name of "Captive Target Market Research" is beyond us, but we think any band who uses MySpace to promote themselves really cares more about receiving attention than their supposed message.

All it takes is a little research and investigation into the things services and companies you interact with on a daily basis to realize that a lot of them are funded by and supporting causes, ideologies, political and religious groups who aim to disservice you in the end.

But hey, why be bothered with all that seriousness? Black metal is supposed to be fun! I'll stop talking about issues reserved only for scary interviews and mid-gig rants, and finish up by saying thank you very much for using your email application to communicate vocabulary with ourselves.

Alexis



July 29th, 2007

Hi. We are Velvet Cacoon. We've never addressed you in this way before, but I guess there is a first time for everything! We have some news to tell you. Our 2nd album is coming out soon! It is called "P aa opal Poere Pr. 33" and we think it is a really good album, hehehe . Maybe you will think the same?

We spent a really long time working on writing interesting black metal music for this album and experimenting with various recording techniques to attain sounds that do not occur naturally in the human environment. It was a slightly difficult process that took us a little over three years but we think it was worth it. It is a very warm and poignant record. "Genevieve" was a harsh, cold record - something for the sea and drugs. The new one is us sounding a little matured, something to cozy up next to the fireplace and enjoy with a pipe and your favorite dark rum.

Our new album will be out on the marvelous Full Moon Productions record company label sometime this autumn, just in time for those rainy drives to your Oregon coast cabin.

Also, a couple months ago a record label called Southern Lord put out a couple of vinyl albums from us. This company has very creative ideas for packaging! You can order them from Southern Lord or Full Moon Productions, or check your local shop.

If you have any questions you can email our record label at general@fmp666.com or you can email alexis@velvetcacoon.com

Thank you very much for reading our webpage and for supporting unique black metal music principles, and have a great day!

Alexis