Gnod’s now twenty year journey through spiritual and audial exploration has been driven by relentless curiosity, magpie irreverence and a fierce countercultural imperative, their project has always refused to acknowledge all or any rules and boundaries, internal or external.
The band continue this trajectory with the announcement of a trilogy of new albums called 'Chronicles Of Gnowt', which will be released over a year period.
'Vol.1' of this triptych will be hitting your ears on 10th April, then 'Vol.2' will be released in October and 'Vol.3' in April 2027.
Watch the incredible video made by Parlay Droner & Krem ôn' Wo͝ol for 'Shadow Mirror', the first track to be revealed from 'Vol.1' above.
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'Chronicles Of Gnowt Vol.1' is available to order now on Pink Vinyl (220 copies) and Black Vinyl (100 copies) from the Rockets shop link below:
https://rocketrecordings.com/products/the-chronicles-of-gnowt-vol-1
You can also buy a Blue Vinyl (700 copies) from your favourite record shop.
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What began as a 6 day trip into a residential studio setup in Hellfire Studios with producer John ‘Spud’ Murphy (Lankum, Black MIDI etc) resulted in a triptych of albums under the ‘Chronicles Of Gnowt’ banner, all embellished by the vivid surrealist paintings of Portuguese artist Joâo Alves.
Driven as always by the power of repetition as well as Gnod’s alchemical marriage of the maximal and the minimal, this first chapter is a travelogue which delves into pastoral tranquillity (as on ‘Three Trees Parts 1&2’) just as adeptly as expansive Earth-tinged riff monoliths (‘All Tunnel No Light’). The closing epic ‘Ekstasis’ in turn reaches a hallucinatory vista where kraut-tinged experimentalism meets Swans-style intensity. Yet all the while, this album sounds like no one but Gnod.
The band have announced these up-and-coming shows:
05 May / UK / Bristol / Strange Brew
06 May / UK / Brighton / Dust
07 May / FR / Paris / les instants chavirés
08 May / DE / Duisburg / Stapeltor
09 May / DE / Berlin / Kantine am Berghain
10 May / PL / Poznań / Pawilon
11 May / CZ / Prague / MeetFactory
12 May / AT / Innsbruck / PMK
13 May / CH / Bern / Dachstock
15 May / NL / Nijmegen / Sonic Whip Festival
16 May / BE / Brussels / Obsidian Dust Festival
17 May / UK / St Leonards / The Piper
03-06 Sep / UK / Dorset / End Of The Road Festival
