Join us for the launch of Apsides, the new album from Sydney / Melbourne post-metal and doom trio Black Aleph.

Black Aleph’s form of deconstructed doom and cinematic post-metal is something that needs to be felt. It’s a bodily, earth-shuddering experience, conjuring up post-apocalyptic landscapes, blackened portals and obscure rituals.

The trio’s style has been compared to Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Neurosis and We Lost The Sea - though with a borderline spiritual quality that comes from the influence of Middle Eastern modal traditions, as well as the band’s unique instrumentation: guitar, cello, and Iranian daf drum.

Featuring Lachlan R. Dale (Hashshashin) on guitar, Timothy Johanessen (ex-Mehr Ensemble) on daf, and Peter Hollo (Tangents) on cello, Black Aleph represent that heavy, cinematic and hypnotic music still has much to offer as an artform. 

Don’t miss the supports, from the lush contemporary jazz of COAST (who are also launching their new single), to the dreamlike Bonniesongs, and the virtuosic instrumentalists Joe Manton & Simon Dawes (Manton/Dawes).

Black Aleph’s Apsides is out 25 October on Art As Catharsis & Dunk Records.

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“These three musicians weave Persian classical and ritual sounds together with a blackened doom sound for music that captivates me immediately." - Cvlt Nation

"A trio of experimental musicians who are pushing the edges of what can be done with some of the more unique instruments that make up the celestial bodies of rock and roll." - Everything Is Noise