{"product_id":"nightbearer-defiance-1","title":"Nightbearer - Defiance [Blue \u0026 Black Marble]","description":"\u003cp\u003eNIGHTBEARER return with their crushing third full-length \"Defiance\". The German death dealers from the City of Paderborn in Eastern Westphalia have hammered out an album that retains their signature HM-2 chainsaw guitar sound and also maintains their unapologetic love for melodic death metal of the Swedish kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Defiance\" also marks another step in the careful but steady evolution of their sound by adding a black passage here and a doom-spiced moment there to their old school sound. The result is an overall much more atmospheric album, which perfectly suits it's lyrical concept.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album is directly inspired by the renowned \"His Dark Materials\" trilogy of books by English author Sir Philip Pullman. The lyrics revolve on a deeper level of meaning around humanity's emancipation from oppression by religion. When NIGHTBEARER were formed by vocalist Michael Torka and guitarist Dominik Hellmuth in 2017, they were driven by a fervent love for old school death metal and it's golden age in the glorious 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing the 5-track EP \"Stories from Beyond\" (2018), their debut full-length album \"Tales of Sorcery and Death\" (2019) immediately scored a top ten position (#8) in the soundcheck of Germany Rock Hard magazine amid general critical acclaim. With their sophomore studio album \"Ghosts of a Darkness to Come\" (2022), NIGHTBEARER expanded their lyrical themes to conceptual size by taking their listeners on a journey into the dark events of Robert Jordan's epic saga 'The Wheel of Time'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith their third and most complete full-length to date, NIGHTBEARER display a perfect sense of timing by offering the world a death metal act of \"Defiance\" based on the \"His Dark Materials\" trilogy!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54211846766921,"sku":"884388889422","price":0.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/7329\/9785\/files\/4421532-3383327.jpg?v=1776399180","url":"https:\/\/vintagespinvinyl.com\/products\/nightbearer-defiance-1","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}