Reborn in Opposition

After over half of a year’s silence, I - Prokingu, bassist of Humut Tabal and Morgengrau, among others - have seen it fit to resurrect this blog, and due to an irritating administrative error on Blogger’s behalf that prohibits editing the previous blog, I have composed a separate chronicle that serves as a continuation of the previous one: Unconventional Aspects. There have been many happenings in the HT and Morgengrau camps over the last few months, all of which will be reported upon accordingly.

Humut Tabal:

It was an extremely busy year for Humut Tabal that saw us releasing our (very well-received) split with our brothers in Plutonian Shore and gigging constantly.  These gigs included opening up for my personal favorite metal band, the mighty Absu - a wholly fulfilling experience - as well as playing the second annual Gathering of Bestial Vengeance festival which was easily our craziest crowd to date, with pits and violence aplenty.  We also gained our keyboardist, Bakeneko, who is an excellent addition to Humut Tabal.  We have three upcoming shows booked, which can be listed below along with Morgengrau shows.  We await these dates with great anticipation, and will be unleashing more surprises in the near future.  A video was filmed for "Ode to Misanthropy - This I Swear!", which has generated a decent amount of buzz.  As of this writing, it has been viewed over 500 times on YouTube.  I will do a separate post about press generated about Humut Tabal and Morgengrau, for the record.

Morgengrau:

Morgengrau has been hard at work, writing more material and getting ready to record our album in the spring.  We have two dates booked for the coming months, one on February 25th at Zombies in San Antonio with Vesperian Sorrow, Birth A.D., Plutonian Shore, and Emperial Massacre, and one on April 13th in Austin with Mexican death/grinders Rottenness.  We did two dates last year that were received very well, and we hope to deliver on all upcoming shows.

Argeiphontes:

Argeiphontes was the name of a death/doom project that I started that served as a continuation of the enigmatic PKT, although it is put on hold for now after some initial recordings were made.  Perhaps I will continue this project sometime in the future, although I wouldn't count on it due to notable events taking place in my personal life that have made me unable to continue Argeiphontes for the time being. 

Plutonian Shore:

Although I am not a member of this band, I did a guest vocal appearance on their excellent new album, "Lunar Rites", on the track "Scrying the Night Shadows".  You can acquire it through the Dread Lair or the band itself.  Supporting Plutonian Shore would be highly recommended, as they represent the best of newer Texas black metal.  You can hear the aforementioned track here.

A complete list of shows can be found here:

February 10th - Humut Tabal - Headhunter's in Austin with The Black Moriah and Vex
February 11th - Humut Tabal - Smiley's Ballroom in Harlingen - A Day in the Valley of Death Fest
February 25th - Morgengrau - Zombies in San Antonio with Vesperian Sorrow and Birth A.D.
March 24th - Humut Tabal - Beerland in Austin with Vex and Feral Rex
April 13th - Morgengrau - Dirty Dog in Austin with Rottenness

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