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DUNKELHEIT PRODUKTIONEN is proud to present LASTER's highly anticipated second album, Ons vrije fatum. In 2014, DUNKELHEIT released LASTER's debut album, De verste verte is hier, and it went on to be hailed as a visionary work of modern black metal, blending grimness and gorgeousness in equal measure. Here on Ons vrije fatum, the Dutch trio strive for an even bolder vision, maximizing the emotional pull of its epic predecessor by focusing its tracks in impact and density whilst exploring an even wider expanse of atmospheric possibility. It's a record that explodes with a harrowing harshness, particularly in the vocal department, but which peels back its layers as the album progresses - and yet adds more, mysterious layers during its duration. Its violence, its ceaseless sturm und drang, is firmly rooted within black metal, but LASTER's increasingly ambitious approach strives for hinterlands of the soul & spirit not conventionally nor conveniently labelled "black metal." Along these paths of exploration and exhilaration, Ons vrije fatum sends one cascading wave of autumnal, almost-baroque bliss after another; tension ever mounting, often covering a hysteric and nearly wounded sense of loss, it is then released with spiraling swooshes of intricately layered guitars and brooding bass, all to be built up again and explored in myriad manners. Contrary to the epic swerving of De verste verte is hier, LASTER move and swivel past the ennui of settling for too long, yet tentatively embrace awe-inspiring constructs while keeping touches light - all the while adding subtle flourishes of electronics and even saxophone. Through it all, Ons vrije fatum maintains a production and a drive that ably balance grit and gleam, grounded in the dirt though with eyes wide open to the sun setting on horizons known. With aesthetic ties to Agalloch, Strid, and early Ulver, nowhere this year will you find a more penetrating emotional rollercoaster than LASTER's Ons vrije fatum.

Track Listing

Sales Points

• Recorded and mixed at Catacomben Studios in Utrecht (The Netherlands)
• The second album! A record with soul & spirit that goes deep under the skin!
• The dutch band who create a unique music called >>obscure dance music<<
• Mastered by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY (Germany)

Press Quotes

'Yes, we are satisfied. With Our Free Fatum has Defamation our opinion won the wild card towards the top. The band has a unique job that can not be easily put into genres.' - 92/100

     —Mitchell Scheerder, Ragherrie.com

'This record is a must for lovers of Lifelover, Terzij The Horde, Alcest and Enslaved. For me, a gain in the Dutch and English post-black metal track.' - 90/100

     —Sander, Metalfan.nl

'... it really is a unique experience. Obscure Dance Music.' - 8,5/10

     —Massimo Argo, Metaleyes

'Stretches of shimmering ambiance and abrasive layers of guitar suddenly shift into introspective, dreary melodies and slower passages without warning' - Excellent

     —Chris Dahlberg, Tometal.com

'Why do not you anticipate it: This album is breathtaking, simply brilliant...' - 9/10

     —Björn Backes, Powermetal.de

'The compositions are invariably of a very high level, and this goes for the musical qualities of the men. 'Ons vrije fatum' 'is an absolutely high-quality product from Dutch soil...' - 90/100

     —Remco Kreft, Rockmuzine.nl

'Between euphoria and ennui, Laster have manifest their discoveries in a multifaceted album that is as ambitious as it is impressive.' - 7/10

     —Jason Guest, The Midland Rocks

'Laster deliever with 'Ons vrije fatum' a unique and original album that deserves all praise.' - 90/100

     —Kevin, Lords of Metal

'Who successed to create such a record, definitely deserve a high amount of attention and applause, this is art - point.' - 4.8/5.0

     —Marc Nickel, Handwritten-Mag.de