Plant-based metal avant-gardists Botanist have released a blooming new track entitled, “Epidendrum Nocturnum.” The title refers to a nocturnal species of the orchid family. Botanist’s new album VIII: Selenotrope drops May 19.
Botanist states:
“For ‘VIII: Selenotrope’, I wanted to limit myself to only dulcimers, drums, bass and voice”, mastermind Otrebor explains. “For the voice, I decided to have an album without any screams or harsh vocals whatsoever, and instead to rely on the whispers that speak to the listener as messages in a dreamlike state. As the album progresses, melodic choirs are increasingly introduced. These choirs, which have progressed in form and presence since I started Botanist, see their biggest role ever on ‘VIII: Selenotrope’. The song ‘Epidendrum Nocturnum’ is one of the album’s darker pieces. Its churning main section gives way to a cathartic landscape in which whispered elements underpin melodic choral paeans to flora that bloom in moonlight.”
VIII: Selenotrope is Botanist’s eleventh full length record. The band currently consists of Otrebor who handles hammered dulcimer, drums, vocals, and bass.
