Nov 27

ICS Vortex To Handle Vocals On God Of Atheists LP

Posted by Chris Harris on November 27, 2011 in New Records, News

Marta is psyched

Former Dimmu Borgir and current Borknagar member ICS Vortex will handle lead vocals on the upcoming debut album from God of Atheists, the Norwegian extreme metal band led by Asgeir Mickelson of Borknagar.

Drums on the CD were recorded by Trym, according to Blabbermouth, while the rhythm guitars were laid down by Mickelson.

Commented Asgeir: “God of Atheists is the extreme metal project which I wrote most of the music for in 2008. One song were originally written for Borknagar back in 2004, but was never finished, so I rewrote it and it’s now way too brutal for Borknagar’s style. The overall style is kind of ‘Norwegian black metal done death metal.’ It’s brutal but also very melodic.

“Both Mr. Vortex and I are looking forward to work on this album the upcoming months, and I’m sure Vortex’s awesome vocal style will add a new dimension to the songs. I just need to write some venomous lyrics first… Thankfully, there’s a lot of venom in my head…”

He added, “And if you like a project with Trym, Vortex and me, I think you will like the other musicians who’ve agreed to play on it.”

I am very much looking forward to hearing this. Seriously. You should too, if you know what’s good for ya.

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Chris Harris is an internationally-published music journalist and writer whose work has appeared on the pages of Rolling Stone, IFC.com, Revolver, Alternative Press, and Radar. The former news editor for Noisecreep.com, AOL’s heavy metal blog, Harris also served as co-host for the site’s weekly podcast, “Creep Show." Harris spent four years as a reporter and on-air talent for MTV News.