KEKHT ARÄKH - Pale Swordsman LP Black Metal This album happens to be

This album happens to be my first conscious connection with Sudanese music

Features a guest appearance from LORI GOLDSTON (EARTH) on cello

The band had completed a full US tour in the summer

largely independent of institutions and groups

KEKHT ARÄKH - Pale Swordsman LP Black Metal This album happens to beKkht Arkh is the Ukrainian project founded in 2018 by Dmitry Marchenko. Originally released on the Finnish label Livor Mortis in 2021, Pale Swordsman goes to even greater extents in building a bold and atmospheric sonic palette, and it's now seeing a worldwide reissue via Brooklyn label Sacred Bones. For the sound design of the album, Dmitry was inspired by The Stooges' Raw Power to deliver a more soft sounding album, decisively less "metal".