DMP’s Servants of Chaos festival in October 2024 heralded a triumphant return to the stage for ferocious Black Metal force, SLIDHR. Breaking years of silence, they unleashed a relentless performance which embodied the essence of their unyielding black metal artistry.
Listen and watch below:
On the festival’s second day, SLIDHR took the stage after LIGHT OF THE MORNING STAR, building upon an aura of ominous majesty. Their unrelenting performance, propelled by blistering speed, brought to life both the ferocity of celebrated latest album “White Hart!” and the crushing weight of the band’s earlier works. Adding to the enigmatic atmosphere, Dungeon Synth act GEHEIMNISKNECHT framed the show with an eerie introduction and conclusion, immersing the audience in an esoteric haze.
The video was recorded at the Servants of Chaos Festival on October 18-19, 2024, at Resonanzwerk in Oberhausen, Germany, presented by Debemur Morti Productions and Parasite Gallows Booking, with event recording and postproduction handled by tomanek|media.
SLIDHR live line-up:
JD – vocals, guitar
BE – drums
SD – guitar
AnV – bass
Geheimnisknecht – synth (intro + outro)
Setlist:
01. Sentient Flames Consume
02. Wall of the Reptile
03. Belief Burned as Incense
04. Hex
05. White Hart!
06. What the Gauntlet Bestows
07. The Paupers’ Bones
“The entity of SLIDHR is that of pure hopelessness and desolation. Scion of the Black Stream, flowing into hollow vessels and the miasma to all creatures of the earth. SLIDHR is the illumination of the hidden serpent, removed of its black shroud, draining the vitality of very existence itself.
An understanding of SLIDHR is an understanding of the overwhelming essence of death.
SLIDHR is the exultation to a dead realm, itself a spark in a realm of nothingness, so far removed from recurring banality. It is creeping death enveloping the empty body of man, a great plague decimating mortal unity.”
Formed in 2005 and hailing from Dublin, Ireland, SLIDHR is an immersive maelstrom of venomously misanthropic Black Metal. The band’s name derives from the Sliðr, a river flowing through Hel, the land of the dead in Norse mythology – a moniker which befits their dark enigmatic power.
Founded as a solo project by artist, tattooist and bassist/guitarist/vocalist Joseph Deegan, since 2013 the band has featured Icelandic drummer Bjarni Einarsson (SINMARA, ALMYRKVI) and more recently bassist Stefan Dietz.
Following the 2006 cassette release of “Demo 1” (Debemur Morti Productions), the band has unleashed two full-length albums – “Deluge” (2013, DMP) and “The Futile Fires Of Man” (2018, Ván Records) – in addition to two EPs and two split releases. The abyssal atmosphere of these records in combination with furiously intense select live performances at festivals such as Inferno, Prague Death Mass, Caledonian Darkness and Ascension has established SLIDHR as a force to be reckoned with.
A highly-anticipated third long player entitled “White Hart!” was released via DMP at the end of 2023.
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