Proscriptor McGovern
Various Videos Of ABSU - Practitioners & Innovators Of Mythological Occult Metal Since 1991.
Proscriptor McGovern
Various Videos Of ABSU - Practitioners & Innovators Of Mythological Occult Metal Since 1991.
Proscriptor McGovern
ABSU Unites With ZEMIAL For “The Sun Of Tiphareth”
30th Anniversary Tour
Mythological occult metal act & Agonia Records recording act ABSU will return to the stage in 2025 for a series of concert performances to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the band’s acclaimed second album, “The Sun of Tiphareth.” Joining Proscriptor will be none other than Greek veterans ZEMIAL in completing the formidable new line–up. Hell’s Heroes VII Festival in Houston, Texas (March 20–22) will host the first major festival performance followed by additional (global) dates to be announced.
Proscriptor remarks: “2025 will memorialize 30 years of ABSU’s sophomore invocation ‘The Sun of Tiphareth,’ an album that represents the metaphysical association between phenomenon and noumenon – illusory versus tangible. Within its augmented sense of arcane determination, this album furthered the mythological occult metal approach. Of chaos, the Deep will respond.”
He continues: “My alliance with Vorskaath (ex–Agatus/ex–Varathron) dates back to 1991, as we have been traversing parallel paths ever since – culminating in my joining ZEMIAL on stage in 2019 and Vorskaath joining PROSCRIPTOR MCGOVERN’S APSÛ as keyboardist for the sole album under that name. Therefore, it made utter sense to unite ZEMIAL’s power trio with this reincarnation of ABSU. Ultimately, it is a great honor to feature Vorskaath and company, in joining me, to convey these Tipharethian rites on stage.”
Vorskaath recently said about the upcoming collaboration:
“’The Sun of Tiphareth’ represents my personal favorite album by ABSU, and through my close contact with Proscriptor, Shaftiel and Equitant, I was able to witness its inceptive creation: from the rehearsal stages until the album’s official release. I look forward to present an accurately thunderous rendition of this black/thrash colossus.”
To coincide with the performances, a deluxe 30th anniversary edition release is scheduled next year via Osmose Productions.
Photo Acknowledgments:
Michał Kaczkowski
Tsvetelin Krastev
Stefan Raduta
ABSU & PROSCRIPTOR MCGOVERN’S APSÛ:
Website: absu.us/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/officialabsu
Twitter: twitter.com/absunetwork
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/absu
Bandcamp: absu.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: instagram.com/officialabsu
YouTube: youtube.com/user/OfficialABSUChannel
Reverbnation: www.reverbnation.com/absu
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/3eVkhnD2UKVjX5uiUsqfXP
ZEMIAL:
Facebook: facebook.com/ZemialOfficial
Bandcamp: zemial.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: instagram.com/zemial_official
YouTube: youtube.com/@Zemial
Linktree: linktr.ee/zemial
Osmose Productions:
Website: osmoseproductions.com/
Webshop: osmoseproductions.com/index.cfm
Facebook: facebook.com/osmoseproductions
Twitter: twitter.com/OsmoseProd
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/osmoseproductions
Bandcamp: https:/osmoseproductions.bandcamp.com
Instagram: instagram.com/osmoseproductions
YouTube: youtube.com/@osmoseproductions-official
Agonia Records:
Website: agoniarecords.com/
Webshop: agoniarecords.com/store
Facebook: facebook.com/agoniarecords
Twitter/X: twitter.com/agoniarecords
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/agoniarecords
Bandcamp: agoniarecords.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: instagram.com/agoniarecordsofficial
YouTube: youtube.com/AgoniaRec
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OUT NOW! ABSU - Return To...Return Of The Ancients: 1990-1991 / Gatefold 2XLP Crypt 114
LABEL SYNOPSIS:
Over 80+ minutes of previously unreleased ABSU / AZATHOTH alternate rehearsal outtakes and studio sessions (including The Temples Of Offal rough mix) recorded between 1990-1991. Carefully selected by the band, digitally transferred from cassette and meticulously mastered for optimal sound while still retaining their rawness, these tracks are being made available for the first time ever (Limited to 500 copies world-wide). When ordering please specify: classic black vinyl, clear vinyl or marble vinyl.
*ALL PRICES ARE POST PAID WORLDWIDE. (NOTE: Potential customers in Australia, Mexico, Central/South America and Asia MUST consult with me before finalizing purchase)
$28.00 USA (Media Mail)
$32.00 USA (Priority Mail)
$50.00 WORLD
Payment Must Be Made Through PayPal At The Following Address, Using The “Friends/Family” Option And Please Provide Mailing Address Within The Note Field:
ifernain_1@hotmail.com
SIDE A - ABSU:
01 Dawn Of Invocation – Mid 1991: Session 1
02 Immortal Sorcery – Mid 1991: Session 2
03 Eternal Rest – Mid 1991: Session 2
04 Dawn Of Invocation – Mid 1991: Session 2
05 Immortal Sorcery – Mid 1991: Session 3
06 Eternal Rest – Mid 1991: Session 3
07 Immortal Sorcery – Mid 1991: Session 4
SIDE B - ABSU:
08 Eternal Rest – Mid 1991: Session 4
09 Dawn Of Invocation – Mid 1991: Session 4
10 Immortal Sorcery – Mid 1991: Session 5
11 Eternal Rest – Mid 1991: Session 5
12 Dawn Of Invocation – Mid 1991: Session 5
13 Immortal Sorcery – Early 1991: Session 6
14 Eternal Rest – Early 1991: Session 6 (Instrumental)
SIDE C - ABSU:
15 Dawn Of Invocation – Early 1991: Session 6
16 Immortal Sorcery – Early 1991: Session 7
17 Eternal Rest – Early 1991: Session 7
18 Dawn Of Invocation – Early 1991: Session 7
19 Immortal Sorcery – November 23, 1991: 7” EP Rough Mix
20 Sumerian Sands (The Silence) – November 23, 1991: 7” EP Rough Mix
21 Disembodied – November 23, 1991: 7” EP Rough Mix
SIDE D - AZATHOTH:
22 The Old Ones – Late 1990: Session 1
23 Abhorred Xul – Late 1990: Session 2
24 Immortal Sorcery – Late 1990: Session 2
25 Immortal Sorcery – Early 1990: Session 3 (Backing Vocals: Russ Givens)
26 Immortal Sorcery – Early 1990: Session 4
27 Immortal Sorcery – Early 1990: Session 5
28 Sea Of Glasya – Early 1990: Session 6 (First Version)
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OUT NOW! ABSU - Return To...Return Of The Ancients: 1990-1991 / Gatefold 2XLP Crypt 114
LABEL SYNOPSIS:
Over 80+ minutes of previously unreleased ABSU / AZATHOTH alternate rehearsal outtakes and studio sessions (including The Temples Of Offal rough mix) recorded between 1990-1991. Carefully selected by the band, digitally transferred from cassette and meticulously mastered for optimal sound while still retaining their rawness, these tracks are being made available for the first time ever (Limited to 500 copies world-wide). When ordering please specify: classic black vinyl, clear vinyl or marble vinyl.
*ALL PRICES ARE POST PAID WORLDWIDE. (NOTE: Potential customers in Australia, Mexico, Central/South America and Asia MUST consult with me before finalizing purchase)
$28.00 USA (Media Mail)
$32.00 USA (Priority Mail)
$50.00 WORLD
Payment Must Be Made Through PayPal At The Following Address, Using The “Friends/Family” Option And Please Provide Mailing Address Within The Note Field:
ifernain_1@hotmail.com
SIDE A - ABSU:
01 Dawn Of Invocation – Mid 1991: Session 1
02 Immortal Sorcery – Mid 1991: Session 2
03 Eternal Rest – Mid 1991: Session 2
04 Dawn Of Invocation – Mid 1991: Session 2
05 Immortal Sorcery – Mid 1991: Session 3
06 Eternal Rest – Mid 1991: Session 3
07 Immortal Sorcery – Mid 1991: Session 4
SIDE B - ABSU:
08 Eternal Rest – Mid 1991: Session 4
09 Dawn Of Invocation – Mid 1991: Session 4
10 Immortal Sorcery – Mid 1991: Session 5
11 Eternal Rest – Mid 1991: Session 5
12 Dawn Of Invocation – Mid 1991: Session 5
13 Immortal Sorcery – Early 1991: Session 6
14 Eternal Rest – Early 1991: Session 6 (Instrumental)
SIDE C - ABSU:
15 Dawn Of Invocation – Early 1991: Session 6
16 Immortal Sorcery – Early 1991: Session 7
17 Eternal Rest – Early 1991: Session 7
18 Dawn Of Invocation – Early 1991: Session 7
19 Immortal Sorcery – November 23, 1991: 7” EP Rough Mix
20 Sumerian Sands (The Silence) – November 23, 1991: 7” EP Rough Mix
21 Disembodied – November 23, 1991: 7” EP Rough Mix
SIDE D - AZATHOTH:
22 The Old Ones – Late 1990: Session 1
23 Abhorred Xul – Late 1990: Session 2
24 Immortal Sorcery – Late 1990: Session 2
25 Immortal Sorcery – Early 1990: Session 3 (Backing Vocals: Russ Givens)
26 Immortal Sorcery – Early 1990: Session 4
27 Immortal Sorcery – Early 1990: Session 5
28 Sea Of Glasya – Early 1990: Session 6 (First Version)
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NEW RELEASES:
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PROSCRIPTOR MCGOVERN’S APSÛ Premieres Lyric/Visualizer Video For “Every Watchtower Within Is The Axis Of A Watchtower Without” (Abridged Single Version)
“Mythological occult metal” act Proscriptor McGovern’s Apsû premieres a lyric/visualizer video for the third single taken from their debut/self-titled album, which is out now on Agonia Records. The song and video “symbolize a Fourth–Dimensional Universe in two dimensions as a square surrounded by 30 concentric circles,” as commented by the band's founder, Proscriptor. Watch the video and learn more about its symbolism.
“The 30 concentric circles are known as the 30 Æthyrs or Aires,” Proscriptor continues. “The Watchtower Ritual (Liber Chanokh) consists of two ‘Adeptus Minor’ parts, which features an opening within and a closing without. The opening begins with three sacramental sections:
A) Invoking The Watchtowers (four quadrangle vibrations)
B) Rending The Veils (centralized self-placement of the multiverse)
C) Forming The Vortex (Crossing The Abyss)
Rending the veils places the ceremonialist to a South altar, which becomes the traversing process. Therefore, an anti–clockwise widdershin dissipates the vortex and the ritual’s temple is finally closed – classified as a totemic threshold. This lyrical machine, of the aforementioned topic, is so subtle that the most highly sensitized mind antennae cannot pick up its grossest vibrations. The spirit of magick remains inviolate, but the act of separating the self from any past shadow (and of fusing its essence with future semblance) is the act requiring noble skill – for it must be willfully achieved.”
Touted as one of the most important bands in the history of American Black Metal, Absu was dissolved by drummer/vocalist Proscriptor McGovern (Russ R. Givens) on January 27th, 2020, after 30 years of existence. Since the band’s last, unreleased album was to be penned as “Apsû,” McGovern fused the title with his name to form this new group, Proscriptor McGovern’s Apsû. Securing the ranks, alongside McGovern, are continuing bassist Ezezu (Absu: 2008-2020), new guitar virtuoso Vaggreaz (Possessed, Gruesome) and keyboardist Vorskaath (Zemial, Agatus).
The self-titled debut album was chronicled at studios around the world with final mixing handled in Dallas, Texas by both McGovern and J.T. Longoria (Absu, King Diamond, Solitude Aeternus) and mastering by Swedish Grammy nominee Karl Daniel Lidén in Sweden. The album also features guest appearances from Ross Friedman (Ross The Boss, ex-Manowar), Rune Eriksen (Aura Noir, Vltimas, ex-Mayhem), Alex Colin-Tocquaine (Agressor) and The Dark (Agatus).
In assembling the album’s packaging, the band re-commissioned the expertise of renowned Polish artist Zbigniew Bielak (Darkthrone, Portal, Watain).
Track listing for “Proscriptor McGovern’s Apsû” is:
I. Amenta: Accelerando: Azyn including Hierophantasmal Expounder
II. Esoterically Excoriating The Exoteric
III. Quasaric Pestilence
IV. Mirroracles
V. In-Betweeness Gateway Commuters
VI. Jupiter In Capricornus
VII. Dedicated To Thoth, But Azathoth Wasn’t Listening (A Necroloquy)
VIII. Caliginous Whorl
IX. The Coagulating Respite
X. Prana: Therion: Akasha
XI. Tantrums Of Azag-Kkû
XII. Every Watchtower Within Is The Axis Of A Watchtower Without including Totemic Thresholds
PROSCRIPTOR MCGOVERN’S APSÛ is:
Proscriptor McGovern – Drums/Percussion, Lyricism, Maestro Echoplex, Papago Flute, Digital Synthesizers & Voices (Protagonist/Dramatic Monologue Versus Omniscient/Interior Monologue)
Vorskaath – (Analogue & Digital) Synthesizers, Classical/Acoustic Guitar, Mellotron & Signal Generator
Vaggreaz – Electric Lead, Rhythm, Acoustic & Bass Guitar
Ezezû – Electric Bass Guitar & Implements
Official Website:
www.apsu.us
PROSCRIPTOR MCGOVERN’S APSÛ on-line:
Website: absu.us
Facebook: www.facebook.com/officialabsu
Twitter: twitter.com/absunetwork
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/absu
Bandcamp: absu.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: instagram.com/officialabsu
YouTube: youtube.com/user/OfficialABSUChannel
Reverbnation: www.reverbnation.com/absu
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/3eVkhnD2UKVjX5uiUsqfXP
Agonia Records:
Website: agoniarecords.com
Webshop: agoniarecords.com/store
Facebook: facebook.com/agoniarecords
Twitter: twitter.com/agoniarecords
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/agoniarecords
Bandcamp: agoniarecords.bandcamp.com
Instagram: instagram.com/agoniarecordsofficial
YouTube: youtube.com/AgoniaRec
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