Named after Siberia’s northernmost city, home of a famous heavy metal smelting complex, Norilsk is a doom-death band from Gatineau QC, Canada. At its core, the band includes Nicolas Miquelon (bass, guitars, vocals, lyrics) and Nick Richer (drums, backing vocals), whose names are associated with various groups including Outrage AD, Damnus, Doll and Kintra.
After self-releasing a first EP in 2014, Norilsk signed with Hypnotic Dirge Records and released their first album, "The Idea of North", in March 2015. This album is the extension of the professional sound, Nordic themes, and striking imagery developed on the EP – and expanded to a proper full length.
“The Idea of North” is a doom-death album crafted for the winter season: it has slow and crushing riffs, death growls, and atmospheric arrangements. An evocation of an ominous presence over a vast wasteland, “The Idea of North” is a massive offering that triggers the imagination. Its music draws comparison with doom-death bands such as My Dying Bride, Morgion and Ablaze in Hatred, but it also has a few atmospheric sludge/post metal elements reminiscent of Isis and Morne.
More Norlisk:
norilskdoom.bandcamp.com