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First solo album from Attila Csihar

Inspired by Baalbek-Lebanon

Daniella Layoun by Daniella Layoun
January 9, 2023
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Hungarian extreme Metal vocalist Attila Csihar also known as Void is best known for his vocal work in Norwegian black metal band Mayhem and American drone-doom project Sunn O))). 

Csihar started his solo project Void Ov voices in November 2006, and his first ever solo album is about to be released on 17 February 2023.

Stephen O’Malley from Sunn O))) Said: “For this album Attila traveled to the Monolith of Baalbek archeological site in Lebanon and conducted two sessions. The first was an all night session situated directly across from the massive trillion stones of the Temple of Jupiter. For the second session he recorded directly on one of the 900 tons trillions a few km from the temple site.

A work in progress for ten years, I am deeply honoured to have the chance to present Attila’s work on Ideologic Organ. He has continued to be an inspiration of what is possible to surprise and develop within the extreme sides of music, in a radical and intelligent way. To say he has been a fundamental inspiration of art music creation is an understatement.”

Excerpt from Attila Csihar’s liner notes: ” I started Void Ov Voices in 2006 to create ritualistic music for the moment, to play only live performances while capturing and interfering with the energy of the space and the time of the location.
The first time I travelled to Lebanon was in 2008 for one particular reason: to visit the Trilitons and the giant Monoliths of Baalbek. I was deeply impressed by the level of ancient civilisations engineering technology and the intense magical atmosphere of the whole area…
… There is a massive plateau in Baalbek made of these sized stones, on top of which the Romans built their famous Jupiter Temple, considered to be one of the largest Roman structures in the world.
Baalbek used to be called The City Of The Sun in ancient times, and I might have one theoretical question: could it be connected to the story of The Tower Of Babel?
There are many stories and theories around these mystical places. But, those stones have been just standing and waiting there in time and space throughout history. And they will be there till the end…
To make recordings as close as possible to these unique structures always triggered my mind.
When finally I could make a recording outdoor on the top of the “Stone of the South” in Baalbek, I fell into a trance kind of meditative state of mind, in that welcoming an enormous ancient energy which is present and is also captured on these recordings. Music is magical itself on many levels as it goes through all of our bodies, not only through the sensations of our ears…

(Hungarian painter) Csontváry Kosztka Tivadar and Baalbek gave me such deep inspiration that in 2012 I decided to travel back to Lebanon to the same ruins to Baalbek to create a ritualistic recording and try to capture that energy for myself and for forever.
I chose this rare painting from Csontváry called “Sacrificial Stone” for the album’s cover artwork. He painted this surrealistic painting in Baalbek too. No debt to me that he was inspired by “The Stone Of The South”, which became the “Sacrificial Stone” in his vision. When I first saw that painting, I could not believe my eyes: in Void Ov Voices, I use blocks of sounds repeatedly to create a wall of sound. I could not visualise my music better than Csontváry on this beautiful painting…”

 

Attila Csihar’s 
“Void Ov Voices : Baalbek”
Gatefold LP + booklet, available for preorder here.

 

Can’t wait to hear this work of art!

Keep it heavy guys! \m/

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Daniella is a Metal enthusiast who's been studying music since she was a kid. She has knowledge in piano and guitar playing as well as vocals. Some of her favorite bands are Arch Enemy, Jinjer, Lamb Of God, Metallica and Unleash The Archers.

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