Anonymous duo Blightcaster have announced the release of the self-titled debut album which will be out on October 21st via Aisha Devi’s Danse Noire. According to their bio, Based between Melbourne and London, Blightcaster takes its name from the fantasy trading card, Magic: The Gathering, but the game stops there. The no-fi, speedgore, power electronics, hardcore band began in the dank privacy of a southeast London basement in 2016, before being cut short by an expired visa and a return to Australia for one of its members. A handful of years and a global pandemic later, the two had the opportunity to finish their work remotely.
The result is the self-titled album recorded using whatever they had – a broken laptop, cracked software, a cheap synth and buggy contact mic. It’s the sound of life in the crumbling hell-realm of reality, where ruin and plague meet magic.
“Weaponised Banter” is the new excerpt. Listen below.