Folterkammer Share New Song “Anno Domina,” Launch Album Preorders
Operatic black metal stars Folterkammer just dropped preorders for their forthcoming record Weibermacht and shared a vieo for the song “Anno Domina.”
Out April 19 via Century Media Records, the band’s sophomore album promises to be weord and wonderful. Their new single features guest harpsichord from Imperial Triumphant bassist Steve Blanco. The vide was directed by drummer Brendan McGowan.
The record is meant as a companion album and counterpart to the 2020 Folterkammer album Die Lederpredigt. It has weird, modern, avante garde, and folk elements that somehow all still work together.
Frontwoman Andromeda Anarchia says about the freshly released track:
“AD stands for Anno Domini, Latin for ‘in the year of the Lord,’ signifying Christ’s birth year. With Christian terms traditionally linking to male dominance, Folterkammer find such expressions irksome and strive to reject misogynistic ideologies. Playfully reinterpreting, they coined ‘Anno Domina’ (the year of the dominatrix) symbolizing the era of female supremacy against institutionalized superstition and sexism. The term reflects rebellion and aligns with ‘Weibermacht’s’ themes of BDSM and femdom.”
She adds, “The song captures this mood of awakening, with the ringing of bells, the counting of whips… and a wonderful harpsichord solo, played by none other than the bassist of Imperial Triumphant, who is actually a trained jazz pianist, Steve Blanco.”
Drummer and filmmaker Brendan McGowan says:
“‘The ‘Anno Domina’ video takes the refined baroque aesthetic, draped in its Catholic vestments, and blasphemes it against a cyberpunk future in leathered indecorous lechery.”
The band say about the video:
“After the last single, ‘Das Peitschengedicht,’ we once again work with the symbolism and expressiveness of the whip: an elegant torture instrument, delicate at the tip, but also very sharp and painful, used to set things in motion and drive them forward or to punish stagnation or slow progress.
“Andromeda captivates right from the start with pure bel canto singing. She deliberately wrote a verse melody that stretches over two octaves from the beginning, making it a vocal challenge. On a symbolic level, it was intended to stand for something sophisticated, virtuoso, strong and even superior; Andromeda’s way of smashing the patriarchy.
“The kinky lyrics speak of how men are at the mercy of women and of the submissiveness demanded of men, who are henceforth to devote themselves entirely to the well-being and celebration of women.”
Folterkammer U.S. Tour Dates (w/ Witching):
03/22: Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery
03/23: Richmond, VA @ Another Round
03/24: Columbus, OH @ The Summit
03/25: Chattanooga, TN @ Dark Roast
03/26: Nashville, TN @ The End
03/27: Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle
03/28: Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge
03/29: Cleveland, OH @ No Class
03/30: Brooklyn, NY @ Kingsland
