KHÔRA is an international Cosmic Black/Death Metal band offering an atmospheric, sinister and orchestral journey. Initially a one-man band created in 2012 by Ole (ex-AUTOKRATOR) and author of a demo in 2016, the band took shape with the recruitment of Vasilis Kranos (SAVAOTH) on vocals and Lars E. Måløy (DØDHEIMSGARD) on bass. The debut album “Timaeus” was released in 2020 (Soulseller Records).
KHÔRA returns in 2025 with a new album and a new line-up: Ole has surrounded himself with Frenchman Frédéric Gervais (ORAKLE, COR SERPENTII) on vocals, Swede Göran Setitus (ex-SETHERIAL, SVARTGHAST) on bass, and a new orchestrator in the person of Kjetil Ytterhus (PROFANE BURIAL, HAIMAD); he also includes other well-known guest artists from the metal scene: Rune ‘Blasphemer’ Eriksen (ex-MAYHEM), Kristian Niemann (ex-THERION), Wolfgang Rothbauer (live BELPHEGOR), André ‘Cosmocrator’ Søgnen (THE WRETCHED END) and many more!
“Ananke”, which was released on May 2nd, is a conjonction between Black-Metal’s ruthless intensity, orchestral music’s grandeur and more progressive / avant-garde elements. Revolving around slithering arpeggios, poundering creative drums and a symphonic background, its 10 tracks feature both harsh and dramatic clean vocals exploring mythological themes based on Goddess Ananke, the Orphic personification of inevitability.
Mixed and mastered in France by Frédéric Gervais at Studio Henosis (IN THE WOODS, MONOLITHE, MISANTHROPE, PENSÉES NOCTURNES…)
“Ananke” tracklist:
1. Empyreal Spindle
2. Legion of the Moirai
3. Wrestling with the Gods
4. In the Throes of Ascension
5. Arcane Creation
6. On a Starpath
7. The Sentinel
8. Supernal Light
9. Crowned
10. Q.E.D
