Unhalig is a solo black metal and ambient music project from New Zealand. It is strongly influenced by Burzum, early Darkthrone, and the ambient music of Ildjarn, all seminal Norwegian black metal projects from the early 1990s.
The music is mostly synthesised using audio software, with an attempt to mimic the raw, primitive feel of its influences. Most of it is available free for download in MP3 format.
Tom Nicol has made a terrific alternative cover in pixel art style for Black Lake, one of the songs off the Unholy album.
Progress on the new album, Pastorale, continues slowly. Music from Unholy has been used in promoting the moonlight photography of Barney Brewster. See the music page for more details.
The show at The Royal went very well, and I was privileged and humbled to open for Chamber of Din, Project: Blood, Depths, and Nutellamonk. A live audio recording of the show by Russell Kinch is available on the music page, and photographs by Hayley Singh on the photos page. Thank you to everyone who came out!
There will be a live solo performance with backing tracks at The Royal in Palmerston North on the 9th of October, 2010. The set list will be Unholy, Black Lake, and the title track from the upcoming album Pastorale.
The next Unhalig album, Pastorale, is in the works. You can hear a rough mix of the intro track here, and see the tentative album art here.
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