Blood Of The Black Owl

A Feral Spirit” 2008 Evolution, both through introspective and extroverted means is a bold form of personal growth and sacrifice. It takes someone truly brave to look deep within and want to uncover the horrors that reside and face them, pick them apart, and replace the blackened strands of damage, with icons of healing and perseverance. Blood of the Black Owl has always been the last bastion of evolution when it comes to metal music and the surrounding genres, but with Chet W. Scott’s 2nd full-length opus, “A Feral Spirit”, his craft has transcended all descriptive terms and come to a truly inspiring monument of personal and moving music that can only be described as “ritual”. With lyrics penned by Daniel Ellis Harrod, “A Feral Spirit” s the journey of one man’s loss of spirit through addiction and rediscovery of self through both the ancient gods and nature itself. Chet W. Scott’s realization and interpretation of this vision, spills out of his creative soul like warm and vital blood upon the forest floor. Churning drones and horrifying strikes of metal dissonance portray a bleak descent into blackness, only for experimental/folk moments to envelope the listener with warm waves of moss covered reassurance that hope and peace can be discovered in the outward world… Just follow the swirling spirits and sage smoke, as this ritual leads you to the sacred wood of the cedar tree, then further out into the fields where the great Elk grazes in preparation for the drought of winter. Even though you may not fully comprehend the weight, power and full scope of it after one listen, “A Feral Spirit” acts as a truly unique and beautiful release of foul emotions, and replaces the void with sincere healing through unparalleled nature worship and art.
Formed in 2004 by the thunderous clap of Mjolner across the heavens, Blood of the Black Owl (Formerly known as Svart Ugle) is the Heathen journey of sole visionary Chet W. Scott. Widely known for his ritualistic musical exploration, through the woodland transcendence of his solo craft Ruhr Hunter and the heavy drone folk duo The Elemental Chrysalis. Scott has stepped out of the ethereal realm with Blood of the Black Owl to embrace the more destructive and primal elements found in not only nature, but black metal and trance inducing funeral doom as well. With his other musical achievements very much remaining a part of his songwriting style, Blood of the Black Owl is a completely unique entity that utilizes the staples of the aforementioned metal worlds, but makes the entire experience even more spiritually expansive as he explores healing meditations with ritual drumming, eclectic instrumentation and envelops the body of his work with the mysteries of nature through its sounds, imagery and overall atmosphere. From the fertile beginnings of the now sold out 3 song Svart Ugle demo, Chet has grown to fully realize the potential and full creative scope of this musical journey. Evolution. Honor. Nature. Strength. The debut Blood of the Black Owl full-length on Bindrune Recordings features over 70 minutes of bold experimentation and a moss covered appreciation for the olden days of extreme metal. -BINDRUNE RECORDINGS