The members of Velvet Cacoon have supposedly been due to record and release a final album since shortly after Genevieve was unveiled in 2004. It appeared that they had gone into seclusion and abandoned creating music, but their official site recently became active again. Anyway, SGL apparently sent an email to a friend saying that the new album will be released on the 13th of September.
If this actually comes out, and I hope it does, it's probably going to be pretty cool. I hope it's even better than Genevieve. They've had a while to work on this album, and I'm sure they've learned a few things, so my expectations are high. Still, that's assuming this rumor is accurate.
Bah, it's Velvet Cacoon. They love to play mindgames. Who knows when/what/if we'll hear from them, or what the style would be. But if I were gonna make a
"final" album, i'd want it to be 2 discs. And also, i'd want it to represent everything the music was always about. Either way, let's keep our fingers crossed. There's many other albums that are due this year as well, so it's definitely been a good year for music.
During their "final interview" they even said there was one more album. This is it. Chances are it's not a mindgame and it'll actually come out.
By the way, the title is apparently going to be P aa opal Poere Pr. 33.
Sounds like a VC title anyways.
It'd be awesome if it was as huge a leap from Genevieve as that album was from Dextronaut.
as long as it has the drums I'll be happy
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Here's a letter from their news section:
[quote]July 29th, 2007
Hi. We are Velvet Cacoon. We've never addressed you in this way before, but I guess there is a first time for everything! We have some news to tell you. Our 2nd album is coming out soon! It is called "P aa opal Poere Pr. 33" and we think it is a really good album, hehehe :). Maybe you will think the same?
We spent a really long time working on writing interesting black metal music for this album and experimenting with various recording techniques to attain sounds that do not occur naturally in the human environment. It was a slightly difficult process that took us a little over three years but we think it was worth it. It is a very warm and poignant record. "Genevieve" was a harsh, cold record - something for the sea and drugs. The new one is us sounding a little matured, something to cozy up next to the fireplace and enjoy with a pipe and your favorite dark rum.
Our new album will be out on the marvelous Full Moon Productions record company label sometime this autumn, just in time for those rainy drives to your Oregon coast cabin.
Also, a couple months ago a record label called Southern Lord put out a couple of vinyl albums from us. This company has very creative ideas for packaging! You can order them from Southern Lord or Full Moon Productions, or check your local shop.
If you have any questions you can email our record label at [email]general@fmp666.com[/email] or you can email [email]alexis@velvetcacoon.com[/email]
Thank you very much for reading our webpage and for supporting unique black metal music principles, and have a great day!
Alexis
July 31st, 2007
Hey, me again! A lot of e-mails came my way after I updated the site, too many to respond to all. Many people were saying that websites on MySpace were popping up, using the Velvet Cacoon band name and featuring songs supposedly from our new album. Our fans are very sly like that! heeeheee!
As always, the very website you are reading this message on, velvetcacoon.com, will be the only place anyone from the band ever puts any valid and official information up on. It is where you will first hear music from the new album as well, see concert listings, and anything else related to Velvet Cacoon. That should go without saying, but over the years we have managed to acquire some very very obsessive fans who, I guess, think we enjoy their attempts at flattery when we really sorta wish they'd never discovered us in the first place.
Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) the new album is still in post-production and we are looking at a late September/early October release date. As with "Genevieve", there will be no "internet leak" of the album since both we in the band and Full Moon Productions have certain plans in store. So until then, any songs you hear on MySpace or wherever your internets may guide you are not from us or any album we've made.
Velvet Cacoon once made use of MySpace in order to "reveal" a "hoax" about material we "stole" to the largest audience possible, and once that revelation was made we took the site down. We think MySpace is a bit tacky and would never use the site to promote Velvet Cacoon in a serious manner. MySpace is "a place for friends", certainly no place for us.
Furthermore, the website known as MySpace is owned by News Corp. (Rupert Murdoch), who bought MySpace just over two years ago. While this may mean very little to the average teenager who just wants to click away and hear his or her favorite black metal bands putting up their latest and (hopefully) greatest songs, what it really means is that anytime you click on those ads that blink, bounce and generally bombard you on MySpace, you are generating revenue for the same company which has made significant investments in things like:
Wal-Mart
Fox News
George W. Bush
McDonalds
What a fantastic list, no? Those companies eat, sleep, live and breathe black metal ideals!
In the age of convenience where corners are cut and sacrifices are made in the name of ignorance, we just wanted to point this out. Many black metal bands likely contend they are somehow "screwing the system" by using a right-wing, Christian owned website like MySpace to "spread the word of misanthropy and Satan", but we know that's just a deflection of hypocrisy. Why respectable bands continue to invite fans to a website which keeps tabs on the activities and preferences of its registrants in addition to exploiting the "Private Message" feature in the name of "Captive Target Market Research" is beyond us, but we think any band who uses MySpace to promote themselves really cares more about receiving attention than their supposed message.
All it takes is a little research and investigation into the things services and companies you interact with on a daily basis to realize that a lot of them are funded by and supporting causes, ideologies, political and religious groups who aim to disservice you in the end.
But hey, why be bothered with all that seriousness? Black metal is supposed to be fun! I'll stop talking about issues reserved only for scary interviews and mid-gig rants, and finish up by saying thank you very much for using your email application to communicate vocabulary with ourselves.
Alexis
Okay then.
So, there won't be a leak?
... :(
Ooh, a whole month's wait. Duskworlds from Procer Veneficus sounds like a VC record anyway.
Demo of new material:
[code]http://www.mediafire.com/?9tibz3v1tgp[/code]
It's kind of rough, but it sounds a lot like Genevieve.
Would it be appropriate for me to stroke off in public, while listening to that demo?
Hahaha, these guys are so full of **** I love it.
Ho hum, track titles and album cover:
1. 2
2. Claverie
3. Grevona
4. Marylux
5. Oviamoire
6. Sovarine
7. Flouvonne
Yeah, sounds like VC titles alright. Look forward to hearing it all!
What is that, water? Looks pretty sweet.
Photoshop's chrome and wave filters, actually.
man they could at least hire someone awesome (like me) to do their covers
If you've ever been to any of their sites, you'd realize that they're cheap bastards.
black metal lol
But Vamp, they don't wanna be stigmatized by being lumped in with bands like Xasthur and Nargaroth! They said so.
Wouldn't be the first to say that.
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5 days til we know for sure. :)
or sooner ;)
It's not going to leak.
Why so certain?
I'm just pretty sure, especially since we're so close. That and the fact that there are no promos or anything else that usually causes albums to leak.
I'll buy it after I try it.
not evenn review copie?
It would've been leaked by now if it was a review copy. They get sent out about a month before it hits.
Ahh, I see.
MA has track lengths listed now.
1. 2 04:25
2. Claverie 07:39
3. Grevona 06:21
4. Marylux 06:04
5. Oviamoire 09:41
6. Sovarine 03:31
7. Flouvonne 06:21
Huh, weird.
Yeah, how would they know that?
In the tags are right, I'm downloading this on Soulseek right now.
lol... watch it be a re-tagged Procer Veneficus album. Hope it's real though.
Nah, I have no idea what this music is, but it's really weird.
But it's not Velvet Cacoon I take it?
Nope. I wish I knew what it was.
Is it good?