The new NOCTURNIS music video, Tituba, introduces a song built around a recurring, almost ritual vocal line. Taken from Drangsal, due November 6 through Fetzner Death Records, the track connects an individual account of persecution to the album’s wider examination of witch trials.
The song takes its name from Tituba, an enslaved woman who was among the first women accused during the Salem witch trials in 1692. The announcement describes her as a scapegoat for a frightened community and identifies her confession, extracted under pressure, as a force that propelled the trials. Its description of the repeating vocal line emphasizes a similar sense of confinement: the phrase keeps returning without offering a way out.
That subject runs through Drangsal. Across eight tracks, NOCTURNIS address accusation, trial, execution by fire and the continuing effects of persecution. The sequence begins with Liturgie and closes with the nine-minute title track, following that arc without a resolution that offers escape.
Lead guitarist Vincent Padrutt handled recording and production internally. Nikita Kamprad of Der Weg Einer Freiheit is credited with drum recording, mixing and mastering. The recording location is listed as Weißmann Studios in Würzburg. Daniel Andersson created the album artwork, Viewfromthecoffin designed the logo, and Maren Rosenberger supplied the photography.
Pre-orders are available on jewel-case CD and cassette, with a separate album pre-order page on Bandcamp.
- Liturgie
- Tituba
- Thaumaturg
- Düsternis
- Der Letzte Hort
- Das Licht Der Nächsten Sonne
- Dämmernis
- Drangsal
Formed in 2019, NOCTURNIS are a five-piece black metal band from the Black Forest region of southern Germany. Their music combines atmospheric intensity with historically informed concepts. Their earlier releases include the independently released Aporia EP from 2020 and their first full-length, Unsegen, issued through Black Sunset in 2022. The announcement notes that those releases brought underground attention and favorable metal press reviews.
The band’s live background includes supporting appearances for Suffocation, Thron, Kanonenfieber, Grima and Agathodaimon.
NOCTURNIS comprise Matthias Störck on vocals, Lukas Wenzel on rhythm guitar, Vincent Padrutt on lead guitar, Dirk Schoening on bass and Jonas Feger on drums.
