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Every Tree a Gallow

from Urhat by ILLT

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    ILLT is the alter ego of Norwegian composer and guitarist Roy Westad. It’s an uncompromising sandbox and a culmination of decades of passion and love for extreme metal as an artform. His debut album «Urhat» features session musicians from Megadeth, Soilwork, Chrome Division and Nile.

    The album was mixed by Kurt Ballou @ Godcity and mastered by Grammy winning engineer Alan Douches. Roy started out as a guitarist before establishing himself as a film composer back in 2008. Since then, he has been involved in countless film and TV projects, and received the Norwegian Emmy for Best Original Score in 2014.

    But he always held extreme metal close to his heart. In some ways, things are now coming full circle. His background as a guitarist helped form his style as a film composer, and his film scoring career has helped in developing the form of ILLT.

    Now he’s ready to unleash his debut «Urhat» (meaning something like «ancient hate» in Norwegian) on the world, and with him on the album he has Dirk Verbeuren on drums (Megadeth), Speed Strid on vocals (Soilwork), as well as lead guitarists Karl Sanders (Nile) and Mr.Damage from Chrome Division.

    The album is set for release on September 16, 2021, and is an eclectic yet seamless blend of groovy and blackened death/thrash/ doom/rock. Brutal yet melodic, modern yet raw.

    ILLT states: «I have a pretty schizophrenic musical taste, I’m quickly bored, and I hate rules and boundaries. This album was written by pure instinct on my own terms, and the result is a genre-defying and emotional ride through intense riff-based metal.»

    The lyrical themes are centered around anger, hopelessness and contempt for the human race, and deal with the darkest sides of religion, politics and de-evolution.

    Tracklist:

    1. Millennial Judas

    2. Sons Of The Northern Lights

    3. Scythian King

    4. Blood Of The Unbeliever

    5. Every Tree A Gallow

    6. The End Of All Things

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    ILLT is the alter ego of Norwegian composer and guitarist Roy Westad. It’s an uncompromising sandbox and a culmination of decades of passion and love for extreme metal as an artform. His debut album «Urhat» features session musicians from Megadeth, Soilwork, Chrome Division and Nile.

    The album was mixed by Kurt Ballou @ Godcity and mastered by Grammy winning engineer Alan Douches. Roy started out as a guitarist before establishing himself as a film composer back in 2008. Since then, he has been involved in countless film and TV projects, and received the Norwegian Emmy for Best Original Score in 2014.

    But he always held extreme metal close to his heart. In some ways, things are now coming full circle. His background as a guitarist helped form his style as a film composer, and his film scoring career has helped in developing the form of ILLT.

    Now he’s ready to unleash his debut «Urhat» (meaning something like «ancient hate» in Norwegian) on the world, and with him on the album he has Dirk Verbeuren on drums (Megadeth), Speed Strid on vocals (Soilwork), as well as lead guitarists Karl Sanders (Nile) and Mr.Damage from Chrome Division.

    The album is set for release on September 16, 2021, and is an eclectic yet seamless blend of groovy and blackened death/thrash/ doom/rock. Brutal yet melodic, modern yet raw.

    ILLT states: «I have a pretty schizophrenic musical taste, I’m quickly bored, and I hate rules and boundaries. This album was written by pure instinct on my own terms, and the result is a genre-defying and emotional ride through intense riff-based metal.»

    The lyrical themes are centered around anger, hopelessness and contempt for the human race, and deal with the darkest sides of religion, politics and de-evolution.

    Tracklist:

    1. Millennial Judas

    2. Sons Of The Northern Lights

    3. Scythian King

    4. Blood Of The Unbeliever

    5. Every Tree A Gallow

    6. The End Of All Things

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lyrics

This hill is too fucking steep
I think I’ll climb the deep
Your blackest void is my home
It’s where I loathe and atone

Branch, please come carry me
Carry me home

Tight rope around my neck
Pray for no hereafter
Took the low road
But at least I’ve paid my dues
Limb by limb
Boughs will grow
Every tree a gallow

My scars will keep me alive
I’m bleeding to survive
My only friend is a knife
How I begrudge your life

Branch, please come carry me
Carry me home

Every tree a gallow

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from Urhat, released September 16, 2021

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