Perchta - D'Muata
With PERCHTA's sophomore full-length entitled "D'Muata", which translates from her Alpine Austrian dialect to English as "The Mother", mastermind and vocalist Frau Percht and her band have created a feminist manifesto within a folklore influenced black metal context. Femininity in all its facets is a rather niche topic in this genre although it is an inseparable part of everything human and the natural world around us.

All members of PERCHTA work in one way or the other with natural materials, while being shaped by the majestic mountain landscape surrounding them and even experiencing the essence of life first hand working as a midwife. "D'Muata" places the focus on procreation, birth, the nourishing of life, and motherhood without reducing women to this aspect. Such themes as female sexuality, menstruation stigma, the loss of a child, violence against women, and even femicide are also explored – and also personified as in the dark ancient Alpine folklore figures described in the track 'Langtuttin & Stampa'.

Taking their name from an alleged pagan goddess that older scholars tried to reconstruct as being worshiped in the Upper German and Austrian Alpine regions, PERCHTA were conceived in Tyrol, Austria in 2017 with an aim to preserve and rejuvenate regional traditions.

Three years later, PERCHTA released their debut album "Ufång" (2020), which established the band's reputation as a highly individualistic and unique act. All lyrics of the entire album are intoned in the Tyrolean vernacular. The words are shrouded in a tempest of tremolo guitars and ritualistic folk with bone-piercing extreme vocals on top.

Once touring activities resumed after the global break, PERCHTA also began to earn attention for their outstanding live performances, which strengthened the bonds within the band. Now the black witch of the Tyrolean mountains and her pack return with a magical new album that PERCHTA will also bring to the stage!

Release date: June 14, 2024
Style: Folk Black Metal
Label: Prophecy Productions

Tracklist
1. Vom Verlanga
2. Ois was ma san
3. Heiliges Bluat
4. Hebamm
5. D'Muata
6. Wehenkanon
7. Ausbruch
8. Langtuttin & Stampa
9. Mei Dianä Mei Bua

Line-up
Frau Percht harsh & clean vocals, Teufelsgeige, percussions
Walscher Fabio D'Amore bass, keys & programming
Loda Chris Knoll electric lead & acoustic guitars
Moosmandl Christian H&0uml;ll dulcimer (Hackbrett)
Gsell Lukas Massinger electric rhythm & acoustic guitars
Hascht Simon Schnückel drums

Guest musicians
Morean (ALKALOID, ex-DARK FORTRESS) vocals on 'D'Muata'
Dr. Ranklstein (ARG!) Percussion on 'Wehenkanon'
Theresa Wopfner tenor hammered dulcimer & zither
Claudia Ciresa, Katja Reisenbauer, Felix, Maria, Laurenz & Darius choir