Celebrating 3 decades of creating music, Kawir's new album Κυδοιμός (latinized "Kydoimos", a deity representing the clang and chaos of war) is slated for a spring 2024 release via the band's new label home - Soulseller Records. Keep your eyes and ears open for more details in the near future.

Here's a first insight:

"The name of the album derives from one of the Makhai (Μάχαι,) Ancient Greek daemons (personifications/spirits) of war. Kydoimos in particular refers to the personification of the cacophony and bedlam of battle. Typically he is referred to as a son of Eris (Έρις, no to be confused with Ares (Άρης)), the goddess of strife, and he appears in many key ancient texts. Most importantly the Iliad, where he is said adorn Achillies' shield alongside his mother and a Ker (Κίρ.) He is also mentioned as adorning the shield of Heracles in Hesiod's work.

"The album itself takes much from both the Iliad and Kydoimos. It is a belligerent and aggressive exploration of ancient war, of they who won glory on Troy land and the many who found their end there. Fittingly for its subject matter, Kydoimos is an album that sees Kawir achieve new heights in both unrelenting heaviness and epic atmosphere. You have tracks like the brutal "Tiresias (Τειρεσίας)" standing side by side with a three track epic exploring the legacy of Achilles the runs the whole gambit. In other hands this could've felt schizophrenic, with Kawir it feels like an ambitious point they've been working towards for a couple of records now."

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