26 October 2011 - 0 Comments

To tag it as accurately as possible, In the Devil's Days is an album of apocalyptic Devil rock. It delves deeper into the darker territories touched upon in 2010's Sign of the Cloven Hoof, with a greater lean towards graveyard doom and deathrock while still attempting to maintain the rowdy essence of rock n roll.

In The Devil's Days is themed around a spiritual pilgrimage into Hell to meet the Lord of Flies, to understand and outline the infernal mechanism, and to witness the revelations that come with His rebirth in the great Morning Star. All of this is enshrouded in a thin veil of the pessimistic, dark cynicism and black humour that underpins antipodean culture.

The House of Capricorn manifested in the early 2000's in the swamps below One Tree Hill, Auckland, New Zealand. 2005 saw the release of the first demo (The Rivers and the Rain/Old Redhook), and in subsequent years an EP (The Rivers and the Rain - 2006) and samplers (Solis Hail Summer Sampler - 2007, SotCH - 2009), intermingled with frequent shows and national tours and having a strong hand in assembling and spearheading the New Zealand stoner/doom rock community.

In 2010, the debut album Sign of the Cloven Hoof was released - the culmination of the bands history - to positive response both locally and internationally. Sign of the Cloven Hoof was album which drew heavily on stoner rock and doom, as well as an occult, antiquated aesthetic.

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