Erancnoir – Kahropa (Full-length/Story album)

Kahropa is the tale of Lady Zaldoxt, the last Zal princess and the final sentinel of the besnowed mountains of Apaxtaran. For generations, the Apaxtari realms have endured murderous onslaughts by the night wights, shadow fiends of unknown origin that descend upon the lands of men from beyond the frozen pinnacles.

Ancient legends speak of a once-majestic empress who wrought the world from the amber blood within her veins. Yet the vanity of men led to the profane slaying of the Lady Kahropa, and of all her empyrean divinity, only an amber heart remained, fused to the very sword that defiled her corporeal form.

Fate led Zaldoxt to this relic deep within a tunnel beneath the Apaxtari borders, where the lingering consciousness of the fallen Goddess whispered unto her soul: take up the sword and the heart, and return them to Yaxzul, the Citadel of Ice, the crystalline monument raised upon the ruins of her otherworldly palace, where her amber tomb now lies guarded by her primordial kin, Zaxtar, the King of the Void.

Only by enduring this harrowing pilgrimage and reconciling the heart with the Goddess’ comatose form could Zaldoxt hope to end the ceaseless onslaught of the Void and spare the waking world from annihilation.

But could she fulfil her charge and prove to the zealots and oppressors of her kind, and above all to Zaxtar the Void King, that the world yet deserved redemption? Or would she fall, and with her, consign all creation to the eternal darkness of nothingness?

A note from Erancnoir:

Kahropa is most definitely my biggest project to date and the most ambitious one amongst all the musical endeavours that I have stepped into; not only because of its length and the limits I pushed throughout the creation process, but because of its relation to a bigger project that I have been working on for years. I am planning to release my debut novel, “Kahropa: The Amber Heart of Apaxtaran”, in the coming weeks, and this album will serve as its soundtrack.

Kahropa is a dark fantasy novel set in a world of much strife and yet much beauty, inspired by my beloved motherland. It takes place in the Apaxtari realms, a winterbound land just below the looming mountains of Apaxtaran, and tells tales of oppression, discrimination, hope, sacrifice and redemption.

I had the honour to feature the beautiful voice of my dear friend Mehrshid, as she graced the album with his lovely vocals, all sung in the Apaxtari dialect that is somehow inspired by the dialect of my home city of Nishapur. Above all else, Mehrshid honoured me by illustrating the artwork for both the album and the book, which depicts Zaldoxt, the novel’s protagonist, and her adversary, Zaxtar the Void King. For her priceless contributions, I will be forever grateful.

For the best experience, please use headphones and immerse into the world of Apaxtaran.

I hope you enjoy this journey.

Erancnoir – Staxvan (EP)

Staxvan ( /staχˈvʌn/ ) is the bone cypress, an ancient tree in the Apaxtari lands under whose shadow the fallen forms of the Zal sentinels are bathed in the sacred flame of Apaxtaran. It is where the ashes of those forsaken sentries are buried and thus grow many a pale leaf upon the boughs of the olden tree.

Staxvan is an introduction to “Kahropa”, the upcoming album by Erancnoir, which will serve as the soundtrack to “Kahropa: The Amber Heart of Apaxtaran”, the debut epic/dark fantasy novel by Harpag Karnik, scheduled for release in winter 2026.

This EP includes the Bandcamp-exclusive bonus track “Zemestan” (Persian word meaning winter), a 2025 re-recording of “Nächtlicher Frost”, the very first track by Erancnoir, originally released in 2018.

Broken Pillars – Ghosts of the Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf is a name that is more than 2000 years old and it does not merely refer to a vast body of water, but also intends to remind the ignorant of a history that they are fighting so hard to erase but it shall not just vanish from the memory of man for it is guarded by the spirits of the brave and the fallen who stood against the belligerent tyrants and their flesh devouring beasts.

Broken Pillars are here to tell the tales of those warriors who defended the sovereignty of souls to their last breaths and the Persian Gulf passionately embraced their ghosts after their falling and immortalised them amongst its azure waves, lest we forget.

Forestionist – A Dream of an Everlasting Springtide

After almost half a decade since his last endeavour, Forestionist has returned from his wondrous voyages through the parallel universes to tell us a story.

The tale is of a distant world where spring never fades, the trees are evergreen, and the fields of emmer are the eternal golden meads that the breeze of the ever-young sky caresses.
He listened to the songs of that world’s shield maiden, the lady of unbeknownst emerald; to the tall sentinels of the purest wood; and to the crow, the key to other realms and the anchor to his broken world…

“A Dream of an Everlasting Springtide” is the return of the optimistic pessimist and a rebirth of sounds.
What started as a shoegaze-inspired black metal project is now slowly shifting towards more ambient and cosmic sounds.

Désespéré – De Maledictione Vitae et Cycli Vitiosi Aeterni Cruciatus

De Maledictione Vitae et Cycli Vitiosi Aeterni Cruciatus is a testament to the vanity of life that we so cherish and its torturous monotony that bears with itself only apathy and the ultimate state of isolation.
Désespéré has always been our haven for expressing the tumults within and all the misery and austerity that befalls us each and every day, and this album is the purest exhibition of those dark corners of our souls.
This is not music you will hear; rather, it is the frequency of our torment.

-IMPORTANT NOTE-
The album is set as “Name Your Price”, for we do not wish to monetize our raw emotional expressions. However, ANY INCOME from this release will be GIVEN to people struggling with mental health issues. We hope that with this humblest gesture, as little as it may be, we can ease the suffering of those going through the most infernal times of their lives.

Forelunar – Lotus and the Lake’s Lament

O, Wanderer! Hast thou heard of the tale of the yet most forlorn
On whose woeful waves the lustrous beloved drifted forevermore?
Come and sit with us, sip the sweet tears of the alderliefest jewel
For ’tis the lake’s last lament for the lotus and then shall be no more.

‘Lotus and the Lake’s Lament is the doleful tale of a forlorn lake who had loved the precious tiny lotus who alone drifted in her dreams on his murky waves. Yet she could not comprehend the love, for it was outside her world and of alien language. And so this tale of sorrow and longing went on torturously and endlessly until it was forgotten in the veil of time.

Lotus and the Lake’s Lament is the epilogue to a tragic chapter.’

Mehrshid – Eidolon

Wanderers,

We are honoured to introduce our latest member and her eponymous project, Mehrshid. She is a digital illustrator, fantasy enthusiast and above all, a dreamer. She has always been creating new mythical landscapes around her and through her digital artistry; only to give them a voice in her latest endeavours. This musical project is a collaboration between her and Harpag Karnik, and a journey through the unknown dreamlands.

“Eidolon” is Mehrshid’s debut EP. In this two-track collection, the origins of Allaerea, the Twilight Queen of the Sun and Moon, are told through ancient hymns of the ones before.

This will serve as the backbone and the beginning of an original epic fantasy story, which will gradually be revealed during the project’s next instalments.

Welcome to the mythic world of Mehrshid and the folkloric ambience of its sounds.

Astwihad – Gatha 2: Dush​-​Sastish

Wayfarers!

Behold, for Astwihad has risen from the worlds beneath!

Hold the second Gatha in awe that it induces, for this is the book that whispers to your soul the ways of summoning the Daevan majesty who heralds the coming of Frashokereti, the apocalypse that is not of light as the ancients believed, but of the darkness imperishable, where the shadows eternally haunt our dreams.

Hear the words of the second Gatha and watch as the Bronze gates to the realm of death ominously open.

Asto-Vidatu!
Asto-Vidatu!
Asto-Vidatu!
Asto Vaetha!
Asto-Vidatu!
Asto-Vidatu!
Asto-Vidatu!
Asto Aesho!

TΛVRVI – ΛBS​Ω​LVTΣ

Oyez! Oyez! Oyez!

Behold the coming of the primæval force of nihil, the dæva of nought and null, TΛVRVI of Dauzaxva! Hear the rumbling of all existence as s/he ariseth from the deepest depths to conquer the garden of Paridæza and satiate the never-ending hunger that devoureth until none is all and all is none.

TΛVRVI’s re-debut album ΛBS​Ω​LVTΣ initiates a new chapter in the book of Ardawahisht, taking experimentation to a whole new level by merging the familiar sound of black metal with uncanny approaches towards electronic music, from the velocity of drum and bass and breakcore to the harshness of industrial techno and even the likes of hardstyle.
ΛBS​Ω​LVTΣ is a concept album; one that depicts the birth of a foul entity at the lowest core of existence towards its transcendence to the all-consuming point of singularity.
Proceed at your own risk, for the journey is perilous and the danger obscure.

The illustration was done by the amazing artist Mehrshid.