Lustre
Lustre was founded in 2008 by Swedish musician Nachtzeit. After garnering increasing underground renown with his first three albums, Nachtzeit signed with Nordvis in 2012 - a collaboration now celebrating its tenth anniversary, making Lustre one of the longest-running partnerships in the label’s history.
Nachtzeit has since made a name for himself with his masterful use of musical minimalism: slow, heavily textured, and keyboard-laden dirges driven forward by monotonous percussion, occasionally broken up by swarms of guitar distortion. The doomy and droning riffs are repeated at length, but always embedded in an ever-changing soundscape that never gets dull. The keyboards, guitars, and drums often bleed into each other to the extent where it occasionally sounds more ambient than metal.
These elements have hitherto been embedded in a stripped-down, pale, lo-fi, and reverb-drenched production. And this is where “A Thirst for Summer Rain” – which, coincidentally, is about hope, faith, and inspiration during dark times – deviates from the classic formula, marking what can only be seen as a new chapter of Lustre.
The First Snow & Reverence, LP (Multi-Colour)
The First Snow, TS (Black)
Night Spirit, LS
A Thirst for Summer Rain, Test-press LP
The First Snow, TS
All Song Ceased, MCD
Echoes of Transcendence, TS
A Spark Of Times Of Old, CD
Lost In Lustrous Night Skies, CD
A Thirst for Summer Rain, CD
A Thirst for Summer Rain, Sweatshirt
A Thirst for Summer Rain, TS
Phantom, LP
A Glimpse of Glory, HSW
A Glimpse of Glory, TS
A Glimpse of Glory, LP
A Glimpse of Glory, CD
The Ashes of Light, LP
A Thirst for Summer Rain, LP
A Thirst for Summer Rain, LP (Aqua blue)