Australian dark synth group The Night Terrors were recently commissioned to compose an album using the southern hemisphere’s largest grand pipe organ. The result is Pavor Nocturnus, an album that will be released this Halloween via Twisted Nerve Australia (pre-order here).
A composition for Grand Organ, Theremin, analogue electronics and percussion is an inferno of haunting Theremin-led post-prog and dark cosmic dance. Quiet drops of sepulchral voltage and cacophonous whirls of intricate acoustic phenomena intermingle to prise open the maddening space between sentience and expiration. The Night Terrors create a euphorically terrifying dream sequence, just perfect for Halloween. Their most frightening and beautiful recording to date.
Below is a video of their track “Megafauna”, which showcases just how massively large the pipe organ is. Seriously, it’s a monstrosity, a looming piece of pipes and machinery that evokes some truly spine-tingling sounds.
The band also conducted a short interview with Noisey.