We had written some time ago that there would be a lot of newcomers on Ad Noiseam in 2012. These new acts are not only side-projects of people we already work with (such as the Underhill supergroup or Igorrr's Whourkr project), but also musicians that are somewhat newer to the scene and haven't work with the label yet. It's time now to present the first of them, Oyaarss.

Latvia's Oyaarss is not yet as well known as it should (and will) be, but this act has already had a remarkable record released by our friends of Creative Space, and recently had a remarkable remix on Cloaks's "Versions Grain", released by 3By3. It's now time for this musician to come with a first full length album, the topic of today's announcement. Entitled "Bads" (meaning "Hunger" in Latvian), this album is an astonishing work combining walls of gritty noise, gigantic percussions and a slow but deadly tempo, the whole thing bathing in resolute but subtle darkness. Somewhere between the headbang-inducing metal, the tempo of dubstep and the details of modern-day noise, this album is, we insist, an particularly impressive one, set to make quite an impression.

Oyaarss's "Bads" will be released on CD by Ad Noiseam in March, at the same time as Underhill's "Silent Siren" (the subject of another announcement next week), and was just mastered by Angelos Liaros of Mobthrow / 4Be. More information and pre-orders will come soon, but in the meantime, check out Oyaarss's website here, "like" him on Facebook there, or check his older material on Soundcloud. A taste of it all is featured below. People in Riga should also check Oyaarss live there on the 4th of February.

First, here comes an excerpt of Oyaarss's excellent remix of Cloaks's "Sixmenace Two", released on both the vinyl and CD versions of Cloaks's "Versions Grain".

Then, you can download a self-released and free 9-track demo from Oyaarss directly here (or there). Below is a video introduction to this "Smaida Greizi Nākamība"

And since yes, you want more, how about 40 minutes of Oyaarss live, with drummers and singer, recorded in October 2010 in Riga? This recordings come with the "a little bit too much of gain signal destruction at the end of the recording" warning, which is already enough to love it.