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The Lawman

from The Law of Bone and Sinew

September 12th, 2025
8 tracks
53:42
The Law of Bone and Sinew
The Law of Bone and Sinew
The Lawman
0:00
9:39
The Lawman
Dark Watcher
5:52

Dark Watcher return with their debut LP, The Law of Bone and Sinew, an ouroboric epic laid across the nightmarish canvas of the American Western Frontier. The natural beauty of a land forever blasphemed by beasts and bastards alike, ignited through eight new tracks of mythic western black metal destined to scalp and crucify the legacy of America.

"The Trial of the Davis Kid" and "The Spirit of Black Hand Brandon" are dual elegies to the passing of two friends during the recording of this album, Taylor Davis and Brandon Scott Nurick, the first a childhood, and lifetime, friend, and the second an ardent champion of underground music through outlets such as Invisible Oranges that I befriended in the forums of Sputnikmusic. The only way to honor them is by immortalizing them in the story of this album, as eternally wandering outlaw spirits.

Credits

Hodag - Songwriting, guitars, drums, programming
Boonhelm - Vocals, lyrics
Fahshituash-Q - Bass

Mixed and Mastered by Aaron J. Shelton at Squid's Studio Lab
Acoustic guitars recorded with Brandon Bell at Bell Sound Studio

Artwork and physical layouts by Zac Sanders

Painting is Buffalo Trail: The Impending Storm by Albert Bierstadt (1869)

Features:

Spoken word on The Dakota War of 1862 by Spaceseer
Intro instrumentation on Damned By Proxy by Rota Fortunae
Intro instrumentation on The Lawman by The Astronaut King
Guitar solo on Ritual of Self-Slaughter by David Gupta of World Eaters