VENDUL was founded in 2012 by Kauzer and Jenso to bring back what seemed tob e lost at the time:
the mind-melting sounds of the past. Muck’s joining completed the lineup in 2013 and the band has
released a demo, a full-length album and two EPs since. Four years after their latest EP, the three-
piece returns with their brand new full-length album CASTLE CURTAINS.

Just shortly after the release of the 2021 EP „Crooked Bogs & Ghastly Swamps“ Vendul began
working on a new album, since the EP couldn’t be promoted live on stage due to the ongoin COVID-
19 pandemic.

The pent-up creative energy needed to be discharged into something else and so Kauzer started to
create the first riffs and collect the first ideas for new songs. After the restrictions that were caused
by the pandemic ended, the creativity could finally be channelled by all band members together at
their rehearsal room Prowo. Around this time we and our friend Petrosz Zwakkel were also able to
bring the additional keys as well as the Intro and Outro into being.
Heavily influenced by many different styles, a heterogeneous collection of riffs and songs needed to
be tamed. Scabious and primitive Punk riffs danced with melodic Black Metal soundscapes to gloomy

Dark Wave sounds in the basement of an old fragmented castle. Despite the different soundspheres,
Kauzer and Jenso were able to craft a unique and coherent musical experience while recording the
first demo songs in 2023.

It was around this time aswell that the first lyrics, written by Muck and Kauzer, were put into shape.
On CASTLE CURTAINS approaches different subjects of Folk Horror such as demons, the living dead and the unspeakable evil. The constant feeling of being haunted gives the listeners a shiver.
CASTLE CURTAINS contains a vigorous and relentless mixture that pays tribute to the old style,
without copying it’s formula or forfeit individuality. Cold, murky Black Metal blends with raw, mangy
melodies of Neo Crust and the attitude of Punk – recently referred to as New Wave of Heavy Metal
Punk by a promoter. An important part of this experience is the sound which was mixed and
mastered by the fantastic Scumlight Studio.
CASTLE CURTAINS is released on October 10th, 2025 on tape, vinyl LP and digitally via
CRAWLING CHAOS. We would like to thank Holger for the trust as well as for the prolific
collaboration so far and all the work he’s put in!

https://thecrawlingchaosrecords.bandcamp.com/album/castle-curtains

Tracklist:
A1. Intro
A2. Reincarnation Of The Goddess
A3. Aufhocker
A4. Iron Vice
A5. Castle Curtains
A6. Howl To Shiver
B1. Sire Of Hatchet
B2. Spectres In Red
B3. They Come With The Fog
B4. White Eyes
B5. Outro