Enigmatic black metal duo CANIS DIRUS have signed to MORIBUND RECORDS for the release of their debut album, A Somber Wind From a Distant Shore. The last burning embers of a dying autumnal twilight, the beckoning shrieks of the oncoming night, the blanket of everlasting darkness inevitable and infinite: CANIS DIRUS’ A Somber Wind From a Distant Shore is a black metal bouquet of Midwestern melancholy. Forged in the desolate hinterlands of Minnesota, CANIS DIRUS – named after the “dire wolf,” existing 100,000 years ago and indigenous to North America – base their epic songs around their disdain for the fact that humans have been perpetually encroaching on nature and the natural beauty of our land, encapsulating that foreboding atmosphere in the fittingly titled A Somber Wind From a Distant Shore. A statement from the band succinctly reads: “We stand above and against the sick animal, man – the herd animal. Through loathing and indifference our art is an expression of contempt and hatred for the ill-constituted and weak. Our will is our own.”

CANIS DIRUS’ A Somber Wind From a Distant Shore is set for release on August 25^th, 2009. An exclusive MP3 of the album’s “Garden of Death” is available on the MORIBUND website. For more info, consult www.myspace.com/thecanisdirus and www.moribundcult.com