Today, German black metallers Chaos Invocation stream the entirety of their highly anticipated fifth album, Wherever We Roam…. Set for international release on November 8th via AOP Records, hear Chaos Invocation‘s Wherever We Roam… in its entirety here:
The journey of Chaos Invocation started in the fourth year of this millennium. Ever since the beginning, it has been the intention to manifest the members’ beliefs and experiences in Satanic music. As a trident lineup, Chaos Invocation released three full-length records: In Bloodline With The Snake (2009), Black Mirror Hours (2013), and Reaping Season, Bloodshed Beyond (2018). Shortly before the release of the latter, Omega (drums) and Tumulash (bass guitar) joined the founding members A. (guitars) and M. (vocals) and enriched the band with another spearhead. As a four-piece, Chaos Invocation recorded Devil, Stone & Man (2022): a wild, fierce, and challenging ride into the more sepulchral and dangerous realms of the black metal genre and a sonic monument of Satanic worship and sheer metallic fury. Devil, Stone & Man also marked the first collaboration with V. Santura at Woodshed Studio, with whom they also recorded their latest output.
Titled Wherever We Roam…, Chaos Invocation‘s fifth full-length looks to the past to see the trails to blaze ahead. Where Devil, Stone & Man maintained an incredibly direct aspect – arguably, the German’s most straightforwardly aggressive material to date, all grime and gnarl suiting the dark times in which it was birthed – Wherever We Roam… sees Chaos Invocation bringing back their burning-black melodicism, which heightens the authentically second-wave vibes intrinsic to their enduring aesthetic. Still serpentine and sinuous, their songwriting has continued to focus on expressions of a direct nature rather than busy themselves with overbearing complexity. Put another way, the quintet have focused on the more dynamic currents of Reaping Season, Bloodshed Beyond and simply sharpened them to a judicious degree, all given nightsky flight through the crisp & clean production – wholly organic, wholly powerful – as well as the oft-soaring leads.
As such, Wherever We Roam… feels anthemic, boundless, and wholly tailor-made for the stage, where Chaos Invocation have considerable experience; since their first live appearance in 2009, they’ve embarked upon several European tours as well as playing several smaller tours and festivals all over the European continent. “Our journey is far from being over,” state the band, and “we cannot wait to raise our banners at places we have yet not visited.” If there’s a record to slay that way forward, then surely it’s Wherever We Roam…
Cover artwork, courtesy of Khaos Diktator, and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Chaos Invocation’s Wherever We Roam… 1. Wherever We Roam 2. Ideal Sodom 3. Golden Gates And Terrene Light 4. Bridges Aflame 5. No Throne Withstands 6. This World Wants Us Dead 7. Only In Darkness 8. Engravings Of The Quivering Pedestal
Lineup A. – lead guitar, vocals* M. – vocals LS – rhythm guitars RK – bass guitar Omega – drums
*lead vocals on “Ideal Sodom” and “Bridges Aflame,” all clean vocals
Today, old-school French black metallers Gorgon reveal the new track “Troops of the Fallen.” The track is the first to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated seventh album, For Those Who Stay, set for international release on November 29th via Osmose Productions. Hear Gorgon‘s “Troops of the Fallen” in its entirety here:
With For Those Who Stay, the cursed phalanx of Gorgon is back with its wildest work to date!
Eleven new uncompromising titles to continue the trilogy, started on Osmose with The Veil Of Darkness (2019) and Traditio Satanae (2021). Sharp guitars, thumping drums, sense of melody: Gorgon continues to impose its vision of black metal which started in 1991.
The Scriptures talk about the seven deadly sins, the seven-headed beast of the Apocalypse – they will soon talk about the band’s seventh album!
Preorder info can be found HERE. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Gorgon (France)’s For Those Who Stay 1. For Those Who Stay [5:05] 2. Tod. Mort. Death. [2:39] 3. Next To The Mill [3:11] 4. Hypnotic Fire [3:49] 5. Vatican’s Fall [3:11] 6. The Art Of Dying [2:58] 7. Despicable Beggars [4:56] 8. Shelter [3:33] 9. When It Rains In Hell [3:47] 10. Troops Of The Fallen [4:13] 11. Deserters As Prey [3:17]
Today, Norwegian death metallers Shaarimoth stream the entirety of their highly anticipated third album, Devildom. set for international release today via W.T.C.Productions, hear Shaarimoth‘s Devildom in its entirety here:
Formed in 2004 but tracing its origins back to 1998, Shaarimoth emerged from the then-barren Norwegian death metal underground, and along with it, so did new incantations of darkness, death, and destruction. Both dark and ecstatic, furious and violent, defying genres, but at the same time paying tribute to its predecessors of the black arts, Shaarimoth‘s goals were firm from the very beginning.
To date, Shaarimoth have released two albums, a full 12 years apart: 2005’s Current 11 and 2017’s Temple of the Adversarial Fire. Indeed not ones to rush things, the Norwegians maximize “delayed gratification” and embrace bold & brazen reinvention. Such was the case for the universally celebrated Temple of the Adversarial Fire, which saw Shaarimoth evoking the album’s namesake: a wholesale stripping-down their aesthetic to its barest essentials, only to be rebuilt into an incendiary, black-smoke-billowing monolith of blackened death metal majesty. Rarely in the nowadays metal underground will one hear a death metal record this pure and reverential in its intent whilst being so suffused with the blackest of blood…that is, until the arrival of Devildom.
Almost elegantly simple in its title, Devildom nevertheless reveals the fullest depth(s) of Shaarimoth‘s ever-entrancing vision. The template remains unyielding and limitless – technical Morbid Angel-esque death metal given unique twists in texture, ambience, and authentically occult lyrical content – but the execution of such is taken, impossibly, up to yet another level. Devildom delves into themes of darkness, death, rebellion, and the acosmic forces of the infernal, guiding the listener on a journey through the boundless abyss, beyond the illusions of creation. It reveals a path to transcendence, returning to the true darkness from which all things arise and to which they will eventually return. Grounded in esoteric philosophies and dark spiritual doctrines, the music acts as a conduit to an otherworldly domain where reality’s limitations are cast aside to embrace the forbidden light of the dark gods. More than just a collection of songs, Devildom offers a ritualistic experience meant to invoke the Devil’s presence and power, immersing the listener in a realm of liberating madness. This journey celebrates the sinister and the spiritual, inviting exploration of the shadow self and crossing the boundaries between the mundane and the mystical to confront the darker aspects of existence.
Thankfully, a dozen years were not necessary for Shaarimoth to continue the glorious new epoch they ushered in with Temple of the Adversarial Fire. Patiently and painstakingly crafted all the same, Devildom soundly cements Shaarimoth‘s status as the Devil’s Death Metal ELITE.
Cover artwork, courtesy of Vamperess Imperium, and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Shaarimoth’s Devildom 1. Call To Prayer 2. The Midnight Sentinel 3. Blood Covenant 4. Into Everlasting Darkness 5. The Voiceless Call 6. Apotheosis 7. Blade Of Malediction 8. The Impulse Of Rebellion 9. When Blood Becomes Fire 10. For His Eyes Of Judgement Are Forever Upon You
On November 1st internationally – All Saints Day – Invictus Productions is proud to present a brand-new EP from Crucifixion Ritual, Desecration of the Archangels, on cassette tape format. And today, they stream the EP in its entirety. Hear Crucifixion Ritual‘s Desecration of the Archangels in its entirety here:
Desecration of the Archangels is Crucifixion Ritual’s second deathstrike to the skull of Nazarene. Soon to be unleashed by Invictus like the band’s debut Gouging the Eyes of Angelic Purity EP, this second EP contains four hymns of profane savagery against the archangels of Jehovah, forged in the spirit of the old, true underground. No technicality, no melody, no polish— only war metal barbarity, blasphemy, and death. BLUDGEON THE FUCKING NAZARENE!
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Crucifixion Ritual’s Desecration of the Archangels 1. Michael – Castration 2. Raphael – Gouging 3. Gabriel – Elinguation 4. Uriel – Lobotomy
Today, Greek black metallers Thyrathen stream the entirety of their highly anticipated second album, Lakonic. Set for international release on November 1st via Floga Records, hear Thyrathen‘s Lakonic in its entirety HERE:
Formed in 2011 but not making their public debut until ten years later, Thyrathen nevertheless are a vanguard for ancient Hellenic black METAL. That debut, the full-length ThanatOpsis, featured a godly lineup – drummer Corax S. (ex-Nocternity and Jackal’s Truth), guitarist A.Z. (ex-Kawir and Obsecration), and vocalists Stefan Necroabyssious (Varathron, Funeral Storm, Katavasia) and Alexandros (Macabre Omen, The One) – and the results were, unsurprisingly, godly. Here was that classic Greek sound, given deeper and darker drama through a framework of both fantasy and philosophy, but looking within for inspiration rather than without. Put another way, Thyrathen slotted well into the lineage its principal members helped shape, but ThanatOpsis was entirely its own creation. A Mount Olympus to eclipse, as it were…
Somehow, Thyrathen have scaled that mount once again, and indeed have eclipsed the feat with their second album. Titled Lakonic, the band’s sophomore full-length stays true to their noble foundation, but goes bigger and bigger and BIGGER. Thyrathen here create a vast and epic landscape that’s poetic and philosophical in equal measure, illuminated by the torch of That Classic Greek Sound but skillfully maximizing the METAL aspect of black metal. Once again, neither keys nor synths have been used. Instead, as on the debut, ancient lyre and choirs & voices constitute the lyrical part of Thyrathen‘s music, giving an impossibly rich texture to their heavy metal hymns that’s solemn, ceremonial, and simply stunning. The lineup sees the return of Corax S., Stefan Necroabyssious, and Alexandros, and also the arrival of Noch from Greece’s Black Winter on guitar, bass, and choirs and Thanasis Kleopas on ancient lyre and voices. Together, these men weave a tapestry of sound that engages upon first listen and then works an ever-more-entrancing spell as successive spins seduce the listener.
Both counterpart to and continuation of ThanatOpsis, Lakonic goes one step further and consolidates the unique character & music style of Thyrathen as “diachronic, lyrical black metal,” in their own words. With seven songs in 47 minutes, this second album is a coherent, poetic-epic, and theatrical journey: it creates images, it flows joyfully in its entirety, and it adds further to the brilliant canon Thyrathen are building.
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Thyrathen’s Lakonic 1. The Throne of Micro-Cosmos (Foolishness) [5:45] 2. Religious Agonies [5:13] 3. Matter, Void, Sperm [6:29] 4. De Rerum Natura [5:51] 5. Η Πόλις (the Philosophical Poem) [7:49] 6. Void, Matter, Sperm [6:51] 7. Scales & Sword (the Fall of Justice) [7:16]
Today, Portuguese speedthrashblackmetal kings Filii Nigrantium Infernalium reveal the new track “Cristo.Rei.Animal.” The track is the first to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated fifth album, Pérfida Contracção do Aço, set for international release on November 29th via Osmose Productions. Hear Filii Nigrantium Infernalium‘s“Cristo.Rei.Animal”in its entirety here:
Open the mouth of Hell: Filii Nigrantium Infernalium, classic Portuguese maniac black metal pioneers, deliver their fourth album for Osmose.
Crushing, demented production and compositions. Blasphemous, disconcerting artwork by cult artist Paolo Girardi. Forged out from the pandemic, this masterpiece is raw, baroque, and complexly straight to the point, an unpredictable, insane labyrinth of sound and words.
Sacrilegious and offensive speedthrashblackmetal, grotesque sinister gloom, venomous sarcasm ranging from old-school heavy metal to dark sharpened doom and relentlessly wild blasting beats’ devastation.
Preorder info can be found HERE. Aforementioned cover artwork and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Filii Nigrantium Infernalium’s Pérfida Contracção do Aço 1. Beata Fornicanda [2:50] 2. Holocausto Molto Vivace Ma Non Troppo [4:30] 3. Negros Hábitos [4:24] 4. Cristo.Rei.Animal. [4:14] 5. Pérfida Contracção do Aço [5:50] 6. Comes Carne [5:30] 7. Má Criação [4:09] 8. Vaticanale [9:45] 9. Chuva Dourada [3:47]
Today, Austrian black metallers Anomalie stream the entirety of their highly anticipated fifth album, Riverchild. Set for international release on November 1st via AOP Records, hear Anomalie‘s Riverchild in its entirety here:
Authenticity. Creativity. Passion. Since 2011, the fundament of Anomalie lies within the boundless will to surpass the past by constantly evolving those intense soundscapes that became the trademark of this Austrian collective led by multi-instrumentalist Marrok, also known for his live duties for Harakiri for the Sky.
To simply characterize Anomalie as “atmospheric black metal” greatly misses the point. Granted, black metal will always serve as firm foundation for the band’s sound, but as brazenly broadcast by the title of 2021’s full-length Transformation, Anomalie are always evolving, always moving – in all senses of the word – and every record is as surprising in its approach as it is dependable in Marrok’s delivery. Dynamic and devastating, heavy in both physical and emotional heft, atmosphere painted in myriad colors (but, naturally, with plenty of black) – Anomalie are as much of a flagship band for AOP Records as Marrok’s live employers.
So comes Anomalie‘s fifth full-length, bearing the mysterious title of Riverchild. Born and raised along the rural shores of the Danube River, the element of water has always had a shaping impact on Marrok’s perception of nature and life in general. Throughout Riverchild, he drew a musical portrait of an entity still present around this immense stream which had always nurtured and taken lives equally, a force able of spending hope and wisdom but also possessing the strength and wrath to destroy and destruct.
Comparable to the multiple faces of a colossal river like the Danube, Anomalie‘s musical direction on Riverchild provides a diverse range of facets, taking the listener on a journey full of profound and honest emotions expressed through aggressive outbursts of pure black metal dissonance as well as fragile moments of introspective calmness. Anomalie once again asks for focus and patience, but offers a wider range of rewarding layers than ever before!
Cover artwork, courtesy of Misanthropic Art Illustrations, and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Anomalie’s Riverchild 1. Mother Of Stars 2. An Unvorgiving Tide 3. Perpetual Twilight 4. Heart To Beat 5. Awakening 6. Riverchild 7. Among Shadows 8. A Cosmic Truth 9. Thoughts
Step into the shadows and embrace the light with CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX, as they unveil their latest single, 444. A phoenix rises anew from the embers of past creation, reaching deep into the human condition with an updated message – fresh but faithful to its original form.
Since its inception in 2004 by the visionary Justin Greaves, CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX has been a lighthouse for those adrift in the stormy seas of silence. With their upcoming double album The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature alongside Horrific Honorifics Number Two(2), the band marks a pilgrimage spanning nearly two decades of defiant artistry and soul-searching sounds.
444 emerges as an emblematic dirge from their prolific catalog, re-imagined and reborn. With lyrics renewed for the spirit of today, and music echoing the haunting melodies of its live renditions, this single resonates with the raw and refined essence that characterizes CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX‘s journey.
Listen to 444 here:
The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature An album which exhumes and resurrects their buried treasures, reworking and re-recording iconic tracks that have weathered the storms of time. These anthems – imbued with the rawness of old friends and new allies – surge with renewed vigor, challenging the very essence of complacency. Anthem such as We Forgotten Who We Are or the lead single Goodnight, Europe, completely re-imagined.
Horrific Honorifics Number Two (2) An albums which serves as a dark homage to the musical titans who ignited their spirit, with visceral covers that explode into life. With tracks like the searing rendition of New Model Army’s Vengeance and the haunting introspection of Laura Branigan’s Self Control, this album is a collection of CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX‘s masterful rendition of classic songs which have inspired them over the years.
The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature + Horrific Honorifics Number Two (2) is out November 29 on Season of Mist.
Tracklist: 1. We Forgotten Who We Are (11:17) 2. You Put The Devil In Me (6:18) 3. 444 (7:23) [LISTEN] 4. Goodnight, Europe (Pt2) (8:37) [WATCH] 5. (-) (4:39) 6. Song For The Unloved (14:22) 7. Whissendine (6:58) 8. Blizzard Of Horned Cats (4:43) Total runtime: 1:04:21
Tracklist: 1. Vengeance (4:16) 2. Self Control (5:23) [LISTEN] 3. Blueprint (4:03) 4. And That’s Sad (6:52) 5. Hammer Song (4:52) 6. When A Blind Man Cries (3:22) 7. My Pal (3:51) 8. Goin’ Against Your Mind (8:53) Total runtime: 41:36
The thread that binds CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX’s bold and towering discography — a dozen studio albums, a half-dozen mini-albums, a handful of compilations and swaths of bootlegs — could not be more apropos circa 2022. Since its 2004 creation by multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Justin Greaves, CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX has served as the voice for the voiceless, whether it be animals, the unequal and the different. Greaves and longstanding vocalist and lyricist Belinda Kordic have often proffered that these beings cannot fend for themselves. Henceforth, CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX’s mission has been to shed light on the human condition and the inequalities that befall humankind and its creatures. Their battle marches on with their latest studio album, Banefyre.
Banefyre follows 2020’s Ellengæst — an effort that found CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX employ a series of notable guest vocalists alongside Kordic, prompting Metal Hammer to describe it as their “most cohesive and emotionally devastating record.” Kordic is now paired with Swedish vocalist Joel Segerstedt, who made his CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX debut last year via the “Painful Reminder/Dead is Dead” single. Piano, synth and trumpet player Helen Stanley and additional guitarist Andy Taylor complete the lineup. Greaves says Stanley and Taylor “fit so well creatively,” which has made CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX feel like a band when making plans and decisions.
Also central to this is Segerstedt. According to Kordic, the vocalist and lyricist lives a mere five minutes from her in Sweden and has quickly integrated himself into the band. “What I like about Joel is that he’s a good person,” she says. “There’s no fakeness with him; he has cajones. He’s not a bitch-talker, either. I can’t handle people who don’t have a backbone, but Joel is real and can speak his mind.”
“I like how Joel has come in and spoke for himself,” adds Greaves. “He’s in the band for the right reasons. I see him the same way as Belinda — she took an interest in the whole artistic thing behind CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX, like the vocals, lyrics, artwork and aesthetic. It’s the same with Joel. He has taken an interest in all of those things. In the past, we had people who didn’t contribute artistically and only cared about what they got out of the band. But Joel is really proactive and takes the initiative.”
Greaves assembled 13 songs (including “No Regrets,” a bonus track for his new project with Kordic, Johnny the Boy) imbued with the depth and introspection that will reinforce CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX’s standing as a band that defies genre. The album was tracked at Chapel Studios in South Thoresby, Lincolnshire, with vocals cut at Monolith Studio and Kapsylen Studio in Stockholm, Sweden. Kurt Ballou handled mixing in GodCity Studios in Salem, Massachusetts — a pivotal move in determining the album’s overall sound.
“I love the album so much because it was a different approach with the production,” says Greaves. “For my part, it was a little bit of a reaction. I didn’t want to do the same warm, safe CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX album. I’m aware that when we did [2012’s] I, Vigilante, everyone wanted I, Vigilante again. As it so often happens with this band, people complain about the next one, then grow into it. Ellengæst is like I, Vigilante. It’s a shorter album. It hit the mark and was done really well, but everyone will expect another Ellengæst. I feared that, but I care enough not to make another Ellengæst. It’s the right thing to do. That’s why we got Kurt to mix it — we wanted that analog, raw power. Even though the album has mellow moments, those are edgy as well. We just didn’t want to do the same album twice. We’re never going to be a band that people can rely on.”
Greaves’ summation of his band notwithstanding, his distinctive guitar playing and enduring knack for immersive songwriting is the propellent behind the haunting, chant-laden “Ghostland,” pensive “The Reckoning” and forlorn “Everything is Beautiful but Us,” the band’s spot-on analysis of the retreat of humankind indoors during the pandemic that revealed nature’s priceless beauty. The album is also stocked with no less than four ten-minute-plus cuts (“Rose of Jericho,” “Down the Rabbit Hole,” “I’m Okay, Just Not Alright” and “The Scene is a False Prophet”) that are intermixed with drama and melancholy.
It all ties into Banefyre’s central theme of the persecution of people who are deemed “different” by society. The album title is a play on the song “Bonefire” that Kordic named and wrote lyrics for. In classic CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX fashion, Greaves turned it into the Olde English translation to represent the bonfires that engulfed witches and politicians through the 15th and 18th centuries, hence, the name Banefyre.
The album begins with “Incantation for the Different,” which was written and orated by Chicago-based witch, artist, author and occultist Shane Bugbee, who, according to Greaves, “brought us some positive, dark energy.” Banefyre then delves into the Salem Witch Trials (“Wyches and Basterdz”), fox hunting in Great Britain (“The Reckoning”), politicians of an unscrupulous and dishonest kind (“Bonefire”) and the New York City Blackout of 1977 (“Blackout77”).
Greaves says Banefyre’s topics may have a decidedly negative and pessimistic tone, but a glimmer of hope and joy remains. “There’s always the random bits, but overall, Banefyre is about the people who have suffered because they are different. The album covers inequality and oppression, like ‘Incantation for the Different,’ which is about overcoming when you’re put down because you’re not like everyone else.”
In true CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX fashion, the Lucy Marshall-created Banefyre cover leaves plenty to the imagination, depicting four animals seated at a table — interacting and dressed like human beings. “It’s sort of like Planet of the Apes showing what animals could do to humans,” says Greaves. “The cover was specially commissioned and is unique to the album. It’s incorporating all the classic CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX elements with the love for animals and twisting the narrative around.”
CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX’s reputation was built on the back of their studio albums and live shows. The pandemic prevented the band from supporting Ellengæst, but it did provide them additional time to bring in new members to their live configuration.
“We’ve done one show since 2019,” says Greaves. “We are going to do something in Europe this year. Hopefully, we can get back on track. We’re also going to do something in the States — that’s not just talk, we’re actually going to do it. It’s well overdue. The live band is fucking amazing. We have the five of us and now we have Jordi [Farré] on drums, Paco [Fleischfresser] on synth and a really good friend of mine, Matt Crawford on bass.
“We did the Leipzig show and even though the rehearsals were better than the show itself, that lineup, our live band, is so good. Because we haven’t been under pressure to put a live band together since 2019 and spent so long talking to people, we’ve got a better band from those results. Out of disaster, we’ve got quite a good, positive thing.”
The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature & Horrific Honorifics Number Two(2) are a double album celebrating the 20 year existence of CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX.
Original Credits: All tracks on Horrific Honorifics Number Two(2) are covers of various artists.
Vengeance Originally recorded by New Model Army, Written by: Sullivan/Morrow
Self Control Originally recorded by Laura Branigan, Written by: Giancarlo Bigazzi, Raffaele Riefoli, Steve Piccolo
Blueprint Originally recorded by Fugazi, Written by: Canty, Lilly, MacKaye, Picciotto
And That’s Sad Originally recorded by NoMeansNo, Written by: NoMeansNo
Hammer Song Originally recorded by Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Written by Alex Harvey
When A Blind Man Cries Originally recorded by Deep Purple, Written by: Gillan, Glover, Blackmore, Lord, Paice
My Pal Originally recorded by God, Written by: God, Joel Silbersher)
Goin’ Against Your Mind Originally recorded by Built To Spill, Written by: Doug Martsch, Jim Roth, Brett Nelson, Scott Plouf
Self Control Belinda Kordic – Vocals Justin Greaves – Drums, Guitars Andy Taylor – Baritone Guitar Helen Stanley – Synth Wesley J. Wasley – Bass
Blueprint Ryan Patterson – Vocals Justin Greaves – Drums, Guitars Helen Stanley – Piano Wesley J. Wasley – Bass
And That’s Sad Justin Greaves – Drums, Guitars, Vocals Wesley Wasley – Bass, Vocals
Hammer Song Belinda Kordic – Vocals Justin Greaves – Drums, Guitars Andy Taylor – Guitar, Acoustic guitar Helen Stanley – Synth, Hammond Wesley J. Wasley – Bass
When A Blind Man Cries Belinda Kordic – Vocals Justin Greaves, Drums, Guitars Andy Taylor – Guitars Helen Stanley – Piano Kostas Panagiotou – Hammond Wesley J. Wasley – Bass
My Pal Belinda Kordic – Vocals Justin Greaves – Drums, Guitars, Backing Vocals Wesley J. Wasley – Bass
Goin’ Against Your Mind Justin Storms – Vocals Justin Greaves – Drums, Guitars Andy Taylor – Guitar Wesley J. Wasley – Bass
Recorded in 2023 at: Chapel Studios, Lincolnshire Engineered by Pieter Rietkerk
Additional Vocal Sessions at: Kapsylen Studio, Stockholm Engineered by Jörgen Jugglo Wall. House Of Foto, Louisville, KY Engineered by Ryan Patterson
Additional Production Credits: Mixed by Pieter Rietkerk Mastered by Magnus Lindberg Produced by Justin Greaves
Today, Australian black-doom deviants Tyrannic premiere the new track “Tyrannic Desolation”. The track is the second to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated third album, Tyrannic Desolation, set for international release on November 22nd via Iron Bonehead Productions. Hear Tyrannic‘s title track “Tyrannic Desolation” in its entirety here:
Since their formation in 2010, Australia’s Tyrannic have been a steady study in sonic defiance. The band’s earliest demo and split recordings were largely the work of one Tyrannic Deluge, but by the time of their debut album, 2018’s Ethereal Sepulchre,Tyrannic expanded their lineup and also expounded upon the primitivist origins of their sound. Aptly titled, Ethereal Sepulchre was a foggy ‘n’ frightening statement of eerie blackened doom – or perhaps DOOMED BLACK? Either way, the trio tread upon the slimy foundation laid out by their forebears but also evinced a red-eyed personality all their own. That identity has fully come to fruition with Tyrannic‘s second album, Mortuus Decadence, released in 2021 by Iron Bonehead. Somehow more immediate and distant simultaneously, the Aussies’ second full-length flayed sanity with its ever-tumultuous and -twisting songwriting, instilling utter unease in even the hardiest listener.
Now back to a power-trio, Tyrannic continue the chaos-harnessed trajectory of its predecessor with their third album, Tyrannic Desolation. Aptly titled, there are indeed many moments of desolation across the eight-song / 48-minute record; while one could liken them to “doom” in its most skeletal sense, those moments stomp down and ring out with seemingly random rancor, as if the players had pushed their primitive pulse to its limit and then tumble to a rumbling plod. But, such usage simply underlines the very madness running rampant across Tyrannic Desolation. Taking treacherous turns as often as they left a bestial burst run uncomfortably long, Tyrannic take demonic pleasure in the seemingly scattershot songwriting they employ. And just like Mortuus Decadence, A LOT happens across Tyrannic Desolation – and those endlessly rolling / roiling screeds of physicality continue to mutate in a manner most bizarre. If anything, Tyrannic Desolation by comparison imparts a greater sense of space and then hammers away any last vestige of “hook” or riff or whatever…and somehow, it eerily beckons further investigation, especially when faced with the vampiric-castle soloing found on “Dance On Graves Chained to the Labyrinth.” Again, MADNESS.
With their third full-length, Tyrannic prove that these idiosyncrasies are no mere fluke, and the wild & weird terrain trod by the likes of old Samael, early Celtic Frost / Hellhammer, Hungary’s Tormentor, Beherit, Brazilian iconoclasts like Impurity and Sextrash, or even very earliest Mayhem is very much also theirs. More cracked, more broken, more thirsty & miserable: this is Tyrannic Desolation!
Also hear the previously revealed “Prophetic Eyes of Glass” HERE at Iron Bonehead‘s Soundcloud. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Tyrannic’s Tyrannic Desolation 1. Prophetic Eyes of Glass 2. Tyrannic Desolation 3. Only Death Can Speak My Name 4. Impaled Before Your Mirror of Fate 5. Stillbirth In Still Life 6. Dance On Graves Chained To the Labyrinth 7. Incubus Incarnate 8. Morbid Sanctum
Today, New York death metallers Festergore premiere the new track “Glass Casket”. The track is the second to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated debut album, Constellation of Endless Blight, set for international release November 29th via Personal Records on CD format; Iron Fortress Records will be handling the cassette tape version. Hear Festergore‘s “Glass Casket” in its entirety here:
Festergore is a death metal act formed in 2021, coming from the slums of Staten Island, New York. While maintaining their own unique “Deadass Death Metal” sound, Festergore‘s influences stem from such legendary bands as Autopsy, Demolition Hammer, and Morbid Angel. In suspense, after a trio of short-length releases, Festergore have returned to the Kozmos with a full-length, Constellation of Endless Blight.
As forecast by its classic-style cover art, Festergore‘s debut album positively screams – authentically – the early ’90s. Indeed, every element of Constellation of Endless Blight – not just artwork, but also production, execution, and especially songwriting – combine into a masterclass of American death metal that variously nods to the aforementioned Morbid Angel but also contemporaneous Immolation, Malevolent Creation, Suffocation, Monstrosity, and Deicide. Sharp and surging, Festergore‘s nine songs here walk a taut line between labyrinthine and linear, with a dark ‘n’ doom-soaked atmosphere adding a pallor of gloom to their tendrilous death metal. What’s more, the feeling of filth coats every crevasse of the album, even with the production being so era-authentic polished. From slipstreaming speed to brutal beatdown, Festergore cover every classic base, inducing blight and decay every step of the way. The Kozmos will be crushed by this Constellation of Endless Blight!
Also hear the previously revealed “Cryogenic Decay” HERE at Personal Records‘ Bandcamp. Preorder info can be found HERE. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Festergore’s Constellation of Endless Blight
1. Ironborn 2. Glass Casket (feat. Anthony Bramante) 3. SMA 4. The View From Halfway Down 5. Synchronizing the Kozmos part I 6. Surrender to Madness 7. Cryogenic Decay 8. Synchronizing the Kozmos part II 9. What Once Was Proud
