deathCAVE announce debut album ‘Smoking Mountain’

DEATHCAVE have announced their debut album!

Titled Smoking Mountain, the upcoming album from the Seattle-based doom/sludge trio is their debut full-length effort and is scheduled to be released in August this year, via Satanik Royalty Records.

The upcoming debut album was recorded by Ben Verellen [HARKONEN, HELMS ALEE] at The Unknown in Anacortes, Washington, mixed by Verellen at Verellen Amplifiers in Seattle, Washington, and mastered by Brad Boatright [INTEGRITY, FULL OF HELL, GATECREEPER, HIGH COMMAND] at Audioseige in Portland, Oregon. The thundering five-track offering, which includes guest vocals by Andrea Vidal [HOLY GROVE], Dave Verellen [BOTCH, NARROWS], and Neil McAdams [BLACK BREATH] as well as a track dedicated to late BLACK BREATH bassist Elijah Nelson.

Smoking Mountain revolves around the concept of inevitable death and decay of not only humans, but nature as well. “Just south of Seattle, the Klickitats called Mount St. Helens Louwala-Clough, while the Cowlitz tribes called it Lavelatla,” elaborates bassist/vocalist Freiburger. “These two terms had the exact same meaning: Smoking Mountain. This idea is what cemented the name and general theme of the record.”

Alongside the announcement of the debut album, the band have released the first song from the upcoming album; titled Death Cave. Speaking about the new song, Freiburger says, “it’s about the darkest internal place that holds all our fears, the place that holds all our self-doubts, failures, and sorrows, and what it’s like when one goes into a deep place and can’t get out.”

Listen to Death Cave here:

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the debut album below:

Track List:

1. Death Cave
2. Last Breath
3. The Road (featuring Dave Verellen of BOTCH)
4. The Seer (featuring Andrea Vidal of HOLY GROVE)
5. Poison Wizard (featuring Neil McAdams of BLACK BREATH)

Smoking Mountain is set for release on August 14th via Satanik Royalty Records.

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