Hate announce new album ‘Auric Gates of Veles’

HATE have announced a new album!

Titled Auric Gates of Veles, the upcoming album is the eleventh effort from the band and is scheduled to be released in June this year.

With 2017’s Tremendum, they took a step toward a darker, more atmospheric, black metal-oriented style and began exploring Slavonic mysticism, and new album Auric Gates Of Veles continues in that direction. “We wanted to go deeper into the subject, both musically and lyrically,” explains vocalist/guitarist ATF Sinner. “We also wanted to record a sharper and better defined rhythm section, a more death metal-oriented one. When it comes to guitar sound, it was meant to be a wall of sonic destruction with dark ambient elements in the background.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have launched the first song from the upcoming record; titled Sovereign Sanctity. Speaking about the song, Sinner says, “we wanted the songs to sound like anthems, and Sovereign Sanctity is a perfect example of such a song. I think it’s also one of the best we have written in years.”

Listen to Sovereign Sanctity here: 

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

Track List: 

1. Seventh Manvantara
2. Triskhelion
3. The Volga’s Veins
4. Sovereign Sanctity
5. Path to Arkhen
6. Auric Gates of Veles
7. Salve Ignis
8. Generation Sulphur
9. In the Shrine of Veles (Pre-Production) *ltd. digi bonus track
10. Path to Arkhen (Pre-Production) *ltd. digi bonus track

Auric Gates of Veles is set for release on June 14th via Metal Blade Records.

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