lowheaven announce debut album ‘Ritual Decay’

May 13, 2025 James Weaver

LOWHEAVEN have announced their debut album!

Titled Ritual Decay, the upcoming album from the Toronto-based post-metal band is their debut full-length album, and is scheduled to be released in August this year, via their new home at MNRK Heavy.

Produced by Brett Romnes [BOSTON MANOR, HOT MULLIGAN] and mastered by Mangus Lindberg of CULT OF LUNA, the ten-track offering explores the reality of complete social isolation and the acceptance of what it means to lose faith in life and yourself. Following the dissolution of vocalist and guitarist Dan Thomson’s previous band, SPARROWS and the mandated COVID-19 isolation, the very foundations of Thomson’s identity crumbled. Several unfortunate medical diagnoses led to a great deal of change, many of which would alter his life forever.

Alongside the announcement of the debut album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; Chemical Pattern.

Speaking of the new single, Thomson shares, “this song has taken on a weight of its own, when you see what’s been going on all around us since the beginning of this year, which is kind of wild since the song was written three years ago. This song was definitely a personal response to the fact that everything around me was melting; there wasn’t a semblance of comfort or familiarity. While a significant amount of Ritual Decay is intensely personal, Chemical Pattern is a look outwards. Let’s be honest, everything is fucked. And I don’t have the way out. Uncertainty is terrifying.”

Watch the official music video for Chemical Pattern here:

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

Track List:

1. In Grievance
2. Chemical Pattern
3. Cancer Sleep
4. Nothing Else Frail
5. Amherst
6. Mercy Death
7. Fucking Hell
8. Fighter Valley
9. Violence
10. Manic Grace