Ne Obliviscaris announce new album ‘Exul’

December 2, 2022 James Weaver

NE OBLIVISCARIS have announced a new album!

Titled Exul, the upcoming album from the Australian progressive death metal band is the long-awaited follow-up to 2017’s Urn, and is scheduled to be released in March next year, via Season Of Mist.

The upcoming album was produced, mixed & mastered by Mark Lewis in Nashville, USA and was co-produced by the band. “Our approach is always the same,” says vocalist/violinist Tim Charles, “which is essentially to just write and see what comes out. Exul definitely had its challenges during the songwriting process. Part of the beauty of how our music comes together is that we are quite different individuals bringing an array of ideas together. From there, we work out how to combine them into something that is seamless and beautiful to us. We were determined to make this our best and most complete album yet, which definitely resulted in it taking longer. But we are so proud of this album and it’s exciting to finally share it with the world.”

The Exul album title came to vocalist Xen when he was summing up the album’s feeling musically and lyrically. Coincidentally, it matched the experience of most people during the pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “I think everyone at some point has felt at odds with the world around them, felt alone, cast out, or misunderstood,” says Xen. “Exul felt right to use in a broader sense and as a lone word, for we each have our own history and a story of exile. Overall, there’s a darker core to this album, perhaps more ominous than previous releases. However abstract the lyrics are, they involve some form of unwanted departure – all journeys into torment, passion, longing and even despair. They touch on the process of physical and psychological destruction that comes from that sense or reality of being exiled, whether forced from one’s land, ostracised from a community, shunned by a religion, or even simply being treated differently for being who they are.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List:

1. Equus
2. Misericorde I – As the Flesh Falls
3. Misericorde II – Anatomy of Quiescence
4. Suspyre
5. Graal
6. Anhedonia

And that’s not all from the NE OBLIVISCARIS camp! The band have announced a headlining European and UK tour for May and June next year. Support for the tour comes from PERSEFONE, ASYMMETRIC UNIVERSE and THE OMNIFIC.

“We are so excited to announce not only the first part of our Exul world tour for all our EU/UK NeObluminati, but also unveil our new album’s track-list & stunning cover, courtesy of Xen,” Charles says. “This album has been five long years in the making and we are so incredibly proud of every second of it. Stay tuned for your first taste in the coming days!”

Tour dates are as follows:

05/05/2023 Tavastia, Helsinki (FI)
06/05/2023 Klubi, Tampere (FI)
09/05/2023 Bla, Oslo (NO)
10/05/2023 Pumpehuset, Copenhagen (DK)
11/05/2023 Headcrash, Hamburg (DE)
13/05/2023 Luxor, Cologne (DE)
14/05/2023 Trix, Antwerp (BE)
16/05/2023 Grand Social, Dublin (IE)
17/05/2023 Slay, Glasgow (UK)
18/05/2023 Rebellion, Manchester (UK)
19/05/2023 Islington Academy, London (UK)
20/05/2023 Gebr. de Nobel, Leiden (NL)
21/05/2023 Petit Bain, Paris (FR)
22/05/2023 Ferrailleur, Nantes (FR)
24/05/2023 Hard Club, Porto (PT)
25/05/2023 RCA Club, Lisbon (PT)
26/05/2023 Nazca, Madrid (ES)
27/05/2023 Boveda, Barcelona (ES)
29/05/2023 Kofmehl Hall, Solothurn (CH)
30/05/2023 Strom, Munich (DE)
31/05/2023 Viper Room, Vienna (AT)
01/06/2023 Futurum, Prague (CZ)
02/06/2023 Hole44, Berlin (DE)
03/06/2023 Naumann, Leipzig (DE)