Obsidian Tongue announce new album ‘Eclipsing Worlds Of Scorn’
OBSIDIAN TONGUE have announced a new album!
Titled Eclipsing Worlds Of Scorn, the upcoming album from the American atmospheric black metal band is the follow-up to 2020’s Volume III, and is scheduled to be released in May this year, via Profound Lore.
Comprised of multi-instrumentalist Brendan Hayter [THRAWSUNBLAT/OBSEQUIAE live] and drummer Raymond Capizzo [FALLS OF RAUROS/PANOPTICON live], the band returned to the all-analog Mystic Valley Studio, where their first two records were made, to print their COVID-era home sessions onto two-inch tape. The upcoming album was mixed and mastered in the analog domain as well by Alex Garcia-Rivera.
Alongside the announcement of the new album, OBSIDIAN TONGUE have released a brand new song lifted from the upcoming album; Orphaned Spiritual Warrior. Speaking about the new song, Hayter shares, “the first track we arranged for Eclipsing Worlds Of Scorn practically named itself – Orphaned Spiritual Warrior. It was clearly an album opener, as complex and chaotic as it is.
It felt like being dropped into a new world you knew you didn’t belong in – and everyone and everything around you knows it too. You vaguely remember that you came from somewhere else, that you had a dignified purpose there, and that there were people way beyond this place that understood you…but the worst part is you don’t know if they’re looking for you, if they’re trying to get you back. All you know is a sense of abandon and mortal danger…every step is heavy with some sort of impostor syndrome and every movement feels uncoordinated, jagged, and bound for disaster. You once could fight, but in this place it feels like trying to fight off an attacker in a dream and you can’t make contact or move your arm fast enough no matter how hard you try. All there’s left to do is find some sort of shelter, try to find your center, try to unlock the memories, and fight off the strife. ‘Set ablaze this world to pass onto the next.”
Listen to Orphaned Spiritual Warrior here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
1. Orphaned Spiritual Warrior
2. Snakeskin Tunnel Colony
3. Eclipsing Worlds of Scorn
4. To Forgive Oneself
5. …And Still They Dream…
6. Theater of Smoke & Wind
Eclipsing Worlds Of Scorn is set for release on May 30th via Profound Lore Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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