Wyatt E. announce new album ‘zamāru ultu qereb ziqquratu Part 1’

WYATT E. have announced a new album!

Titled  , the upcoming album from the Belgian doom/drone metal band is the follow-up to 2022’s Āl Bēlūti Dārû, and is scheduled to be released in January next year, via Heavy Psych Sounds.

The upcoming album is the first chapter of a set of two concept albums in which the band deepens its exploration of ancient Babylon with an almost mythical approach through the eyes of the exiled captives from Jerusalem.

The album includes two drummers recorded simultaneously to create the vibration coming from a crowd afar, as well as an eclectic array of instruments such as the saz, viola, sitar, bugle and a blend of analog and digital elements. With outstanding vocal appearances by Nina Saeidi [LOWEN] and Tomer Damsky [ATONIA], the album features an excerpt from Turkish composer Fazil Say “Mesopotamia” symphony. It was mixed by Tim De Gieter [AMENRA, BRUTUS, ABSENT IN BODY] and mastered by Jack Shirley [DEAFHEAVEN, BOTANIST].

Alongside the announcement of the debut album, WYATT E. have released a new song from the upcoming album; Im Lelya. The new song features a guest appearance from Tomer Damsky of ATONIA and was first premiered at Everything Is Noise.

Speaking about the new song, the band shares, “Im Lelya is WYATT E.‘s second collaboration with Jerusalem singer Tomer Damsky, following Kol Badai in 2021. This ancient Aramaic fable was said on the days of Belshazzar, the last Babylonian king, and it prophecies in monstrous allegories the fall of the kingdoms of Babylon, Persia, and Greece to let the world be destroyed by the new kingdom of Rome. ‘In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven, and four great beasts came up out of the sea’: so begins the apocalyptic Dream of the Four Beasts by the prophet Daniel.”

Listen to Im Lelya here:

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

Track List: 

1. Qaqqari la târi Part I
2. Kerretu Mahrû
3. Im Lelya (feat. Tomer Damsky)
4. The Diviner’s Prayer To The Gods Of The Night (feat. Nina Saeidi)
5. Ahanu Ersetum

zamāru ultu qereb ziqquratu Part 1 is set for release on January 10th via Heavy Psych Sounds. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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