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Thursday, May 29, 2025
OBSIDIAN TONGUE: POST NEW RELEASE "ECLIPSING WORLDS OF SCORN"
Massachusetts, U.S.A. black metal warriors OBSIDIAN TONGUE have
posted the bands
anticipated new
release "ECLIPSING WORLDS OF SCORN", due to be unleashed 5/30/2025 via
PROFOUND LORE RECORDS.
OBSIDIAN TONGUE released
"NORTHEASTERN HYMNS", a four way split with IN HUMAN FORM, INFERA BRUO
and AUTOLATRY, unleashed 1/27/2015 via ACEPHALE WINTER
PRODUCTIONS.
OBSIDIAN TONGUE released "A Nest Of Ravens In The Throat Of Time" 7/29/2013 via HYPNOTIC DIRGE RECORDS.
FROM PROFOUND LORE RECORDS:
“Eclipsing
Worlds of Scorn” is streaming in full today! Official release is
tomorrow. Very glad to share this work in full with you all, at last.
Progressive US black metal band Obsidian Tongue will release their stunning new album “Eclipsing Worlds of Scorn” on May 30th. Pre-orders and new track “Orphaned Spiritual Warrior” now live here: https://linktr.ee/obsidiantongue
Lauded
as USBM’s best kept secret, Obsidian Tongue has been on a steadfast
artistic journey since their formation in 2009. They’ve never failed to
retain the original mission of playing raw and cathartic melodic black
metal as they journeyed further into psychedelic and progressive
territories with each release.
Comprised
of vocalist/guitarist/bassist Brendan Hayter (Thrawsunblat/Obsequiae
live) and drummer Raymond Capizzo (Falls Of Rauros/Panopticon live), the
duo returned to Mystic Valley Studio with Alex Garcia-Rivera to
record/mix/master “Eclipsing Worlds of Scorn” entirely on the analog
domain, created with a total absence of click tracks, quantization, or
sound replacement of any kind.
The
progressive black metal journey that is “Eclipsing Worlds of Scorn”
takes off immediately with the wrathful sounds of “Orphaned Spiritual
Warrior” and “Snakeskin Tunnel Colony”, easily the band’s two heaviest
tracks to date. These flow directly into the apocalyptic title track,
and onto the vulnerable and surreal sounds of “To Forgive Oneself”
leading into the acoustic instrumental “…And Still They Dream”. This
dream ends with the triumphant “Theater of Smoke & Wind”, a true
psychedelic black metal classic that still evokes some of the original
feeling found on the band’s “Subradiant Architecture” debut.
16
years into the band’s existence, Obsidian Tongue clearly show no signs
of running out of new ways to alter their sound - song by song, album by
album.
Featuring artwork by Kati Astraeir and album design by John Haughm (Agalloch).
1. Orphaned Spiritual Warrior
2. Snakeskin Tunnel Colony
3. Eclipsing Worlds of Scorn
4. To Forgive Oneself
5. …And They Still Dream…
6. Theater of Smoke & Wind
VIDEO BELOW: OBSIDIAN TONGUE:NEW RELEASE "ECLIPSING WORLDS OF SCORN" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF PROFOUND LORE RECORDS):
