Numer z debiutu OSSILEGIUM

 

Today, vintage blackened death metallers Ossilegium premiere the new track "The Gods Below" at heavily trafficked web-portal NoCleanSinging.com. The track is the second to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated debut album, The Gods Below, set for international release on May 3rd via Personal Records. Hear Ossilegium's "The Gods Below" in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Initially formed as Empyreus from 2009-2019, Ossilegium debuted in 2020 after extensive lineup changes. Largely inspired by the '90s black metal scenes of Sweden and Norway, Ossilegium bring forth their own style of Blackened Metal of Death with their long-awaited debut album, The Gods Below. Indeed, the record is aptly titled, for the alternately ice-cold / burning-hot majesty the duo unleash here reinvigorates noble old tropes - namely, the days when melody was married to death metal crunch and when leathery black wings enclosed it, flying far and free across a landscape of blue-purple emotion. To say that The Gods Below could've been released on No Fashion, Black Sun, or Wrong Again Records back in the day is not to suggest there's "retro" pastiche at play; rather, Ossilegium truly LIVE this style of metal and prove it with incredibly dynamic songwriting and impassioned performance. Hearing is believing, and buttressed by haunting acoustic passages, the duo's debut album becomes an all-immersive experience no matter the decade.

On evidence of The Gods Below, Ossilegiumdeserve to be included in the conversation of classic works by Necrophobic, Sacramentum, Unanimated, Gates of Ishtar, and Sweden's Dawn and Naglfar. The past is alive, and it's only just begun!

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "The Gods Below" exclusively HERE, courtesy of NoCleanSinging.com. Also hear the previously revealed "Nightborn" HERE at Personal Records' Bandcamp. Preorder info can be found HERE. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Ossilegium's The Gods Below

1. Nightborn

2. Serpentine Shadows

3. The Winds of Astaroth

4. Beyond the Clandestine

5. The Heart of Darkness

6. To Reach The Eternal Ends

7. Constellationrise

8. The Gods Below

9. Planar Nexus