Reedycja BESTIA ARCANA "Holókauston"

 

"And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter." (Revelation 8:10-11)

Originally released in 2017 by Dark Descent Records and long sold-out, "Holókauston" is - for now - the crowning achievement of BESTIA ARCANA, the occultist Black Metal outlet for Naas Alcameth (AKHLYS, AORATOS, NIGHTBRINGER) alongside current and ex-members of NIGHTBRINGER.

The successor to 2011's acclaimed "To Anabainon ek tes Abyssu" is a stark reminder of the labyrinthine depths Alcameth had mined prior to recent achievements with oneiric and nightmarish entity AKHLYS – outlandish, shadow-crafted, compulsive and still vital.

Tracklist:

01. Hellmouth

02. Obscurator

03. Howling

04. Iniquity

In celebration of this heretical and apocalyptic black opera, DMP will reissue "Holókauston" on CD, vinyl - including an exclusive DMP edition - and digital on July 17th. This edition reaffirms the album's enduring and strikingly prescient cataclysmic stance, as Naas Alcameth reflects:

"When we recorded "Holókauston", it expressed eschatological vision and apocalyptic dread, reaching toward archetypal depths. Nearly a decade later, we find ourselves in a time of greater uncertainties and eroding paradigms. Its themes feel less like distant myths or parables and more like something fearfully close and inevitable. This re-release reminds us that "Holókauston" was never tied to a single moment but continues to resonate wherever the looming shadow of Armageddon falls."

Listen to the album via Bandcamp!