No sun
To fucking shine up above
Upon this dying world
Of misery and decrepit fate
Drained... Atom by atom
Swallowed by apophis
The golden star has become
A pale paltry flame
Than thy fire no longer burns
And thy ligthness no longer Rise!
And thy brightness no longer shine
No longer shine!
Gigantic darkened void
Spreaded across all lands and seas
Withering thoughts and wills
Breathe death between entrails
Self feeding by time
And cosmic dust
Hipnotic specter rising
In eternal cicles of death and pain
To reign... To be alive... Alive in death!
Through the depths of the 12th gate...
Marching onwards...
Through the depths of the 12th gate
This marks ESCARNIUM's first new music since Interitus in 2016! The release, entitled Through the Depths of the 12th Gate, while only 2 songs, it's a firm announcement that the band are alive and well and have bigger plans to come.
Speaking about the EP, mainman Victor Elian shares,
"The delay to release something new is mostly due to my moving to from Brazil to Germany. Since the rest of the band members at the time stayed in Brazil, and I had to adapt to the new country, the composition process got a lot harder and slower. Besides that, we spent some time harvesting what we planted with the Interitus album. We had a few tours between 2016 and 2018, and we were supposed to record and release a new album in 2020. Around the same time we were planning a tour in Brazil with Goath (GER), but Covid got in the way and everything got canceled..."
He continues by elaborating on some of the inspiration for the song, Through the Depths of the 12th Gate,
"The riffs for this song were written by me between 2016 and 2017 and Nestor Carrera (Escarnium, Rotborn) worked his magic on the drums from Brazil. Since we were not able to release any material in 2020 as mentioned above, we figured it would be nice to release a single (or a EP in this case) to "break the ice" and re-introduce ourselves to the world. I actually like this song very much. It shows a slightly different face of Escarnium, with a denser atmosphere and more cadenced tempo. I think it illustrates an evolution and maturity of the band. Its lyrics have a very personal meaning to me and refers to depression and some other personal subjects, as well as the current world state of pandemic chaos. It was the first song I wrote after a deep and long period of depression, so it is very sincere and has a really heavy meaning to me."
As far as choosing to cover Amorphis' Pilgrimage From Darkness, Victor explains,
"The Amorphis cover was chosen because when I was younger and introduced to death metal music, I had access to that EP and its low tuning and overall mood of the songs really got into me. Escarnium is heavily influenced by European Death Metal, although I'm sure people would say specifically from Swedish Death Metal like Entombed and Dismember. Truthfully though, as far as Swedish bands go, Unleashed, Grave, and old Hypocrisy, have had a much bigger role influencing us, and Amorphis is in this same bucket, casting their obscure sound upon our ideas."
credits
released January 21, 2022
Escarnium is:
Nestor Carrera - drums
Victor Elian - vocal / guitar
Alex Hahn - guitar
Vitor Giovani - bass
Vocals, guitars, and bass recorded by Victor Elian
Guitar solo recorded by Alex Hahn
Drums recorded by Nestor Carrera
Guitar, bass, and vocals engineered by Caleb Bingham at Nightmare Sound Studio, Groningen, Netherlands in September 2021
Mixed and mastered between September and November 2021 by Caleb Bingham at Nightmare Sound Studio, Groningen, Netherlands
Pilgramage of Darkness orginally written by Amorphis
Artwork by Atila Lemos and Nestor Carrera
Layout by Nestor Carrera
supported by 14 fans who also own “Through the Depths of the 12th Gate”
The perfect mix of (old school) death thrash and (modern) slam death. With a great sense for groove and impressive amount of variation. I'll keep an eye on these guys - especially on their other profile where this is a little cheaper and new stuff is available. mourner
supported by 12 fans who also own “Through the Depths of the 12th Gate”
The Profund Recreant sounds huge and is as heavy as it's catchy. It will drill into your ear and deeper and deeper until you simply can't do without it anymore. Btw, I love the intro and the outro. mourner
