The Long-Awaited 4th Chapter of Despair from Finland’s DSBM Masters MORTUALIA!!!
Emerging once again from the endless darkness of Finland, MORTUALIA returns with its haunting fourth full-length album, “Cold in the Earth.” Spearheaded by the enigmatic Shatraug, the revered mastermind behind Horna and Sargeist, MORTUALIA continues its descent into the abyss with a work steeped in sorrow, isolation, and hypnotic melancholy. Following the acclaimed “Wild, Wild Misery,” this newest offering further refines the band’s signature fusion of depressive black metal and mournful doom into a cold, emotionally devastating experience.
Across seven desolate hymns, including the crushing title track “Cold in the Earth,” the somber passages of “Remembrance I & II,” and the bleakly mesmerizing “Winter’s Due,” MORTUALIA conjures an atmosphere of hopelessness and spiritual ruin unlike few others in the genre. Shatraug’s masterful songwriting once again balances raw black metal aggression with slow-burning funeral dirges, weaving memorable melodies and sorrow-drenched hooks into every shadowed corner of the album.
Dark, introspective, and utterly consuming, “Cold in the Earth” stands as another towering achievement in MORTUALIA’s discography - a bleak monument to misery forged by one of black metal’s most distinctive and enduring creative forces.
PRESS:
“Perfect” -Absolute Zero Media webzine
“Something truly amazing” -Riff-Mag.com
“Highly recommended” -Heathenharvest.com [4/5 rating]
“An album not to be missed” -From the Dust Returned webzine [9.5/10 rating]
KEY SALES POINTS:
* The highly anticipated 4th album from Finland’s Mortualia!
* Genius solo project of HORNA and SARGEIST mastermind Shatraug!
* Features a unique Black Metal rendition of the hit DURAN DURAN Power Ballad “Ordinary World”!
* Recorded at Ruins of Cachtice Studios (Sargeist, Horna, Baptism)!
* Mastered by Steve Pedneault (Vritra).
* A Masterpiece of depressive, suicidal Doom-Black Metal!
* Mandatory for fans of Sargeist, Horna, Vardan, Burzum, Behexen, Xasthur and Silencer.
Track Listing:
1. cold in the earth
2. remembrance i
3. starlight
4. devouring fire
5. elusive
6. winter's due
7. remembrance ii
8. ordinary world
Also Available on Moribund Records by MORTUALIA, SARGEIST & HORNA:
DEAD236 MORTUALIA "Wild, Wild Misery" CD
DEAD204 MORTUALIA "Blood Of The Hermit" CD
DEAD169 MORTUALIA "Mortualia" CD w/ Bonus Track
DEAD156L SARGEIST "Let The Devil In" Digi CD w/ Bonus Tracks
DEAD69 SARGEIST "Disciple of the Heinous Path" CD
DEAD59 SARGEIST "Tyranny Returns" CD
DEAD57 SARGEIST / HORNED ALMIGHTY "Split" CD
DEAD42 SARGEIST "Satanic Black Devotion" CD
DEAD145 HORNA "Musta Kaipuu" CD
DEAD90 HORNA / MUSTA SURMA "Viha Vuodet" CD
DEAD86 HORNA / BEHEXEN "Split" CD
