Dutch blackened death doom metallers, Soulburn, will release their sophomore album, The Suffocating Darkness, via Century Media Records on the following dates:

Germany / Austria / Switzerland / Finland - November 14th

UK / Benelux / France / Greece / Denmark / Portugal / Norway / Rest Of Europe / North America - November 17th

Italy / Spain / Poland - November 18th

Sweden - November 19th

Australia / New Zealand - November 21st

 

 

The album track, "In Suffocating Darkness", can be heard streaming below. Drummer and founding member Bob Bagchus checked in with the following comment about the track: “"In Suffocating Darkness" is the title-track of our upcoming album. It’s a mid-paced straight-to-the-core track with sawing riffs, down to earth upbeats and vocals full of hatred.”

Bob added some words about the impending album release: “The Suffocating Darkness is the second album we do with Soulburn and it represents the vision we have with Soulburn for 100%. Greatly influenced by old Bathory / Celtic Frost / Venom, we finally did on this very album what we already intended to do in 1996. People know us for our non-compromise attitude and that is exactly what can be expected from The Suffocating Darkness once again. Only this time it’s a lot darker effort and filled with morbid grimness. It all came out exactly how we wanted it to be, also due to Dan Swanö’s powerful mix”.

The Suffocating Darkness was recorded with Harry Wijering (Harrow Productions) and mix/mastering duties were taken over by Dan Swanö (Unisound Recordings). The artwork, which can be seen below, was designed by Timo Ketola (Watain, Deathspell Omega) and additional artwork was provided by Roberto Toderico (Sinister, Asphyx).

 

 

Tracklisting:

"Apotheosis Infernali" (Intro)

"Under The Rise Of A Red Moon"
"The Mirror Void"
"In Suffocating Darkness"
"Absinthesis"
"Hymn Of The Forsaken II"
"Black Aura"
"I Do Not Bleed From Your Crown Of Thorns"
"Wielding Death"
"Claws Of Tribulation"

"Eden's Last Sigh" (Outro)

“Under The Rise Of A Red Moon”:

Originally, Soulburn emerged after the demise of Dutch death metal legend Asphyx in the mid 90’s, when founding members Eric Daniels (guitars) and Bob Bagchus (drums) looked for a seperate outlet to unleash their mutual obsession with Bathory, Venom, Celtic Frost and unite it with a dark, doomy and primal death metallic twist. After a demo and the cult Feeding On Angels debut album via Century Media Records in 1998, which featured Wannes Gubbels (Pentacle) on vocals/bass, Soulburn were put to rest and seemed to be a mere transitional act before Asphyx achieved a short-lived return for On The Wings Of Inferno (2000) with the same lineup.

Soulburn was dead, buried, but not forgotten...

And now, 16 years after their debut album, the blackened death metal merchants return to the surface in their new lineup shape that again features the core of Eric Daniels (guitars) and Bob Bagchus (drums), teaming up with Twan van Geel (Flesh Made Sin, Legion Of The Damned) as vocalist/bassist and Remco Kreft (Grand Supreme Blood Court, Nailgun Massacre, Xenomorph) as second guitarist.