Evoken

Evoken

Mendacium

Profound Lore

The most prominent and significant American death / funeral doom emissaries Evoken succeed their 2018 landmark Hypnagogia album with their seventh full-length opus Mendacium set for release on Oct 17. A work that will reveal itself as one of the darkest and most oppressive Evoken albums among their unparalleled repertoire. Where 2018’s Hypnagogia would see the band capture and focus on a more melancholic, tangible, and even more of an accessible sonic design, Mendacium takes that acute shift back to the monumental dirge-like dread and woeful catacombic and disharmonious heaviness reminiscent of the band’s Quietus and Antitheses Of Light masterworks. All while still encapsulating the tectonic-shifting nature of their Caress Of The Void and Atra Mors releases while venturing more through classic gothic audial textures and even treading a little down experimental mire as well, reminiscing an aura seeping from such luminary artists as Dead Can Dance, Monumentum, and Disembowelment. To signal this shift in sound harking back to this previous era, the band would recall the services of producer Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal who worked with Evoken on their Antithesis Of Light and Quietus albums respectively. The result being Mendacium capturing a sepulchral heaviness saturated in ambience with even more of an emphasis on deathlike dread and anguish; an ambience reflecting the depths and catacombs of an ancient cathedral or monastery, ultimately defining Mendacium as Evoken’s most powerful sounding album to date.

Evoken

Hypnagogia

Profound Lore

Known as one of the founding fathers of American death / funeral doom, New Jersey’s Evoken have been a long-standing pillar of the scene during their 25 year pillage. Their new full-length album Hypnagogia is the band’s sixth album, their first in six years since the landmark Atra Mors, and is a towering monolith that develops and redefines the band’s sound, strengthening their position within the metal hierarchy. This release is an expression of doom metal artistry: one will bear witness to how the band creates new and even more daring expressions, expanding their musical dynamics through meticulous care and discrimination in the song writing process. A multitude of varying and flourishing emotions exists herein, pushing their trademark penchant for grandiose melodicism and pulverizing heaviness into the band’s most intense, compelling, and soul crushing experiences yet—one of euphoria, desperation, and hopelessness.

Evoken

Atra Mors

Profound Lore

***BACK IN PRINT ON LIMITED VIOLET VINYL!!! After being out of print for a decade, Profound Lore’s 100th release is finally available again on vinyl in a limited pressing (Violet Vinyl, 500 units), namely Evoken’s landmark Atra Mors album. This is the death / doom metal legend’s milestone release that brought the band a new level of recognition and awareness that propelled their status as one of the most essential death / doom metal bands of all time, landing Evoken upon the highest echelon of the genre.