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Independent black metal visionaries PROFANE ELEGY have released their latest single, “As My Heart Turns to Ash,” today, accompanied by a haunting visualizer. The track is the latest cut from their highly anticipated sophomore album, Herezjarcha, due out January 30, 2026.

“As My Heart Turns to Ash” is a doom-laden lament that explores themes of emotional detachment, hardening one’s heart, and walking away from what cannot be saved. With its deliberate pacing, mournful melodies, and the introduction of ghostly clean vocal passages, the song marks one of the band’s most introspective and vulnerable moments to date.

Watch/listen: Profane Elegy – “As My Heart Turns to Ash” (Visualizer) here: https://youtu.be/LbqY7R2Ewpw

The single is the latest glimpse into Herezjarcha, an album that expands every dimension of PROFANE ELEGY’s sound. Following their acclaimed 2023 debut When All Is Nothing, which drew praise for its fusion of atmospheric black metal and doom-laden despair, the upcoming record promises to be heavier, more dynamic, and thematically deeper.

Herezjarcha Track Listing: 

1. “Exeunt Omnes” – 4:57
2. “Haunted” – 3:31
3. “The Accuser” – 5:23
4. “As My Heart Turns to Ash” – 5:24
5. “I AM” – 3:49
6. “Immutable” – 4:13
7. “And Then We Are Gone” – 4:02
8. “Herezjarcha” – 5:57

Produced by J Gulick and mastered by Kevin Antreassian (Backroom Studios), Herezjarcha embodies the band’s commitment to vision over genre purity, weaving together black, doom, death, and progressive elements with orchestral textures and philosophical lyricism.

PROFANE ELEGY:

• Mikael L – Vocals, Orchestration
• J Gulick – Guitars, Orchestration
• David G – Bass, Orchestration
• Sean M – Drums

• Bandcamp: https://profaneelegy.bandcamp.com/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Profane-Elegy/100092367915270/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/profane_elegy/

Source: C Squared Music

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