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NEMOROUS Announce New Album – What Remains When Hope Has Failed

Posted in Black Metal, black metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on October 15, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Full-length out November 21 on Bindrune Recordings

The wait for the full-length follow-up to the promising debut EP from England’s NEMOROUS is nearly over! Four years after the debut EP, the band has finally returned with a six-track atmospheric black metal experience titled What Remains When Hope Has Failed. 

Listen to the album teaser here.

Follow NEMOROUS on Spotify.

Bindrune Records will release What Remains When Hope Has Failed on CD, vinyl and digital formats on November 21.

Track-list:
1) The Wyrm at World’s End
2) This Rotten Bough
3) Sky Avalanche
4) Quiescence
5) Bereft Part 2
6) What Remains When Hope Has Failed

Formed from the ashes of Wodensthrone, NEMOROUS carry the torch of atmospheric English black influenced metal proudly, but it’s not the main driving force behind them. The vision is far more expansive and eclectic. With their debut self-titled EP, they have proven that the twisting melodies and fog-like aura they create with their sound indeed harkens back to their past musical conquests, yet progression is a core tenet as it walks hand in hand with rich melodies and a fierce sense of aggressive tradition. 

NEMOROUS:
Phil Heckles – Bass
Ian Finley – Drums
Michael Blenkarn – Guitars
Alexandra Durning – Keyboards
Rob Hindmarsh – Guitars
Nick Craggs – Vocals

What Remains When Hope Has Failed is four years in the making and finds the band emerging victorious from a line-up change, where Chris Walsh (Vocals/Guitars) was replaced by Nick Craggs (Vocals – Vacivus/Neolithic) and Rob Hindmarsh on second guitar. Now as sextet, the band dove into the music for their first full-length reinvigorated, and it shows in the album’s composition.

What Remains When Hope Has Failed is a dynamic and emotional journey where quiet musical passages draw the listener in with vulnerability and beautiful, clean guitar arrangements that feel like Fields of the Nephilim at their most post-apocalyptic, only to build with reflective, melancholic mids, before exploding with blasting ferocity.

From subtle, yet expansive synth textures, complex drum work that never loses grasp on a powerful feel/swing, it all strengthens the overall impact of this album with colorful dynamics and a songwriting characteristic which can certainly be traced back to the early days of Wodensthrone. 

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Source: ClawHammer PR

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BLACK SEA OF TREES – Premiere New Single “A Red Dawn”

Posted in Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on October 15, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

Traversing a forlorn sense of powerlessness juxtaposed with a ferocious intensity, “A Red Dawn” offers a commentary on human behavior throughout history as well as a search one’s sense of self. The Australian progressive metal quartet BLACK SEA OF TREES are beginning their journey to unleash the second album Cult of the Sun.

The band comments on “A Red Dawn”: 

“The lyrics illustrate the protagonist’s stagnant situation before being confronted by the sun god’s providence. The protagonist makes a covenant with the sun god, offering themselves in return for power to destroy their enemies and the creation of a new kingdom. The song ends with the protagonist destroying the temples of the old gods and the slaughter of those that upheld that religion.”

Listen HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idz1IdVrQKg

BLACK SEA OF TREES:
Samuel Exton – Vocals/Guitar
Jan Schotting – Drums
Francesco Adami – Bass
Chris Schwinghamer – Lead Guitar

About BLACK SEA OF TREES:
Based out of Melbourne and Victoria in Australia, the progressive metal ensemble composes their music around the narrative of their releases. BLACK SEA OF TREES formed in 2018. The debut album, The Spiritual Beast, materialized in the spring of 2023. The band’s forthcoming sophomore full-length is an exploration of spirituality, folklore and philosophy, with death metal, folk and ambient elements incorporated into the soundscapes.

“A Red Dawn” marks the beginning of this next chapter for BLACK SEA OF TREES, introducing this next album’s concept: the protagonist is chosen by god to overthrow an old kingdom in a spiritual revolution. It’s a narrative that is heavily influenced by the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh, Akhenaten and his life’s journey.

BLACK SEA OF TREES brings to life their themes and concepts through dark atmospheric tones, strong full voiced melodies, falsetto and deep growls. With songs ranging from intense 8 minute long walls of sound to 3 minute atmospheric/acoustic passages, BLACK SEA OF TREES draw inspiration from the likes of OPETH, KATATONIA, CULT OF LUNA, RUSSIAN CIRCLES, and KARNIVOOL. A wide array of styles is entwined into the outfit’s distinctive and compelling sound. 

Connect with BLACK SEA OF TREES:
Bandcamp: https://blackseaoftreesofficial.bandcamp.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackseaoftrees

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3zogtBHiOCIaGsOfy7y6oS

Source: C Squared Music

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