After a string of singles, an epic music video and a successful Copenhagen release show last Thursday, Danish symphonic extreme metal ensemble LAMENTARI finally released their long-awaited new album, ‘ANTE AURORAM’ yesterday, November 13th 2026.
Listen to LAMENTARI’s new album ‘ANTE AURORAM’ HERE
Max Uldahl, the orchestrator and choir arranger, states on the new album:
“ANTE AURORAM is our most dynamic and emotionally expansive album to date. The Latin word lamentari means a passionate expression of grief and sorrow, and we wanted the album to embody the duality that exists in that. To grieve deeply is to have experienced something worth grieving for. So, to know darkness is to have known light. It is in this tension that ANTE AURORAM finds its emotional core, moving freely between moments of profound weight and soaring light.”
Lead singer and visual wizard Daniel Lønberg unfolds the album theme:
“‘ANTE AURORAM’ means ‘before dawn’ and explores what we carry with us from one life into the next. With each life, the soul carries something forward, helping to shape the next. It is the feeling of standing before dawn, knowing that something profound has already happened in the darkness.”
‘ANTE AURORAM’ is released on several physical formats in limited editions, which is available through Over The Under Records HERE.
With ‘ANTE AURORAM’, the band continues its exploration of the meeting point between extreme metal and classical music. The new second album and in all fourth opus in the band’s symphonic canon builds on the sound LAMENTARI has established through its previous releases, while simultaneously pushing it into new territory.
The fourth grand opus in the band’s symphonic canon, ‘ANTE AURORAM’ cements LAMENTARI as torchbearers of Danish symphonic metal. Virtuosic apocalyptic music for the theatrically minded, the album finds the band pushing their sound into new extremes.
‘ANTE AURORAM’ was mixed and mastered by longtime collaborator Stefano Morabito (Fleshgod Apocalypse) who previously mixed LAMENTARI’s ‘Clavis Aurea’ and ‘Nihilitatis’. With ‘ANTE AURORAM’, the collaboration enters its third act. Choral passages were recorded with a live choir in London, conducted under the leadership of Aaron King, capturing the solemnity of a true choral mass.
LAMENTARI have earned a reputation for extraordinary live performances, including appearances at Wacken Metal Battle, Inferno Metal Festival and COPENHELL, where they performed with a live choir and conductor. Their 2022 Wacken Metal Battle campaign saw them finish third, while their COPENHELL performance earned them the “New Hope Live” award at Den Hårde Tone.
Track list:
- ANTE AURORAM
- OCULI LAPIDIS
- GRADUS DEI
- VENIA
- EX FAVILLA
- AUDIENTIA DIVINA
Watch LAMENTARI’s video for ‘OCULI LAPIDIS’ HERE
Line-up:
Vocals: Daniel Lønberg
Guitars (Lead/Synth): Emil Holst Partsch
Guitars (Rhythm): Michael Møller
Bass: Kristoffer Tønder Koudahl
Drums: Christopher Peetz-Schou Vissing
Keys/Synths/Orchestration: Max Uldahl
Online:
https://www.lamentari.com/
https://www.facebook.com/lamentari
https://www.instagram.com/lamentari_band
https://cult-of-lamentari.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/@lamentari9752
