From the shadowed ranks of ORDO VAMPYR ORIENTIS comes BEFOULED MALEDICTION, a new project devoted to the darker corners of black metal and occult storytelling. Its debut record, “Desperate Necromancy”, follows a warlock whose world is shattered by the sudden death of his beloved, sending him beyond the boundaries of mortal knowledge in search of a way to reverse the inevitable.
What begins in grief gradually turns toward forbidden rites, necromancy and the dangerous conviction that death itself can be defied. “Desperate Necromancy” gives this descent a suitably spectral setting, combining aggressive yet melodic black metal with an atmosphere that recalls the dim chambers, ancient manuscripts and solitary wanderings of dungeon synth. The music remains sharp and purposeful, allowing the narrative to emerge through melody, tension and shifting shades of darkness rather than excessive theatrics.
As part of the ever-changing ORDO VAMPYR ORIENTIS collective, BEFOULED MALEDICTION features associates also active in BAT MAGIC, BAD MANOR, BENEATH MOONLIGHT and other related projects.
“Desperate Necromancy” will be available digitally through Bandcamp and Ampwall on October 30, followed by a limited LP edition via Ixiol Productions and Dawnbreed Records on November 13.
The first single “Ritual” is now streaming via Invisible Oranges at THIS LOCATION.
For fans of: Arckanum, Sacramentum, Dissection
Tracklist:
01. The Dark Time
02. Ritual
03. The Dwindling Hours
04. To Lift the Shroud and Find Misery
05. Deliberation
06. Finis Tragœdia
07. The Silenced Hymn
Credits:
Voix de Velours Empoisonnée – Incantations
The Haunted Strigoi – Hell-Axe
Blood Drinker – Stringed Spear & Cursed Ivory
Winged Necromancer – Subterranean Rumbling
The Impaler – Inverted Crucifix Battery
Guitar solo on “The Silenced Hymn” by Countess Vesperia
Mixed by Sanguine
Mastered by Jacob Buczarski
Incantations captured by Evan Michael Williams
Logo by Ikonostasis
Illustration and layout by Dylan Garrett Smith
Streaming & preorders:
https://ordovampyrorientis.bandcamp.com/album/desperate-necromancy
https://ampwall.com/a/ovo/album/desperate-necromancy
