Sepulchral | Beneath The Shroud | Soulseller Records
Release
Date: 5 December 2025
Format: CD/LP/Digital
Genre: Death Metal
Country: Spain
Sepulchral came into existence in the Basque
underground with a simple mission, raw death metal that drags its listeners
straight into the grave. The band built its early reputation through filthy
demos and a debut album that won over fans who enjoy their metal rough,
primitive and without decoration. The trio returns with its second full length,
“Beneath The Shroud”, released by Soulseller
Records, and continues on the same path, only hungrier and more rotten.
Mixed and mastered by Gorka Pérez, with
cover art by Luciana Nedelea, this album
shows a band that keeps its roots in the mud while pushing forward with
stronger cohesion and harsher intent.
“Beneath
The Shroud” comes with the distinct odor of old cemetery soil, the kind that
sticks to your clothes and follows you home. Sepulchral do not hide what they
are. The guitars grind in steady waves, the vocals vomit straight from the tomb
and the rhythmic pulse stays firm and unpolished. The band sounds driven,
aggressive and completely committed to its rotten atmosphere. Instead of
chasing trends or fancy tricks, they double down on riffs that hit like
collapsing masonry. The production is raw, allowing the riffs to gnaw through
the mix without getting lost in noise.
The album
moves with grim determination. Tracks like “A Pact Written In Bone Dust” and
“Beneath The Shroud” strike fast and drag you deeper with their swampy energy.
The mid album stretch, with “Torchless Crossroads” and “Cloaked Spectres”,
shows the band in full control of their death metal swamp, creating an
environment that smells of wet earth and rusted blades. The closing movement,
with “Gravestone Covenant”, “Poison Wind” and “Lost In The Ruins”, keeps the
album strong until the end, avoiding the common slump where bands lose steam. Sepulchral stays locked into their style and keep
the pressure steady.
This is an
album built on instinct and filth. It never pretends to be something else. It
pushes forward with confidence and a clear vision. The band delivers their most
focused material so far, giving listeners an unrelenting dive into their moldy
domain. It is not trying to charm, it exists to crush and corrode. For fans of
classic death metal with no polish and no sweeteners, “Beneath The Shroud” hits
the target.
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