Release: Acolythus – Unearthly Kingdoms ‘Neath Lifeless Stars
Format: Digital
Release Date: May 8th 2026
Genre: Black Metal
Country: Finland
Label: Inverse Records
FFO: Emperor, Alghazanth, Behexen
Finnish black metal band Acolythus are set to release their debut album ‘Unearthly Kingdoms ‘Neath Lifeless Stars’ on May 8th 2026 via Inverse Records. The first and only single ‘Scholars of Empires Beyond’ is available here: https://push.fm/fl/acolythus-scholars
BIOGRAPHY:
Acolythus is a project strongly rooted in traditional black metal, boasting straightforward aggression coupled with a recognizable Finnish melodic approach to the genre.
Featuring members from Convulse, Sargassus and Jotungrav, the band was born as an outlet for the musicians’ black metal aspirations. After the inspiration struck, ‘Unearthly Kingdoms ‘Neath Lifeless Stars’ was written and recorded in a matter of weeks. The album aims at conveying the aggression and feeling behind the music in its purest form. Hence in Acolythus’ music, the listener will only hear real instruments being played by real people – free of all edits and tricks that dominate the modern metal sound. Thematically Acolythus centers itself around esoteric and occult knowledge, as well as a somewhat misanthropic and post-apocalyptic focus on humanity. Much of the inspiration from which the music is born out of can be traced to the mystical worldbuilding and wordweaving of bands such as Alghazanth, Immortal and Emperor, to name a few. In short, Acolythus provides the listener with poetic hymns and sermons of woe, accompanied by blazing and ice-cold riffs in the most authentic way black metal should be performed in.
Track list:
1. Among Ruins Forlorn
2. Scholars of Empires Beyond
3. As the Slaughtered Wizards Reincarnate
4. Frozen Desolate Warfields
5. Vacuous Gods of the Abyss
6. Unearthly Kingdoms ‘Neath Lifeless Stars
7. In the Fading Light of Burning Cathedrals
-All music written and produced by Acolythus
-Mix & Master by Teemu Leskinen
-Album cover art by Matias Stenman
Line-up:
Guitars & Vocals: Angrmáni (Matias Stenman)
Drums: Maleficarum (Matias Rokio)
Bass: Abyssias (Teemu Leskinen)
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/Acolythusband
https://www.instagram.com/acolythusband
