{"id":309,"date":"2026-05-01T05:30:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marinerfm.eu\/?p=309"},"modified":"2026-05-01T05:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:30:29","slug":"ashen-horde-the-harvest-new-album-streaming-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marinerfm.eu\/?p=309","title":{"rendered":"Ashen Horde: “The Harvest” (New Album Streaming Now)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Streaming Now! LA Extreme Metal Shapeshifters ASHEN HORDE Fifth Studio Album “The Harvest”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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L-R – Trevor Portz – Guitar, Bass, Harmony Vocals – Karl Chamberlain – Vocals – Robin Stone: Drums<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Los Angeles extreme metal shapeshifters Ashen Horde <\/strong>will be unleashing their long\u2011awaited fifth album, “The Harvest,”<\/strong> on May 1st, 2026. Before the album officially releases, they have teamed up with Metal Addicts<\/strong> for its full stream premiere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LISTEN <\/strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expanding their genre\u2011defying approach with their most dynamic and thematically unified work to date, “The Harvest”<\/strong> marks the band\u2019s first full\u2011length with vocalist Karl Chamberlain<\/strong>, whose wide\u2011ranging performance pushes the group into new melodic and emotional territory.
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The album arrives following a trio of singles that showcased the record\u2019s breadth and intensity. The first single, \u201cEntropy and Ecstasy,\u201d <\/strong>arrived with a music video and introduced fans to the album\u2019s overarching theme of endings, a thread woven throughout the record\u2019s eight tracks. The second single, \u201cVoids in the Ash,\u201d<\/strong> delivered a haunting, grunge\u2011tinged descent into the final days of Pompeii. Most recently, the band unleashed \u201cApparition,\u201d<\/strong> the album\u2019s heaviest and most harrowing track, told from the perspective of a ghost condemned to witness humanity\u2019s worst impulses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recorded entirely remotely, “The Harvest”<\/strong> represents the full evolution of Ashen Horde <\/strong>from a one\u2011man endeavor into a fully realized extreme\u2011metal force. While the band\u2019s earlier albums centered on singular narratives, this record takes a different direction. As guitarist and founder Trevor Portz notes, it isn\u2019t a traditional concept album, but its songs are tied together by a unifying theme: endings. Those endings appear in many forms: societal collapse, mythic destruction, personal downfall, and the natural cycle of decay, expressed through a sound that moves fluidly between black\u2011metal intensity, death\u2011metal weight, progressive twists, grunge\u2011tinged harmonies, and melodic introspection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across its eight tracks, the album moves from the slow\u2011rising, Pagan\u2011inspired \u201cAutumnal\u201d into the chaotic \u201cEntropy and Ecstasy,\u201d the genre\u2011blending critique of \u201cBackward Momentum,\u201d and the moody Pompeii narrative of \u201cVoids in the Ash.\u201d \u201cRemnant\u201d delivers a storm\u2011bound tragedy, while \u201cA Place in the Rot\u201d reflects on mortality through a Swamp Thing lens. \u201cThe Apparition\u201d stands as the album\u2019s heaviest and most harrowing moment before the record closes with \u201cThe Harvest,\u201d a finale shaped by Iceland\u2019s surreal landscapes and the album\u2019s striking red\u2011skeleton artwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For over 10 years, Ashen Horde <\/strong>has crafted extreme metal that defies easy categorization. Rooted in black and death metal but unafraid to incorporate progressive, melodic, and alternative influences, the band appeals to fans of Opeth, Enslaved, Amorphis, Ihsahn, and other genre\u2011bending heavyweights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Album pre-order (release date May 1, 2026) <\/strong>available on limited splatter vinyl and CD (along with t-shirt bundles) on Bandcamp, as well as everywhere digitally – https:\/\/ashenhorde.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-harvest<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add to your Spotify playlist <\/strong>– https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/6X2Yg7WkfOx0NCuX98FnTb<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music Video – Ecstasy and Entropy – https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zud62AXzvsw<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music Video – Voids in the Ash – https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U-tcwbsxNHg<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visualizer – Apparition – https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R4Doe6X8bZs<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tour Dates:<\/strong>\u200b
May 14 – Montclair, NJ – The Meatlocker
May 15 – Wallingford, CT – Cherry Street Station
May 16 – Brattleboro, VT – Midnight’s<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Track Listing:<\/strong>\u200b
1. Autumnal (6:12)
2. Entropy and Ecstasy (5:47)
3. Backward Momentum (5:21)
4. Voids in the Ash (5:41)
5. Remnant (4:37)
6. A Place in the Rot (4:38)
7. Apparition (4:57)
8. The Harvest (5:46)
Album Length: 43:03<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credits:<\/strong>\u200b
Mixed by Ricardo Borges and mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios
Artwork by Venus Kohana (venuskohana.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lineup:<\/strong>\u200b
Trevor Portz: Guitar, Bass, Harmony Vocals
Karl Chamberlain: Vocals
Robin Stone: Drums<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More Info:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AshenHorde\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ashenhorde<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The harvest is coming! The new Ashen Horde album is a multi-faceted journey into every nook and cranny of extreme metal. “The Harvest” is challenging and quirky, but unlike a lot of other progressive\/experimental releases, it never loses track of the key ingredient in music – good songwriting. All tracks are well-crafted and interesting in their own right, and the skillful instrumental performances are more like the icing on the cake and not the main focus. Highly recommended!” – Nik Sundin (Dark Tranquillity)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“plenty of listeners will undoubtedly enjoy this, and the musical ability of this outfit is beyond question.” – Musika \u200b(2026 – The Harvest)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The song (Entropy and Ectasy) captures this dichotomy of collapse and exhilaration \u2014 of entropy and ecstasy \u2014 through a fast-spinning (and head-spinning) kaleidoscope of sound. The moods of the music change along the way, but even the relatively slower and more desolate passages include inventive and intriguing nuances. Karl Chamberlain\u2019s remarkably multi-faceted voice is a perfect match for the remarkably multi-faceted nature of the music. He expels brutal death metal gutturals and ripping black metal screams, but he also sends his singing voice in ravishing upward arcs that are spine-tingling to hear, and down into gloomy troughs. As for the surrounding music, it\u2019s intricate and exhilarating, especially when the band are in full flight, discharging rapidly darting and maniacally swirling notes, incendiary bursts of tremolo\u2019d delirium, or riffing that feverishly slashes with vicious, serrated edges. In less frantic phases, the music dismally groans and throbs, creating a pall of desolation, even when Chamberlain\u2019s voice might be reaching for the clouds. The fretwork also includes angular progressions that generate moods of disorientation and fearfulness, and the song further includes an astonishing guitar solo that all by itself seems to capture the song\u2019s thematic dichotomy of collapse and jubilation. Perhaps needless to say, Robin Stone\u2019s drumming is as constantly changing as everything else, and surgically crafted to match all the other head-spinning, pulse-pounding, and heart-sinking twists in this shapeshifter of a song.” – No Clean Singing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Harvest boldly and confidently opens up a new chapter for Ashen Horde. For a rough idea of where The Harvest is coming from, think a mix of Anaal Nathrakh, Enslaved, Ihsahn, In Mourning, and T\u00f3mar\u00fam. Indeed, fans of bands like those would do well to make a beeline for The Harvest. Ashen Horde have produced a well-rounded album that\u2019s extremely enjoyable. I think we may have found a real contender for Antimony\u2018s crown. Time will tell for sure. For now, The Harvest is a top tier album you need in your life. Essential listening.” – Wonderbox Metal<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Antimony; 3\/5 rating; \u201cthe sound Ashen Horde has developed over three albums is pretty much theirs alone. It\u2019s a dense but accessible approach that rewards both casual listens and sustained attention.\u201d – Angry Metal Guy (2023 – Antimony)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEqual parts blackened madness, death metal riffing, and clean vocals, “The Neophyte” should get just about anyone stoked for Antimony.” – Metal Injection (2023 – Antimony)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201can amazing odyssey all around and the amount of remarkable coherency as well as the instrumentation work and musicianship is just top notch.\u201d – Metal Purgatory (2023 – Antimony)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cProgression like what Ashen Horde has undergone over the years is what the best tales in the underground are made out of.\u201d – Head-Banger Reviews (2023 – Antimony)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Fallen Cathedrals; 4.0 rating; \u201cI can\u2019t recommend this enough for fans of black and death metals being combined in unique ways.\u201d – Angry Metal Guy (2019 – Fallen Cathedrals)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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