black lava feat members of Ne Obliviscaris, hadal maw & Blackhelm to release debut record on nov 25th

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Aug 18

Blackened death metal quartet BLACK LAVA will release its debut full-length, 'Soul Furnace,' on November 25, 2022 via Season of Mist!

Black Lava was founded by drummer Dan Presland (ex-Ne Obliviscaris) and guitarist Ben Boyle (Hadal Maw) along with vocalist Rob Watkins & Bassist Tim Anderson (Blackhelm). Drawing influence from old school death and black metal. While injecting perfect amount of melody and progressive elements to create their own experimental… dare i say melodeath metal sound.

Watch the video for the first single & title track ‘Soul Furnace’ below

BLACK LAVA comments: "'Soul Furnace' is the result of months of frustration and set backs. Four friends with a common goal have come together to unleash an inferno into the world. We are very proud to present 'Soul Furnace' to the masses, with a world class crew and production team - to deliver an organic and energetic record."

“The idea came about from just pure frustration of the situation at hand during 2020/2021,” explains DP of the band’s formation. “Ben and I live locally together, and in the beginning of the pandemic, I built a working studio, so we got together to just initially jam to release some frustrations and vent some music around the second half of 2021. We had a pretty casual jam together and Ben came back with a few fleshed out ideas a few days later.” As the ideas started to come to fruition, the duo quickly realised that the project had more potential than just a jam session. “Both of us were really into the direction Ben pushed,” continues DP, “and it was something pretty new to both of us - we have worked together quite extensively over the years within music, playing in several bands together so to go in a totally new direction was pretty refreshing.”

Signing with the incredible Season of Mist and a team of some of the music industry’s most revered artists, producers, engineers, and professionals behind them to help render their vision, Black Lava is ready to make its debut and unleash its fury upon the masses.

The cover artwork for 'Soul Furnace' was painted by Paolo Girardi who has worked on other incredible covers for bands such as Black Breath & Power Trip.

Track listing below

01. Origins (02:50)
02. Aurora (03:35)
03. Black Blizzard (03:32)
04. Baptised in Ice (03:27)
05. Eye of the Moon (04:10)
06. Northern Dawn (04:30)
07. Necrocatacomb (03:23)
08. Nightshade (04:06)
09. Soul Furnace (04:31)