CELESTIAL SANCTUARY - Cradle Of The Rotten, Shrine To Those Most Foul LP (ORANGE/BLACK) (Preorder)

NB! Preorder item, release January 27.

There is a point in every band's evolution when it becomes necessary to strip everything back and ask a simple question: What is it that makes us who we are? For UK death metal force, CELESTIAL SANCTUARY, that question became the foundation for Cradle Of The Rotten, Shrine To Those Most Foul, a bold and uncompromising new album that sees the band refining their identity by refusing to conform to anyone else's expectations.

The answer isn't to abandon death metal, but to look beyond its boundaries. CELESTIAL SANCTUARY approached Cradle Of The Rotten, Shrine To Those Most Foul, their Metal Blade debut out January 22nd, 2027 with an organic understanding of their complete metal DNA, retaining the violence and extremity at the core of the band while allowing a much broader spectrum of influences to shape the songwriting, dynamics and production. The band describes the album as roughly 25% death metal and 75% everything else that makes up their conception of heavy metal.

Across 47 minutes, the album unfolds as a violent and expansive journey through death, folklore, and the darkest corners of the band's home territory. The story is a bastardization of the history and legends surrounding Bury St. Edmunds, drawing from centuries of local mythology, atrocities, and executions. The piercing and beheading of King Edmund, the spectral Black Shuck, the infamous Red Barn Murders, the Witch Trials, the Sunken Bells of Dunwich, the Lantern Man, and the many brutal executions that once took place throughout the region all become raw material for CELESTIAL SANCTUARY's twisted narrative.

Ltd. 250x "MILK OF THE HAGGARD TEET" clear orange / black smoke vinyl including insert and DLC!

Metal Blade 2027