Enthroned Are Reborn from Ritualistic Fires of New Album Ashspawn
Occult Black Metal Force Return with Most Ferocious and Personal Album in 30+ Year Career
Video for lead single “Raviasamin” turns popular video game engine into dark art
…one of the all-around heaviest Black Metal bands currently plying their trade” – No Clean Singing
Belgian black metal institution Enthroned are opening a new chapter in their storied career with their upcoming twelfth album, which now stands as their most ferocious and personal work.
Ashspawn was conceived over six years of ritual creation. Written in collaboration with occult author Gilles de Laval, these nine tracks chart a descent into spiritual death, only to emerge reborn through fire. Lead single “Raviasamin” is a chant and a curse, invoking both negation and transformation with frostbitten riffs and serpentine rhythms.
Watch the shocking, transformative video for “Raviasamin”
Ashspawn comes out December 5 on Season of Mist.
Available Formats:
Digital Download
CD Digipak
12″ Vinyl Gatefold – Black
12″ Coloured Vinyl Gatefold – Red
12″ Coloured Vinyl Gatefold – Gold w/ Black Splatters
“Raviasamin” functions as a gateway into the metaphysical architecture of Ashspawn. The album’s lead single embodies Enthroned’s doctrine: blinding velocity counterbalanced by sculpted mid-tempo marches, guitars oscillating between jagged dissonance and choir-like resonance, and drums fracturing time with both blast-driven intensity and processional weight. The lyrics summons arcane forces – serpents, shattered silence, the backwards tree – that unsettle and reforge rather than merely entertain.
The video for “Raviasamin” extends these esoteric themes into the visual realm. Conceived as an intersection between reality and the digital universe, it was constructed entirely without generative tools. Every element—robes, carvings, statues—was first hand-drawn, sculpted, or designed, then scanned and reconstructed with the Unreal Engine. A 3D rendering of Belial, drawn from the artwork that Jose Gabriel Alegria Sambogal created for Ashspawn, as well as a hand-drawn qlippothic tree, are brought to life through computer animation. The result is a ritual passage through shadows where material craft and futuristic sorcery converge.
More praise for Enthroned
“Enthroned have proved themselves to be a superb black metal band” – Echoes and Dust
“The deft mixture of brutal aggression and haunting acoustics should satisfy fans of all waves of Black Metal” – Cryptic Rock
“Their brand of black metal sits comfortable alongside bands like Ascension, Watain and Blaze of Perdition. This means we’re treated to plenty of death metal influence, song which change tempo often and a slight measure of unpredictability” – Angry Metal Guy
Tracklist:
1. Crawling Temples
2. Basilisk Triumphant
3. Stillborn Litany
4. Ashspawn
5. Raviasamin
6. Sightless
7. Chysalid
8. Ashen Advocacy
9. Assertion
Photo by © Emanuela Giurano
Country: Belgium (BE)
Genre: Occult Black Metal
FFO: Marduk, Dark Funeral, Gorgoroth, 1349
With the release of their twelfth full-length Ashspawn, ENTHRONEDmark a new chapter in their three-decade reign of ritualistic black metal. Conceived across six years of deliberate creation, the album emerges as both an autopsy and a resurrection: a descent into spiritual death followed by the sublimation of rebirth. Written in close collaboration with occult author Gilles de Laval, Ashspawn channels arcane praxis, metaphysical calculus, and esoteric mapping into a work that is as much ritual invocation as it is music. It is the culmination of Enthroned’s uncompromising vision: a weapon of transformation forged in fire and darkness.
Formed in 1993 in Namur, Belgium, Enthroned arose from the ashes of the blackened underground, quickly asserting themselves as one of the most relentless voices of European black metal. Their debut, Prophecies of Pagan Fire (1995), established the band’s reputation for feral speed, occult imagery, and unflinching dedication to the Left Hand Path. Less than a year after their formation, they signed their first record deal, making an immediate impact on the international scene.
Tragedy struck early in their journey when founding drummer Cernunnos took his own life in 1997, shortly after the recording of their sophomore album. Using his preserved rehearsal tracks, the band pressed forward with Towards the Skullthrone of Satan (1997), transforming grief into fury and ensuring Enthroned’s continuation as a vessel of uncompromising black metal. This resilience became a defining trait: through numerous line-up changes, the band’s spirit never wavered, anchored by a vision that was ritualistic rather than trend driven.
Over the following decades, Enthroned’s discography expanded into a formidable catalogue. Albums such as Armoured Bestial Hell(2001) and Carnage in Worlds Beyond (2003) pushed their sound into ever more violent and atmospheric territories. The mid-2000s witnessed a period of reinvention, with Tetra Karcist(2007) and Pentagrammaton (2010) deepening their exploration of occult philosophy and esoteric symbolism. Obsidium (2012) and Sovereigns (2014) continued this evolution, balancing ferocious aggression with ritual atmospheres. By the time of Cold Black Suns(2019), their debut for Season of Mist, Enthroned had crystallized a reputation as one of black metal’s most enduring institutions: a band that both honoured the origins of the genre and transcended them with an intellectual, ritualistic dimension.
Now, in 2025, Ashspawn stands as Enthroned’s most ambitious and personal statement to date. Musically, it embodies a total unity of vision: ferocious blast beats, oppressive mid-tempos, and progressive structures collapse into one another, laced with solos that veer from Morbid Angel-like madness to Judas Priest-inspired virtuosity. Lyrically, it operates as a metaphysical architecture, its verses designed not merely to be heard but to infect and transform. Tracks such as “Raviasamin,” “Ashspawn,” and “Ashen Advocacy” reveal its dual nature: violent catharsis intertwined with crushing introspection, a tribunal where the self is broken and reforged.
More than three decades after their inception, Enthroned remain steadfast in their purpose: not to replicate the past, but to realign with the forces that birthed them. Ashspawn is the testimony of this alignment, a ritual weapon that rejects nostalgia and compromise. It is a resurrection of spirit through suffering, a reaffirmation of Enthroned’s place among black metal’s most visionary entities.
Line-up:
Line-up:
Nornagest — Vocals & Samplers
T. Kaos — Guitars & Bass
Menthor — Drums & Percussion
Production Credits:
Recorded at Ophiussa Studio, London, UK.
Produced by Menthor.
Mixed by Stefano Santi at SPVN Studio, Milan, Italy.
Mastered by Phil Bashford at The Hive, London, UK.
Cover Art:
Cover artwork by Jose Gabriel Alegria Sambogal
(https://www.instagram.com/josegabrielalegriasabogal/)
Photography:
Band photography by Emanuela Giurano
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Available Formats:
Digital Download
CD Digipak
12″ Vinyl Gatefold – Black
12″ Coloured Vinyl Gatefold – Red
12″ Coloured Vinyl Gatefold – Gold w/ Black Splatters
