PRAISE THE PLAGUE have shared the first new single ‘Blackening Swarm II’, coming from their Lifeforce Records debut “The Obsidian Gate“, out now on all digital platforms! Music as catharsis. Songs as the equivalent of suffering, pain and torment. How else should PRAISE THE PLAGUE sound and act? Exactly! It is no coincidence that the somber musicality and design of the band’s previous releases – “Antagonist”, “Antagonist II” and “Live At Fall Of Man” – are conceptually related and leave this harsh, frightening impression both visually and in terms of the overall impression. Active since 2017, PRAISE THE PLAGUE (former members of Earth Ship and Ånd) continue their path between black, doom and sludge metal on “...
