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Italian Orchestral Blackened Death Metal Band OBSCURA QALMA Releases New Single “Hollow Bastion” from Upcoming Album “Immortality Through Ashes”!
Venice-based orchestral blackened death metal unit OBSCURA QALMA has released the new single “Hollow Bastion,” taken from the band’s upcoming album “Immortality Through Ashes,” slated for release on October 23rd via Dusktone.
“Hollow Bastion” takes us deeper into the final stages of the album’s dark journey. The song follows the protagonist beyond his first physical death, through resuscitation and into a second, and far more devastating, death.
The song unfolds as a passage through a cold, vaulted hall; a liminal space that mirrors his descent into a state that is neither life nor complete death. As he moves through this desolate realm, we hear his thoughts unfold. He describes what surrounds him while desperately attempting to recover fragments of his past, only to find his memories slipping further away. Once intoxicated by a supernatural gift he could never fully satisfy, his arrogance has ultimately cost him everything.
The track features Joe Sinclair, former vocalist of She Must Burn and current frontman of HeartRitual. His distinctive, vampiric presence and haunting, horror-tinged vocals were a natural fit for the song’s unsettling atmosphere, adding another layer of darkness to the protagonist’s descent.
Stream the track on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/5acb7rzf
Pre-order the album on Bandcamp: https://dusktone.bandcamp.com/album/immortality-through-ashes
Exclusive Merch: https://obscuraqalma.bandcamp.com/merch
“Immortality Through Ashes” is the second full-length album from OBSCURA QALMA and the band’s second release on Italian label Dusktone, following the 2024 EP “Veils Of Transcendence.” Building on their signature orchestral blackened death metal, the album pushes the band’s sound into darker, more expansive territory, incorporating elements of deathcore, industrial metal, technical death metal, and blackgaze.
Conceptually, “Immortality Through Ashes” unfolds across eight chapters exploring the meanders of the human condition. Drawing inspiration from the works of Goethe, Kant, and Baudelaire, the album reimagines the figure of Faust through a contemporary lens, confronting themes of desire, transcendence, suffering, egoism, and pride.
Tracklist:
1. Aphasia: The Seventh Exile
2. Fire Tongues Speak Empty Words
3. Obsidian Numen
4. The Venomous Oracle
5. A Sepulchral Obsession
6. Sapphire Epitaph
7. Hollow Bastion feat. Joe Sinclair
8. Anhedonia.exe
Photography: Miriam Brigge
Logo Design: Marcelo Vasco
Album Artwork: Obscura Qalma
Recording, Mixing & Mastering: Leopoldo Santoro
OBSCURA QALMA is:
Sirius - Vocals, Guitars, Arrangements
Lucas – Guitars
Theo - Bass, Backing vocals
Res - Drums
Tour Dates:
October 10th 2026 - Instore Storytelling @ Libreria Karass (IT)
October 17th 2026 - Release Party @ Dabliu (IT)
October 18th 2026 - Damage Inc. (IT)
October 23rd 2026 - Unleaded Coffee (CZ)
October 24th 2026 - Klub Emce Plac (SLO)
October 25th 2026 - Tune Music Lab (IT)
November 13th 2026 - Rickys - Cattivi ma buone (IT)
November 14th 2026 - Gustav Pekarna (SLO)
November 20th 2026 - Headbangers (IT)
November 21st 2026 - Beer Nest (IT)
November 22nd 2026 - Rock N' Eat (FR)
Discography:
From The Sheol To The Apeiron (EP, Metal Scrap Records, 2019)
Apotheosis (Full-Length, Rising Nemesis Records, 2021)
Soundtrack To Apotheosis (Orchestral Full-Length, Independent, 2022)
From The Apeiron (Orchestral Full-Length, Independent, 2023)
Veils Of Transcendence (EP, Dusktone, 2024)
Aiwass (Orchestral EP, Independent, 2025)
Immortality Through Ashes (Full-Length, Dusktone, 2026)
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