NEWS: Temple of Void crawl through the trenches!

Tracked in a single “colder-than-hell” week in January at GodCity Studio in Salem, where Kurt Ballou (Gatecreeper, High On Fire) was assisted by engineer Zach Weeks (Deafheaven, Fuming Mouth), a new album from Detroit, Michigan Death Doom warriors Temple of Void is set for a 6th March arrival via Relapse Records. Mastered by Brad Boatright (Obituary, Internal Bleeding, Creeping Death) at Audiosiege in Portland.and wrapped in captivating “referential” cover art by Travis Smith (Opeth, Death), it has been preceded by the title track in music video form. Pre-orders? They’re available over at bandcamp of course.

Guitarist Alex Awn comments: “The biggest shift for me on this record was not feeling like we had to fly the ‘death-doom banner’ as part of our identity. Death-doom, as a genre, gave us something to anchor our sound around when we started. It was always a reference and touchstone. At the same time, we always wanted to make sure we had our own spin on it. We’ve always been adding to the conversation, adding to the genre, giving our point of view. A huge part of what makes a Temple of Void record is the non-death-doom influences that make up our DNA. And on album five we never once asked ourselves, ‘Do we have enough death metal? Do we have enough doom metal?’ We simply wrote a heavy-ass record—let the chips fall where they may.”