NEWS: Celestial Sanctuary premier “Lashed By The Chain”!

“Weeping Old Flesh“, “Rotting St. Edmund“, “Milk Of The Haggard Teet” and “Frozen Frothed Gob“. These are the titles given to the limited edition vinyls that are up for grabs as Metal Blade Records announce “Cradle Of The Rotten, Shrine To Those Most Foul”, a new album from Celestial Sanctuary. The Death Metal merchants have got to wait until 22nd January for it to be unveiled but have at least let us have “Lashed By Chain” to start with

The band comment: “Our intention this time around was to refine what actually this ’celestial sanctuary thing‘ is. Filtering out all the bullshit, ignoring trends and ignoring what people expect us to do, and we‘re a way better band for it.”

Vocalist and guitarist Tom Cronin: “This was the first song to be written for this album and an immediate statement of intent for what to expect. Tight, fast riffing, a brutal slam that jumps out of the shadows to piledrive you into oblivion and a big dual guitar solo that wouldn‘t sound out of place in a Maiden tune. The lyrics follow the story of a knight who has one hand crossed with gold and riches, and the other with iron symbolizing that he‘s sold his destiny to fight an unwinnable war. The theme treads the line of yearning to return to the things you love, the drive to survive, and the cruelty of false hope – being driven to survive in the most hopeless of times. Don‘t be fooled… there is nothing positive about this and there is no happy ending.”

“Musically, we wanted to channel a tighter rhythmic sound on this record. We really wanted to push the limit of what we could do with syncopated riffs and sudden time signature changes.”

“We wanted to make a video that felt real, gritty and tactile. As a video producer by trade, I see a lot of videos that feel like an afterthought, so we took a considered approach with every element of the video. As I was directing and producing it myself, I felt a responsibility to make this as fucking cool as I possibly could.”

“We filmed it in a 9th century, deconsecrated church that was built on a burial site in England‘s first city. We composed every shot of us playing meticulously and complimented that with high contrast lighting to match the colours in the animation and album artwork. We shot, graded and edited in such a way so you can feel the energy and aggression of our performance pouring out of your screen and into your face!”

“When it came to the animation element of the video, we purposely wanted something tangible, so we worked with Ben Amos Cooper to create visuals that compliment James Bousema‘s album artwork in their own way. While they each have their own identity, the two are so undeniably entwined.”

Celestial Sanctuary will be on the road with Khemmis:

10/10/2026 Die Tropete – Bochum, DE
10/11/2026 Metropool – Hengelo, NL
10/13/2026 The Flapper – Birmingham, UK
10/14/2026 The Bread Shed – Manchester, UK
10/15/2026 The Underworld – London, UK
10/16/2026 Kola – Portsmouth, UK
10/17/2026 Backstage by the Mill – Paris, FR
10/18/2026 Desertfest – Liege, BE
10/19/2026 Naumanns – Leipzig, DE
10/20/2026 Subzero – Prague, CZ
10/21/2026 Cassiopeia – Berlin, DE
10/22/2026 Monkeys – Hamburg, DE