NEWS: Eleventh Ray walk the nightside of Damascus!

From the Greek Black Metal bastion of Athens emerges Eleventh Ray with lamentations that have lain dormant for the best part of a decade. A project brought to prominence by Serpent Noir guitarist Y.K. in whose personal archives the riffs were left to rot, a 2022 demo from a full line up catching the attention of Dark Descent Records who will unleash a debut full length album in “Reviving Tehom” on 16th May. “Nightside of Damascus” is now streaming as a second single.

The practices of Magic and Alchemy are of critical importance to Y.K. and these elements at even keel with the music itself: “Writing music for the sake of music is not enough. It is the expression of what lies hidden beyond the frames of what we call reality. The great Unknown emanated from the foremost symbol of power, the Red Dragon. What we were aiming to achieve was the creation of a purely black Magical death/thrash/black metal album without the lyrical satanic naivety of the past. Listening carefully to the album, you will realise that into this blend there is a striking ritualistic element with an ominous vibe and a heavy occult twist. Basically, Reviving Tehom is an album I would personally love to listen to, but I could not find anywhere. Eleventh Ray is a totally new autonomous entity for which we plan to work with full force and NOT a one-off project of Serpent Noir leftovers. As it happens with all my projects, Eleventh Ray is deeply rooted in Dark Magic and the Typhonian Alchemy.”

The common thread extends to the stunning artwork by L.G.N Nekropropaganda, depicting the aforesaid Great Red Dragon “as the orgasm of existence, the utmost symbol of hidden wisdom and forbidden knowledge which is also a tangible form of ecstatic energy. Lyrics deal with personal experiences related to the awakening/ channelling of this tremendous force.”