As a band Askesis was born into this World in Venice Italy in 2013, writing their name in the sands of time with 2016 EP “The Path To Absence“. Taking the best of both Black and Death Metal and combining them with existentialist themes that muse on concepts from ancient Greek myths while projecting them into
Venetian Blackened Death Metal collective Askesis have opened Pandora’s box and allowed “Creation of Non-Existence“, a second single from their new album “Beyond the Fate of Death” to escape into Cyberspace. While not described as a concept record, each composition is said to be linked by an existentialist theme that takes up concepts from ancient
Describing their new album as a visceral and introspective exploration of the human experience, challenging societal expectations, and probing the depths of the human psyche, Italian Black Death metallers Askesis will release “Beyond the Fate of Death” on 20th October via Time To Kill Records. The five piece have shared “Dawn of Current Inferno” as
Their March 2018 released EP “Askesis” was described by Kerrang! Magazine as having “The subtlety of a napalm-and-broken-glass cocktail” in their 4/5 review so you might want to check out London Blackened Hardcore quintet Calligram at a couple of upcoming shows recently announced for July; 6th London, The Unicorn w/Scumpulse, Death Warrant, Dgroath & Binge
