Photo by: Phrenetica
Official press release:
While they’ve always pushed the intricate balance that defines post-metal, Unverkalt are now plummeting over the edge into the black below. Their upcoming third album and first since signing with Season of Mist descends into humanity’s deepest and darkest origins. Héréditaire lifts the veil from our cursed existence. What emerges is the band’s heaviest and most heartfelt offering. Unverkalt’s guitarist and chief composer Themis Ioannou says:
“Our aim has always been to blend softer, more romantic elements with extreme chaos. With Héréditaire, that time has come. This album is a lament for what is far older than our very existence. It speaks of what seeps through generations, searching for an answer to one pervasive question: What do we carry that was never ours?”
As they begin this dark descent, today, Unverkalt are releasing a haunting video for the stirring lead single from Héréditaire. Though it starts as a slow burn, album opener “Die Auslöschung” emerges from the enveloping haze as the band’s first song to pair Dimitra Kalavrezou’s heavenly cleans with hellish harsh vocals. Kalavrezou says:
“‘Die Auslöschung’ is both bleak and immersive. Carved in blackened textures and hypnotic pacing, the song channels both personal and collective collapse, setting the tone for what is to come”.
Watch the video for “Die Auslöschung” via the Season of Mist YouTube channel below. The video for “Die Auslöschung” was directed by Themis Ioannou at RAWBITE Studio.
Héréditaire comes out February 27th, 2026 on Season of Mist. Pre-order here.
Héréditaire track listing:
- “Die Auslöschung”
- “Oath Ov Prometheus”
- “Ænæ Lithi”
- “A Lullaby for the Descent”
- “Penumbrian Lament”
- “Introjects”
- “I, The Deceit” feat. Sakis Tolis (Rotting Christ)
- “Death is Forever”
- “Maladie de l’Esprit”
Unverkalt are still possessed by a cinematic vision. “Die Auslöschung” opens Héréditaire like a camera coming into focus. However, though rendered in crisp detail, the scene that the band paints is bleak. Beneath a smoldering bass line, riffs rise like smoke from freshly scattered ashes. “When did this darkness fall?” Kalavrezou sings as if trying to climb out of the shadowed rubble.
On previous albums, Unverkalt took cues from French painting and European film noir, but Héréditaire throws back the velvet curtain in favor a veil. “Die Auslöschung” begins to peel back the blackened layers of traumatic memories that are passed down to us like a disease. “He said enter the wide gate and walk the easy path to destruction”. As the pounding drums give way to a fiery stream of blast beats, Kalavrezou breaks into a scream so piercing it can be felt all across our shared history.
Season of Mist labelmate and Rotting Christ frontman Sakis Tolis, who’s featured on the monolithic “I, The Deceit” from Héréditaire says:
“I enjoy discovering new, unique and compelling music in today’s overwhelming world of information, and I believe I truly succeeded with Unverkalt. This is an exceptional piece of art, worth every minute of listening”.
Catch Unverkalt in Suttgart, Germany early next year when they co-headline Club Zentral with Hippotraktor.