Atlanta, GA black metal band Cloak‘s new album “Above, Below & Through” is officially on course for a February 12th release through Metal Blade. This fourth studio outing from the group packs in a conceptual arc, which they’ve already begun to open up about. The band went on to say of that:
“The main concepts of the songs were dealing with pathways between life and death, realms between dream and consciousness, shifts between beast and man, and the juxtaposition of shadow and light as spiritual guides. The album title’s meaning became clear, as something both all-encompassing and complete, but also something liminal and transitional. This is represented in both the songs and the band itself at the time of writing the album.”
Cloak further shared of the record, “‘Above, Below, & Through‘ takes everything that was great about our last LP, ‘Black Flame Eternal‘, and amplifies it completely, while still standing as an album of its own.” The track “Nigredo – Initium” has been selected as the lead single from the outing, with the group even offering up the following primer for it:
“A tale of being marked from the beginning. ‘Nigredo – Initium’ was the first song we started working on as a new lineup, which is very fitting considering the translated title. It is the initial door that opens to the world that is ‘Above, Below, & Through‘, and the start of a new dark age.”
Paladin guitarist Alex Parra oversaw the recording sessions for this record
“Above, Below, & Through” Track listing:
01 – “Nigredo – Initium“
02 – “Of Shadow & Sleep“
03 – “Into Death’s Light“
04 – “Horrors Profound“
05 – “Levitation“
06 – “The Arcane Beckoning“
07 – “The Mare“
08 – “Above, Below, & Through“
For pre-orders, make your way over to metalblade.com/cloak.
