US metal extremists Ragana + Drowse reveal title track of their collaborative album »Ash Souvenir«; out November 14th via The Flenser!
US metal extremists Ragana and Drowse have revealed the title track of their collaborative album, »Ash Souvenir«, set to release on November 14th, 2025 via The Flenser.
Tracklist:
01. In Eternal Woods Pts. 1-3
02. After Image
03. In Eternal Woods Pt. 4
04. Ash Souvenir
05. In Eternal Woods Pts. 2-3 (Single Version) [Bonus]
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The forthcoming collaborative album from Ragana and Drowse – »Ash Souvenir« – combines the former’s heavy, emotionally charged metal with the latter’s textural approach to sound. Across four long-form pieces, their voices and instruments move between stark intimacy and overwhelming intensity. During the writing process, Maria (Ragana) and Kyle (Drowse) were both in a painful, transitional period, moving back to the Pacific Northwest to be closer to struggling loved ones. This return home and the emotions it stirred echoed in Noel’s (Ragana) own inherited history.
Maria laments on the album’s title track, which premieres today: “»Ash Souvenir« is a song dedicated to my mom. I got to play her this song before she died and she really liked it. At the end she is all I can think about when I say ‘there is nothing to lose’ over and over until it’s a meditation. The words poured through me from my mom somehow. I think it means we don’t take anything with us when we die, we don’t have to worry about things, just people and mountains.”
Photo by Jolie M-A
This new collaboration is a sublime experience, conjuring both the power of a devastating eruption and the eerie stillness that lingers in its wake, ashen memories drifting through night air before rejoining the earth.
Pre-order »Ash Souvenir« HERE and stay tuned for more information.
Written by Ragana and Drowse between the autumns of 2023 and 2024 in Olympia, Portland, Oakland, and Los Angeles. Recorded, mixed and mastered at the Unknown in Anacortes by Nicholas Wilbur in the autumn and winter of 2024. Additional recording and mixing by Kyle Bates at Josh’s practice space in Olympia and at home in Portland, 2023-2024. Layout by Kyle Bates. Album artwork by Cameron Puleo.
Ragana and Drowse is:
Maria Stocke – Vocals, Guitars, Drums, Samples
Noel D.K. Gilson – Vocals, Guitars, Drums, Harmonium, Samples
Kyle Bates – Vocals, Guitars, Synthesizers, Bass, Field Recordings
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