Finnish extreme metal band Saasta to release new full-length album »Cesspool« on May 8th via Inverse Records; second single/video »The Envy« out now!

Kotka, Finland based blackened death/doom metal band Saasta return with their sophomore full-length album, »Cesspool«, scheduled for release on May 8th, 2026 via Inverse Records.

Saasta already released music videos for the first two singles »The Leeches« and »The Envy« (video is age-restricted and only available on YouTube).

Tracklist:
01. The Leeches
02. The Caricature
03. The Coffin
04. The Imposter
05. The Plagued
06. The March
07. The Envy
08. The Maelstrom
09. The Woe
10. The Ironclad
11. The Entrencher
12. The Retribution

Courtesy of Inverse Records:

Finnish extreme metal band Saasta has released the second single »The Envy« from their upcoming album »Cesspool« to be released on May 8th, 2026.

In every person’s life there are moments when death’s cold call feels more comforting than the pain of continuing to live. Sometimes the only thing standing in the way of that final passage is cowardice.

»The Envy« is a merciless depiction of the weakest moments in an individual’s life. In those moments, existence feels like nothing more than the maintenance and feeding of a personal, earthly hell. A person sinks into the deepest depths of despair, where hope does not appear as light, but hangs by fragile, fraying threads, always on the verge of breaking.

Photo credit: Uljas Blind Visions

»The Envy« expressed in the song is not directed at material possessions or worldly achievements, but at death itself – at total peace and the absence of pain. It is a mindset in which even worms seem freer and more human than a breathing, suffering person.

The purpose of »The Envy« is not to romanticize self-destruction, but to strip it of all glamour and false shine. It is ugly, desolate, and raw. In its world, holiness smells of rot.

Musically, »The Envy« is both fresh and distinctly original Saasta. Painfully heavy and stripped-down death metal meets black metal riffs that twist familiar icons into distorted forms. The Finnish lyrics add their own harsh character to the song, reinforcing its message in a way that is both beautiful and unsettling.

Listen to the single on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal etc.) HERE.

Saasta’s previous single »The Leeches« is a grittily realistic depiction of present-day and past societies, in which the world’s small, blood-sucking elite – disguised as sirs and lords – rip everything from the common person, down to their very hope and health. The story can be seen as the complete failure of a beautiful future utopia. A human being works throughout their life only to be drained dry and thrown into a pit once they are no longer considered productive enough by the ruling elite. In the end, does a civilized society differ at all from livestock farming?

Musically, the track combines black and death metal in Saasta’s characteristic way, with death metal’s brute force ensuring that the black metal message reaches the listener’s deepest core.

The single’s cover art and the music video were created with a raw DIY spirit by Saasta. Listen to »The Leeches« on all major streaming services HERE.

Pre-order »Cesspool« here:
saasta.bandcamp.com
inverse-records.myshopify.com
levykauppax.fi

Saasta is an extreme metal band from Kotka, Finland. Formed in 2020, the band combines the mercilessness of black and death metal, with the more subtle nuances of doom. The combination is dark and groovy metal with its own distinctive sound, where strong lyrical expression meets raw energy. Saasta is known for their intense stage presence and uncompromising effort.

Saasta is:
Leevi Kärsämä – Vocals
Topias Jokipii – Guitars
Janne Hietanen – Bass
Jimi Lahtinen – Drums

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well