Belgian post-metal outfit Aufhebung releases »Asphodel« music video; new album »Luchtbegrafenis« out now Dunk!Records and A Thousand Arms!

Brussels, Belgium based post-metal band Aufhebung share new music video for »Asphodel« taken from their second studio album, »Luchtbegrafenis«, which was just released on February 26th, 2026 via Dunk!Records and A Thousand Arms.

Tracklist:
01. Alle Betekenis Is Broos
02. 6502
03. Dokhma
04. Afterlife
05. Asphodel
06. Luchtbegrafenis

Courtesy of Dunk!Records:

On »Asphodel«, Aufhebung explores the initially promising yet ultimately dispiriting advent of adulthood and the comatose slumber of childhood for a generation seemingly without hope – though at the end, not all hope is lost.

Earth – the horizon and framework for all known life – is being destroyed by patriarchal psycho capitalists who are motivated by greed and led astray by forces that aim to blur and obscure evident truths. The truth that we choose to emphasize is that the world is dying and that there is work to do to slow down and even stop the further destruction. Stop the mental gymnastics to justify your consumer behavior. Collectively, we hold power.

»Asphodel« is a plea for the reactivation of what remains of our critical thinking.

In the words of Gnod, just say no to the psycho right-wing capitalist fascist industrial death machine.

Photo credit: Liese Verbeemen

After four years of writing, touring, and managing line-up changes, Belgian post-metal outfit Aufhebung is back with a new record.

With »Luchtbegrafenis« (English: Sky Burial), the band is entering a new, more mature phase in its highly creative songwriting and production. On this sophomore release, the band explores the opposition between life and death, growth and decay, through the lens of ritual. The fleeting fragility of life and materiality are pitted against their direct opponents of death and ritual. Along the six tracks, the topics inspiring the densely layered songs evolve from mass-consumption to ecocide, technological dominance, and religion.

At once ruthless and delicate, the record weaves a quilt of influences such as sludge, doom, post-metal and crust punk, and Eastern European classical music.

On this album, the band explores the opposition between life and death, growth and decay, through the lens of ritual: the fragile balance inherent to humanity. Our strongest power and our biggest weakness exist in the same thing and at the same time.

For fans of Amenra, Russian Circles, Pelican, The Ocean.

Order »Luchtbegrafenis« here:
dunkrecords.com | athousandarmsstore.com

Produced by Aufhebung.
Co-produced and engineered by Jan Viggria & August Corthouts.
Mixed and mastered by Tim De Gieter.

Aufhebung is:
Sebastiaan Wets – Guitars
Simon Neskens – Guitars
Joris Vanschoren – Synths, Samples & Vocals
Mika De Preter – Drums & Percussion
August Corthouts – Bass, Effects & Programming

Aufhebung live:
20/03 Magasin4 – Brussels – BE
22/03 Kavka Zappa – Antwerp – BE – support God Is An Astronaut
03/04 Asgaard – Gentbrugge – BE
08/04 Ferme Du Biéreau – Louvain-La-Neuve – BE
11/04 SPOOR666 – Elsloo – NL – with Juneau & others
08/05 JH Comma – Bruges – BE
14/05 Dunk!festival – Zottegem – BE – with Russian Circles, Pelican,…
06/06 Century Festival – Mouscron – BE

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