New York death/doom metal band Rigor Sardonicous signs with Meuse Music Records; new single and lyric video »Death Cult« out June 2nd!

Long Island, New York based death/doom metal duo Rigor Sardonicous has signed with Meuse Music Records to release their new full-length album »Diatriba Deorum«.

The first single and lyric video »Death Cult« will be premiered on June 2nd, 2026.

Courtesy of Meuse Music Records:

Meuse Music Records are pleased to announce their collaboration with Rigor Sardonicous!

Rigor Sardonicous is a two-piece death/doom metal band formed in the early 1990’s in Long Island, New York (USA).

The band is delivering a death/doom cult sound like nobody else. They draw a style and sound among the likes of bands such as Symphony Of Grief, Winter, Autopsy, Obituary, and create a raw, crushing heaviness that is extreme within the genre, more akin to slow death metal than melodic doom.

Described as “uplifting as a post-genocide funeral procession” and “what real funeral doom should sound like”, their tone becomes immediately identifiable once you hear it. Driven by low vocal delivery and buzzing guitar riffs, it’s difficult not to be moved in some way.

»Diatriba Deorum« is the 8th album from death/doom cultists Rigor Sardonicous. It continues the bands legendary sonic style with refinement that comes with exposure.

Dangerously slow and agonizingly heavy, it pummels forth a vile element of rage directed at mans concept and names of god. With an outlook that will herald no hopes for human salvation it delivers a limbic listening experience that is dense and existential with dread.

Stay tuned for more news and details!

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