Greek psychedelic doom/post-black metal band Automaton to release new full-length album »Labyrinth« this Friday via Sound Effect Records!

Athens, Greece based psychedelic doom/post-black metal band Automaton return with their third full-length album, »Labyrinth«, scheduled for release this Friday, June 12th, 2026 via Sound Effect Records.

Listen to the first single and opening track »Rebirth« below!

Tracklist:
01. Rebirth
02. Minotaur
03. Ariadne
04. Black Sails
05. Your Bull Nature Clouds Your Human Self
06. Battle In The Labyrinth

Courtesy of Sound Effect Records:

Automaton, Greece’s psychedelic doom pioneers, are back with their third studio album »Labyrinth«! The album is due out on June 12th via Sound Effect Records on vinyl, CD and digital. Vinyl is limited to 150 copies (black), 150 (Silver Smoke) and 100 (Orange Smoke).

Pre-order »Labyrinth« here:
soundeffect-records.gr | automatonathens.bandcamp.com

Inspired by the ancient Greek myth of the Minoan Labyrinth, the album draws the listener into an allegorical journey through the dark twists and treacherous trails of the Labyrinth.

In those tenebrous depths the mythological characters are reborn. Arrogant, double-crossing Theseus uses any means to his purpose and returns triumphant to be crowned king, in the place of his father who plunged to his watery death. Gullible, love-struck Ariadne provides the clew hoping to be delivered from her immured life and sails for Athens on her lover’s ship, only to be marooned and left to die on a desert island. Is the biformed Minotaur an abomination feasting on young flesh or is he presented as such to instill crippling fear to the enemies of the Minoan kingdom? Perhaps his bull nature is content feeding off the lichen that grows in the murky corridors of his convoluted prison. War is mankind’s pinnacle of monstrosity and like the ferocious battle unfolding in the labyrinthal depths, it does not produce heroes but results in massacre and disgrace.

The mythological Labyrinth becomes an allegory for the confusing pathways modern societies force us to navigate and the need to constantly push the boundaries of the constructed fable to reveal what’s genuine and true. In these chaotic times the search for a meaningful path is a complex struggle.

Automaton is:
Nicolas Kelaidis – Guitars
George Stavrakakis – Guitars
Takis Sam – Bass
Lykourgos Tzardis – Drums

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