US sci-fi doom/sludge/post-metal act Beware Of Gods releases new album »Upon Whom The Last Light Descends II: Amnesia Island«

Chicago, Illinois based sci-fi doom/sludge/post-metal act Beware Of Gods is streaming their new album, »Upon Whom The Last Light Descends II: Amnesia Island«, which was just released this Friday, May 2nd, 2025.

Tracklist:
01. Concussion Dream
02. The End Of The Wide Awake Nightmare
03. Submerged By The Ghost Of A White Whale
04. The Doomsday Zealot Of Amnesia Island
05. Lysergic Liturgies Of A Schizo Messiah
06. D.I.E. Sect
07. The Science Of Slow Moving Monsters
08. Temple Of Thieves

Courtesy of Desert Bloom PR:

Beware Of Gods: Premiere full album on Outlaws Of The Sun ahead of Friday’s release!

»Upon Whom The Last Light Descends« by Beware Of Gods is a IV part, epic, psychoperatic cathartic concept inspired by »The Blind Idiot God« from the HP Lovecraft mythos known as Azathoth. Other literary & film inspirations include: Dune, The Matrix, Dracula, Demian, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Jonah & The Whale & Foundation.

From melancholy to pure menace, the vocals of Beware Of Gods lone wolf Jason O’Donnell aka The Archetype soar across »Upon Whom The Last Light Descends II: Amnesia Island« and hover like a cloud of locusts within the angular atonal trudging combat between his doom laden guitars & calderaesque fuzzed out bass pummeling. The droning trudging of dissonant riffage is backed by the solid, just ‘behind the beat’ groove of guest drummer Kellii Scott of alt space rock giants Failure.

Beware Of Gods is a Warning and a Blessing. An Honoring Of The Gift of Despair from which Clarity takes Flight and We find the Courage to face the Monster, to Reconcile It to Become and Overcome It…

Co-produced, engineered & mixed by Pete Grossmann.
Mastered by Brad Boatright.
Recorded at Bricktop Recording.
Executive producer: Christopher Dyer.
Artwork by Unexpected Specter.

Line-up:
Jason O’Donnell – Vocals, Guitar, Bass & Synth
Feederwire – Sound Design & Additional Guitars on »Submerged…«
Eric Plonka – Additional Guitars on »Temple Of Thieves« and »D.I.E. Sect«
Kellii Scott – Drums

Press:

“This was a very personal album that one could label as strange, and unsettling at times. It is not here to make you comfortable…it is here to shake things up, and the unusual nature of the album is something that every Metalhead should experience.” (Metal Temple)

“In a nutshell, “Temple of Thieves” is a stunning song, a big scary beast of a song with a heavy-muscled punch, a malignant and unearthly mien, and a chorale of vocals that will light up your eyes and send shivers down your spine. It’s primally compelling, immediately addictive, and continually rewarding, the kind of thing your enraptured reptile brain will want to go back to over and over again.” (No Clean Singing)

“Whether a given part is spacing out or brooding, reciting narrative in an effects-manipulated spoken word or crushing a riff en route to the next thing, Upon Whom the Last Light Descends II : Amnesia Island is aware of the choices being made, aware of the direction of its craft, of the influences and inspirations with which it’s in conversation.” (The Obelisk)

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