Cauchemar presents their fourth full-length album »Rosa Mystica«, out now via the band’s own label Temple Of Mystery Records

Montreal, Canada based heavy/doom metal outfit Cauchemar presents their fourth full-length album, »Rosa Mystica«, which was just released this Monday, May 16th, 2022 via the band’s own label Temple Of Mystery Records.

»Rosa Mystica« is available now on CD/Vinyl/Digital with Cassette tape handled by Cursed Ritual Records. Order your copy here: cauchemar.bandcamp.com

Tracklist:
01. Jour de colère
02. Rouge sang
03. Notre-Dame-sous-terre
04. Danger de nuit
05. Rosa Mystica
06. Le tombeau de l’aube
07. Volcan
08. La Sorcière

<a href="https://cauchemar.bandcamp.com/album/rosa-mystica">Rosa Mystica by Cauchemar</a>

Rising from their moss-covered crypt, Cauchemar is back with their third full-length, »Rosa Mystica«, the band’s first offering since 2019’s »Trapped Under Ice« compilation. Meticulously composed and rehearsed to perfection, the album is a fully realized expression of Cauchemar’s signature sound of somber traditional doom delivered with the vigor of heavy metal. Perhaps owing to two of the members’ recent migration from Montreal to rural Quebec, the atmosphere on »Rosa Mystica« is spacious and rustic, gilded by the warm glow of stained-glass luminescence through which cuts the burnished weight of François Patry’s guitars. Settled within bassist Andres Arango and drummer Joël Ladouceur’s vaulted geometry, the austere muscular riffs drive the songs, haunted by the spectral radiance of organs and Annick Giroux’s French-language incantations. Cauchemar’s highly praised performances with Pagan Altar in 2019 reified the band’s style, and »Rosa Mystica« – easily their most cohesive and complete – bears the confidence of a band that has come into its own. ~ Jason Campbell

Photo by Chany Pilote

Songs by Cauchemar.
»Notre-Dame-sous-Terre« after Fulcanelli.
»Volcan« after the Comte de Lautréamont, guitar and chorus written by Joel Ladouceur.
Recorded by Chany Pilote at No Man’s Land studio, Gatineau, QC.
Guitar solo in »Volcan« by Alan Jones.
Guitar solo in »La Sorcière« by Chany Pilote.
Cover art by Valeria Sakseeva.
Graphic design by Annick Giroux.

Cauchemar is:
Annick Giroux – Vocals
François Patry – Guitars
Andres Arango – Bass
Joel Ladouceur – Drums

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