Costa Rican blackgaze band Oxalaia released their debut album »Shores Of Hateg«; available now on CD and all major streaming platforms!

Costa Rican post-black metal/shoegaze band Oxalaia presents their debut album, »Shores Of Hateg«, which was just released on November 13th, 2026 via Hell On Earth Records.

Listen to »Shores Of Hateg« on Spotify, YouTube and other streaming platforms!

Tracklist:
01. Shores Of Hațeg
02. Glasshouse
03. Neverborn
04. Husk
05. New Blood
06. World’s Edge
07. Enmity
08. Sandburn
09. River Of Time

Oxalaia is a Costa Rican post-black metal and shoegaze project inspired by the prehistoric landscape and the philosophical perspective about life of the ancient creatures.

The band’s atmospheric extreme sound explores the intersection of post-black metal, blackgaze and shoegaze, combining aggressive black metal elements with dense atmospheric passages, melancholic melodies and expansive soundscapes.

Their music explores existentialism, chaos, the human condition and spiritual transformation, creating an atmosphere that moves between aggression, introspection and melancholy.

“A contrast in every sense of what it means to exist, feel, and live in a time when all that mattered was to keep alive…

It reminds us that there is always room to embrace our own consciousness. What we have today may be gone tomorrow, and only memories will keep that feeling alive.”

»Shores Of Hateg« is available for digital streaming and download through Bandcamp.

All music written and performed by Oxalaia.
Recorded, mixed and produced by Gabriel Perez at Phantom Records.
Drums recorded at FZR Studios.
Mastered by Chris Johnson at The Electric Bunker (Deafheaven, Sexless Marriage, Doomriders).

Oxalaia is:
Lola – Vocals
Gabriel Perez – Guitars / Vocals
Ernesto Navarro – Guitars / Backing Vocals
Felipe Navarro – Bass
Roberto Vargas – Drums

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