Crippled Black Phoenix premiere new single »Vampire Grave« from forthcoming album »Sceaduhelm«; out April 17th via Season Of Mist!
UK dark rockers Crippled Black Phoenix have unleashed the third single »Vampire Grave« taken from their upcoming full-length album, »Sceaduhelm«, set to release on April 17th, 2026 via Season Of Mist.
Tracklist:
01. One Man Wall Of Death
02. Ravenettes
03. Things Start Falling Apart
04. No Epitaph / The Precipice
05. The Void
06. Hollows End
07. Dropout
08. Vampire Grave
09. Colder And Colder
10. Under The Eye
11. Tired To The Bone
12. Beautiful Destroyer
Courtesy of Season Of Mist:
Crippled Black Phoenix sink into »Vampire Grave«!
Crippled Black Phoenix release »Vampire Grave«, the third single from their forthcoming album »Sceaduhelm«. The track arrives as one of the album’s most immediately compelling pieces, built around a central image of chosen decay and the kind of intimacy that survives only by abandoning the living world entirely.
Listen to »Vampire Grave« now HERE.
Written by Justin Greaves with lyrics by Ryan Patterson, »Vampire Grave« frames disillusionment not as crisis but as conclusion. Patterson’s lyric follows a narrator who has quietly stopped arguing with the terms of existence and arrived, without drama, at an alternative: immortality in death alongside another person, in a grave of their own choosing. The vampire conceit is not deployed for atmosphere alone. It carries a genuine emotional logic, the sense that if there are no winners in life, then permanent withdrawal becomes the only rational act of devotion. The phrase “bloodsick and depraved” sets the register early, and the song does not soften from there.
Patterson, who has collaborated with Justin Greaves and Crippled Black Phoenix across several projects, speaks to the immediacy of the song’s central image: “»Vampire Grave« was the first song we did together for this album; Justin sent me the music with that working title and I immediately imagined two immortal lovers, blood junkies on an eternal death trip. It’s a barn-burner of a song driven by Justin’s drums and guitar, and perfectly completed by Belinda’s creepy and beautiful backing vocals. It’s one of my favorite vocal performances and I’m excited for people to hear it.”
Belinda Kordic joins Patterson on backing vocals, her presence lending the track a layered intimacy that runs deeper than mere arrangement. The track also features percussion from Robin Tow and synths from Lucy Marshall, building a density that distinguishes it from some of the album’s starker, more skeletal compositions. The result is a track that remains entirely within »Sceaduhelm«’s emotional territory while offering a stronger immediate grip than much of the surrounding material.
»Sceaduhelm« was recorded between 2023 and 2025 at Chapel Studios in Lincolnshire, Kapsylen Studio in Stockholm, and House Of Foto in Louisville, Kentucky. It was produced by Justin Greaves, mixed by Iver Sandøy at Solslottet Studio in Bergen, and mastered by Magnus Lindberg in Stockholm.
»Sceaduhelm« is out April 17th via Season Of Mist. Pre-order & pre-save HERE.
Mixed by Iver Sandøy at Solslottet Studio, Bergen, Norway.
Mastered by Magnus Lindberg, Stockholm, Sweden.
Additional mixing by Pieter Rietkerk at Chapel Studios.
Produced by Justin Greaves.
Artwork by Erebus Art (Thanasis Stratidakis).
Line-up:
Justin Greaves – Guitars, Drums, Bass, Samples, Saw
Belinda Kordic – Vocals, Percussion
Justin Storms – Vocals
Ryan Patterson – Vocals
Andy Taylor – Guitar
Rene Misje – Guitar
Wesley J. Wasley – Bass
Robin Tow – Percussion
Lucy Marshall – Piano
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