Fane unveil new single »Dead Shepherd«; new album »Armageddon Scars« out August 28th on Octopus Rising / Argonauta Records!
US blackened hardcore/death/sludge metal duo Fane has unveiled new single »Dead Shepherd« taken from their debut album, »Armageddon Scars«, set to release on August 28th, 2026 via Octopus Rising / Argonauta Records.
Tracklist:
01. Flatline
02. Dead Shepherd
03. Poisoned Crown
04. The Mariner
05. Passages
Courtesy of Grand Sounds PR:
Following the release of »Passages«, Fane return with »Dead Shepherd«, the second single taken from their upcoming album »Armageddon Scars«, due out on August 28 via Octopus Rising / Argonauta Records, on CD and digital formats.
Stream »Dead Shepherd« HERE.
Written and recorded during the fall of 2025, »Armageddon Scars« was conceived as a focused effort to capture Fane’s sound through a raw and unfiltered approach. The album was arranged, recorded, mixed and mastered by Trey Porche at Last Watch Studio, with performances by Porche himself alongside longtime collaborator Ryan Ashmore.
Throughout the recording and mixing process, the band deliberately prioritized committed performances and established tones over studio perfection, allowing each arrangement to develop naturally with only minimal corrective editing. The mastering was completed entirely in-house using exclusively analog equipment, not to reinvent or reshape the material, but to give the record consistency, authority and cohesion while preserving the unique character of every track.
Musically, »Armageddon Scars« draws from doom, sludge, hardcore, black metal and folklore traditions, stripping those influences down to their most essential elements. Lyrically and emotionally, the album explores themes of endurance, damage and aftermath, standing as a direct document of the band’s lives and reflections at the moment it was created.
»Armageddon Scars« will be released on August 28 via Octopus Rising / Argonauta Records on CD and digital formats.
Fane is:
Ryan Ashmore – Vocals
Trey Porche – Instruments, Programming
FFO: Thou, Crowbar, YOB, Primitive Man.
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