Finnish melancholic death/doom metal band Hanging Garden releases new single and lyric video »Isle Of Bliss«, title track of their upcoming album!
Finnish melancholic death/doom metal band Hanging Garden has released a lyric video for the title track of their upcoming album »Isle Of Bliss«, due out on March 20th, 2026 via Agonia Records.
The new single »Isle Of Bliss« is available now on all major streaming platforms!
Tracklist:
01. To Outlive The Nine Ravens
02. Eternal Trees Of Turquoise
03. Isle Of Bliss
04. To The Gates Of Hel
05. The Death Upon Our Shoulders
06. The Blights Nine
07. Arise, Black Sun
08. Her Waning Light
09. Beneath The Fallen Sky
Courtesy of Agonia Records:
Finland’s death/doom seven-piece Hanging Garden previous upcoming studio album »Isle Of Bliss« – due out March 20th on Agonia Records – with a lyric video for the album’s title song. It’s available HERE.
On their ninth album »Isle Of Bliss«, Hanging Garden takes a different approach to their signature somber melancholy: the new full-length presents perhaps a darker, more sinister rendition of the oftentimes dreamlike tones of the past releases. Synths and sweet and airy vocal layers – albeit still present – give more room for a heavier aesthetic in the drum and guitar work.
The album was recorded in various studios in southern Finland by the band, along with the drums recorded at Klaukkala’s renowned D-Studio by master Jarno Hänninen. Mixing and mastering was performed by none other than the legendary Jaime Gomez Arellano, known for his work with names such as Opeth, Moonspell, Ghost and many others. The album artwork was created by Kalle Pyyhtinen (Children Of Bodom).
The album’s themes revolve around the spiritual aspects of life, death and the liminality in between. The landscapes shift from the introspection of one’s core self, travelling past dense forests and deathless isles – all the way to the vast and distant infinities of the dying stars and the vast and eternal voids spun between.
The band comments on the album: “This time we decided to take a more conscious step towards a more bare-bones composition on the new songs, supporting the perhaps darker and maybe even more ferocious side of our music. We happened to meet with Gomez during a live show of ours a few summers back, and he was an obvious choice for the sound we had in mind. And as we see it, he really delivered.
To complement the rawer sound, we also decided to make more use of Riikka’s capability to scream – a stark contrast to her aetheric cleans – and this can be witnessed in the death metal duets between her and Toni that can be found a-plenty along the tracks.”
Pre-order »Isle Of Bliss« HERE.
Pre-save the album HERE.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well