Finnish sludge metal band Sunniva to release debut album »Hypostasis« in September 2025 via Svart Records; first single and music video revealed!

Turku, Finland based sludge/post-metal band Sunniva has announced their debut album, »Hypostasis«, which will drop on September 19th, 2025 via Svart Records.

Watch a music video for the first single »Mercurial Bloodstreams« below!

Tracklist:
01. Mercurial Bloodstreams
02. Peine Forte Et Dure
03. Valovaltimo
04. Opening The Key
05. Sun Funeral
06. Hung From The Sky

Courtesy of Sure Shot Worx:

Turku-based sludge metal force Sunniva releases »Mercurial Bloodstreams« – a harrowing new track from their upcoming debut album »Hypostasis« – that challenges the illusions of progress and freedom in the modern age.

Watch the official video for the new single HERE.

Through thundering riffs, monolithic rhythms, and guttural howls, »Mercurial Bloodstreams« confronts society’s unrelenting drive for technological advancement – a journey promised as a road to liberation, yet more often entangling humanity in deeper webs of oppression. Sunniva dissects the myth of progress and questions the very nature of freedom itself.

“We are constantly sold the dream of freedom,” the band states, “but the reality is only a few understand what true freedom even is – or if it can exist at all.”

Photo by Aleks Talve

Sunniva was formed in 2016 out of a shared hunger for the raw sonic power of heavy music. The band’s name, derived from the Old English Sunngifu, meaning “gift of the sun”, hints at the layered darkness and light woven into their sound.

Blurring the lines between death doom, sludge, and post-metal, Sunniva summons the same seismic intensity as titans like Amenra, Neurosis and Dark Buddha Rising. Their past releases – »The Holy Mountain« (2017), self-titled EP (2020), and the sprawling single »This Reality Only Speaks In Blood« (2018) – have cemented their reputation for crafting immersive, soul-crushing soundscapes.

The band is in its full elements in live shows which you can experience as follows:
29.8. Seinäjoki (FI), Bar15
30.8. Oulu (FI), Tukikohta
18.9. Turku (FI), Nirvana
19.9. Tampere (FI), Maanalainen
20.9. Helsinki (FI), Lepakkomies

New full-length album »Hypostasis« will be out on September 19th, 2025 via Svart Records. Pre-order HERE.

Listen. Witness. Be undone.

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