Finnish sludge/post-metal band Askel unleash their debut full-length album »Cycles Of Ruin«, out on vinyl via Gate Of Deliria and minoRobscuR

Helsinki, Finland based blackened sludge/post-metal outfit Askel stream their debut full-length album, »Cycles Of Ruin«, which was just released on February 1st, 2024 via Gate Of Deliria and minoRobscuR.

Listen to »Cycles Of Ruin« on Spotify and other streaming platforms!

Tracklist:
01. Lethean Thirst
02. Cycles
03. Denial
04. Temples
05. Ruin

Says the band: “»Cycles Of Ruin«, our first LP, is out on vinyl and digital platforms on the 1st of February. Vinyl release in cooperation with Gate Of Deliria and minoRobscuR.

Thanks to Olli Nokkala / Studio Kolotila for recording, mixing & mastering the LP.”

Askel is a Helsinki-based quartet that took its first steps in January 2022. While the band set out to play sludge, the most traditional approach to the genre got sidetracked fairly quickly. The result was slow, crude, noisy and dissonant, with the influences ranging from hardcore and crust to black and post-metal. A quick shorthand for musical reference points would include the likes of Primitive Man, Godflesh and Neurosis.

Photo by Tero Hyrkkänen

The band put out its self-titled EP in the fall of ’22 and has been active playing gigs around Finland since then. The debut LP was recorded in July ’23 at Studio Kolotila under the guidance of Olli Nokkala (Feastem), who also took care of mixing and mastering the album. »Cycles Of Ruin« was released on vinyl and on digital platforms on February 1st, 2024, in cooperation with Gate Of Deliria (Finland) and minoRobscuR (Germany). The release will be supported with further gigs in Finland, and hopefully abroad as well.

See links below for more information:
gateofdeliria.blogspot.fi
minorlabel.de

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