French post-metal/doomgaze conjurers Endless Floods premiere new album »Passages« in full; out this Friday on Permafrost / Araki / Yoyodyne Records!
Bordeaux, France based post-heavy alchemists Endless Floods are streaming their fourth studio album »Passages« in full ahead its release this Friday, May 22nd, 2026 via Permafrost Records, Araki Records and Yoyodyne Records.
Tracklist:
01. Visions
02. Deuxième Monde
03. Liminal
04. Primordial
Courtesy of Purple Sage PR:
French post-metal and doomgaze goldsmiths Endless Floods team up with Doomed & Stoned to premiere their bewitching fourth full-length »Passages« in its entirety, ahead of its official release this May 22nd on Permafrost Records, Araki Records and Yoyodyne Records.
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“The multi-dimensional architecture of these four tracks is a wonder to behold.” — Doomed & Stoned
“In a world eternally immersed in drama, the music of French band Endless Floods provides a pretty fitting soundtrack for this never-ending spectacle.” — Everything Is Noise
“Endless Floods are a model of consistency in terms of their quality. Yet this new album’s warmth and joy still holds the power to amaze.” — Nine Hertz
“If you never believed heavy metal could be beautiful, »Passages« serves as a convincing argument.” — The Obelisk
Endless Floods have made a hallmark of constant evolution, their sound deepening and expanding with remarkable consistency with each album. Ranging across post-rock, progressive doom and dark folk, »Passages« ushers in a new era of songwriting: an interplay of metallic weight and soaring atmospherics, where melancholic beauty is woven through ethereal female/male vocal harmonies and gripping, epic riffs.
While their latest album »Rites Futurs« introduced the theme of transformation through rites of passage, »Passages« plunges into it and suffocates. The four songs alternately evoke the in-between worlds, the present and the distant past, the sacrifices of a bygone era (»Visions«), moving from the collective wandering of a landscape of constrained structures (»Deuxième Monde«) to the individual narrative haunted by our own ghosts (»Liminal«), finally surrendering to »Primordial«. »Passages« is a transitional object between two states of mind, a tool for drawing a common future. Fans of everything from SubRosa, Earth, BIG|BRAVE to Amenra and Russian Circles should love this
Endless Floods »Passages« out May 22nd on Bandcamp / Permafrost Records / Araki Records / Yoyodyne Records
Bordeaux, France’s heavy alchemists Endless Floods formed in 2015 in Bordeaux around Stéphane Miollan (ex-Monarch, Bombardement, Faucheuse), Benjamin Sablon (ex-Monarch, Bombardement, Shock, Mégot) and Simon Bédy. Their first outings raised a prodigiously dense wall of sound by blending drone and doom metal aesthetics with mind-expanding ambient structures, like a sorrowful procession arising from the limbo.
The trio released their self-titled debut in 2015, followed by their sophomore album »II« in the winter of 2017. This drone-sounding assault saw the band sinking deeper into bleakness and minimalism, immersing the listener in a monolithic and feedback-laden sonic experience described by the press as “a vast, never-ending room of heavy” (Cvlt Nation), “a juggernaut of sonic grandeur” (Metal Nexus) or simply “sublime” by Pure Grain Audio. Their third album »Circle The Gold« epitomized a fresh start in their creative process: between chaos and light, the Bordeaux trio transcended genre boundaries while unveiling a more melodic and cathartic aspect of their music.
After a five-year hiatus, Endless Floods returned with a new lineup and their fourth record »Rites Futurs« in the summer of 2024, revealing in a prodigious blaze of post-metal, doom and shoegaze for an overall gripping aural experience.
Endless Floods lineup on »Passages«:
Louise Dehaye – vocals, saxophone
Benjamin Sablon – drums, synthesizers, electric guitars, acoustic guitars, vocals, percussion
Stéphane Miollan – bass, electric guitars, acoustic guitars, vocals, synthesizers
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