French psychedelic doom lords Occult Hand Order share eerie first single off new album »Meaningless Monuments«; out April 17th on Totem Cat Records!
Lyon, France based psychedelic doom lords Occult Hand Order premiere the first single and music video »Novo Mesto« taken from their upcoming album, »Meaningless Monuments«, scheduled for release on April 17th, 2026 via Totem Cat Records.
»Novo Mesto« is available now on all major streaming platforms!
Tracklist:
01. Bledow
02. Brno
03. Mollerussa
04. Novo Mesto
05. Gerlach
Courtesy of Purple Sage PR:
French psychedelic doom conjurers Occult Hand Order return with their new album »Meaningless Monuments« this April 17th on Totem Cat Records, and unveil the eerie and mystique-laden first video and single »Novo Mesto« on all platforms today.
🔮 Get in a trance with new Occult Hand Order single »Novo Mesto« 🔮
Lyon-based trio Occult Hand Order crafts a heavy and introspective sound at the crossroads of doom, post-rock and ethereal soundscapes. Their music balances crushing weight and cosmic elevation, ritualistic tension and introspective drift.
With »Meaningless Monuments«, the band delves into themes of apocalypse, inner collapse and the search for meaning. Darker, slower, and more cinematic, the record unfolds through long, hypnotic structures where massive riffs meet meditative, atmospheric passages. Occult Hand Order emerges as a sonic ritual: a journey through inner ruins, a quest for what remains when everything falls apart.
Photo by Louison Rouletabille
About the new single, the band says: “»Novo Mesto« acts as a catharsis. The song evokes purification through hardship, pain washed away by time and the elements, and the idea that destruction and rebirth are intimately linked. Between fatalism and acceptance, it questions what remains after chaos, and how experience transforms those who go through it. Fire and rain become symbolic forces, both destructive and regenerative.”
Occult Hand Order »Meaningless Monuments« out April 17th on Totem Cat Records // Preorder from March 9th at this location
Formed in the French city of Lyon in 2018, heavy psychedelic trio Occult Hand Order marry the crushing weight of doom with an ethereal cosmic drift, all lifted by soaring vocal harmonies that conjure arcane rituals and otherworldly mysticism.
After a striking self-titled debut in 2019, the band teamed up with the aptly named Interstellar Smoke Records to unleash »The Chained, The Burned, The Wounded«. The EP was hailed by critics, and the roar from the underground blasted open the doors to Europe’s finest stages, where the trio now stands, locked in and levitating. They’re now ready to propel their unique soundscapes into outer space again, with the release of their sophomore album »Meaningless Monuments« on Totem Cat Records this spring.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well