Italian atmospheric black/doom metal project Marea announce new album »A Caress Of Autumn For All The Lost«; first single/music video »Aurora« out now!
Milan, Italy based atmospheric black/doom metal solo project Marea premiere new single and music video »Aurora«.
»Aurora« is the first single taken from Marea’s upcoming album, »A Caress Of Autumn For All The Lost«, which will be releasesd on October 9th, 2026 via Hypnotic Dirge Records /and Masked Dead Records.
Tracklist:
01. A Caress Of Autumn
02. The Beauty Of Broken Things
03. Eremita
04. Still Horizon
05. Aurora
06. For All The Lost
07. Night Birds
08. Absence Of Self
Courtesy of Hypnotic Dirge Records:
Speaking about »Aurora«, Matteo Balzarini of Marea says:
“This song is probably the heaviest and most aggressive I have done to date, while still maintaining the melancholic feeling that runs through the whole album.
Conceptually, it’s about the initial hope and enthusiasm for new beginnings and their subsequent loss as you watch your dreams shatter.
I used the metaphor of dawn to represent that fragile spark of hope and dusk as the inevitable crash, ending with a desperate need to start over.”
Marea – meaning “tide” in Italian – is the one-man project of Matteo Balzarini from Legnano, in northern Italy. Founded in 2023, Marea delivers a haunting blend of atmospheric black metal, post-black, dsbm, and doom metal, interwoven with more intimate, dreamy passages featuring acoustic guitar and post-rock sections.
»A Caress Of Autumn For All The Lost« explores themes of isolation, remorse, regret, broken dreams, and the fragility of our relationships: how a single wrong word or choice can destroy everything we have built over a lifetime, and how pride and selfishness can cause us to lose those we love and hold dearest. The album explores the feeling of being unworthy of happiness, driving us to seek psychological ways to hurt ourselves – and, by extension, those who care about us. Where the sea dominated previous works, autumn now takes its place. Though the central imagery has changed, the evoked emotions remain the same: profound loneliness, melancholy, and nostalgia.
Just as music can be both desperate and blissful, this duality and contrast also run through the album’s concept and lyrics. The title is intended as an embrace and a message of hope for all the “lost”, an invitation to appreciate life’s small beauties, to seize the moments of joy and happiness it offers, to set aside our suffering for a fleeting moment, and to forgive ourselves. It is a raw struggle with our inner demons and a confession of our deepest weaknesses and fears – an album for all our mistakes and the resting place of our sins.
»A Caress Of Autumn For All The Lost« will be jointly released by Hypnotic Dirge Records and Masked Dead Records on October 9, 2026. The album will be available on DLP, CD, and digital formats.
Pre-order »A Caress Of Autumn For All The Lost« here:
hypnoticdirgerecords.com
hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com
maskeddeadrecords.com
Recorded, mixed and mastered at ADSR Decibel Studio by Carlo Meroni.
Cover art & visual design by Francesco Gemelli.
Band photos by Diego Molaschi.
»Aurora« music video by Maurizio Del Piccolo.
»The Beauty of Broken Things« lyric video by Stefano Mastronicola.
Line-up:
Matteo Balzarini – Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Lyrics
Alessandro Mori – Drums
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well