London psychedelic doom bringers Bleeding Antlers announce sophomore album »Songs Of Praise« and UK tour dates!
London, UK based psychedelic doom bringers Bleeding Antlers have announced their sophomore album, »Songs Of Praise«, which will see the light on August 22nd, 2026.
Tracklist:
01. The Devil Of Mariazell
02. Meet Me In The Woods At Midnight
03. Blue Jeans
04. When The Sun Bursts
05. The Ghost Of Oliver Reed
06. Fimbulwinter
07. Crooked Lines
New album »Songs Of Praise« – out August 22, 2026!
Six winters on from the plague-born baptism of »Stagmata«, the rut returns. Velvet shed and antlers hardened, doom metal’s most reluctant brotherhood reconvenes the congregation, and this time it gathers not at the bar but at the altar. After a year of dripping singles into the dark like votive candles, they finally summon the flock for a full second sermon, and it is not one your vicar would sanction: »Songs Of Praise«. The title means exactly what it says, and nothing you would ever sing in church. Seven hymns aimed squarely at the wrong altar: praise for a tempting devil, a lost lover, a bottle, a bursting sun and the bearer of light himself. Prog, doom, sleaze, shanties and graveyard gospel, served up as a second communion. Kneel, or don’t. The pew is yours.
Bleeding Antlers – »Songs Of Praise«:
• The Devil Of Mariazell – a Faustian blood pact drawn for relief, not riches. Better the devil you know.
• Meet Me In The Woods At Midnight – 3rd single: a candlelit black mass and folk-horror drinking song.
• Blue Jeans – Lana Del Rey’s heartbreak anthem dragged into the crypt and reupholstered in doom.
• When The Sun Bursts – 1st single: pure doom groove under the last sunrise you’ll ever see.
• The Ghost Of Oliver Reed – a lament for lost hope and a mortgaged soul.
• Fimbulwinter – 2nd single: grinding groove metal on the last stand of the Norse gods.
• Crooked Lines – the closing argument: which master deserves the worship, God or the light-bringer?
It was a dark and stormy night, one summers eve in 2016, when five men gathered at a beer festival hosted by a gothic former Sanatorium in South London. Their purpose, to select beers for the wedding of one of their party. As the night progressed and the ales flowed, someone in the party (no one remembers exactly who) realised they should take advantage of their status as vaguely competent musicians living varying shades of the rock n’ roll life and play a show for the Stag Do. A few more rounds embellishing the stylistic concepts arrived on a Satyr theme, and it was decided that nothing less than a European Festival would suffice. Doom metal supergroup Bleeding Antlers was born.
After a handful of rehearsals and some rough demos, the dream became a reality and no one quite knew how they found themselves on this driverless juggernaut. Sensing mischief was in the air, Hobgoblin Beer engaged with the band to produce a documentary, charting their journey from their debut London show to playing the main stage of a European Festival, getting band tattoos, and recording their first single. The rest as they say, is a complete blur… Having had so much fun carousing their way across Europe, the Antlers pledged an eternal brotherhood by becoming an actual “proper” band. Mixing prog, doom, metal, sleaze and shanties, their debut album »Stagmata« was released during the great plague of 2020 to critical acclaim.
In August 2026, the Antlers are releasing their sophomore album »Songs Of Praise« supported by a UK tour, festival dates and all the goodtimes, all the time.
A world tour of non-consecutive dates in England:
• 3 Sep Blondies Bar, Hackney
• 4 Sep Huddersfield
• 5 Sep Vault 27, Barnsley
• 19 Sep King’s Arms, Hanwell
• 4 Oct Rustfest, Amersham Arms
• 31 Oct The Devonshire Arms, Camden
• 9 Apr 2027 North West Doom Fest, Chester
• 3 Jul 2027 Godivageddon, Coventry
Bleeding Antlers are:
Simon Bismarck – Vocals
Good Luke – Guitar
Prince Ben – Bass
Bad Luke – Brown Notes
Ghost Pete – Drums & Vocals
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well