Polish doom/alternative metal band The Black Thunder releases new single and music video »Ash In My Marrow«

Bytów, Poland doom/alternative metal band The Black Thunder has released new single and music video »Ash In My Marrow«. This is the second single taken off The Black Thunder’s upcoming full-length album, »Time Obliteration«, due out on October 16th, 2026 via Pagan Records.

Tracklist:
01. Verification Of Wounds
02. Ash In My Marrow
03. Nothing Remains
04. Turn Into Absence
05. The Eternal Search For Inner Balance-Consciousness
06. Fractured Time
07. To Live, To Suffer, To Die
08. Revelation Of Times To Follow

Courtesy of Pagan Records:

Polish doom and alternative metal act The Black Thunder have released a music video for the track »Ash In My Marrow«, the second single taken from their third full-length album »Time Obliteration«. The album is set for release on 16 October 2026 via Pagan Records and is now available to pre-order.

Watch »Ash In My Marrow« HERE.

This follows the release of the single and video »Verification Of Wounds«, which was praised by No Clean Singing as “not only exhilarating but also highly infectious”.

The Black Thunder bassist, vocalist and founder, Marcin Szczepański, said: “This is the first song in the band’s history where the Polish language appears naturally, interwoven with English. That’s how I heard it from the very start, back when the track was just a skeleton. I’m really curious to see how this vision is received, because that’s exactly how I envisioned it from the beginning. On top of that, there’s plenty of double-bass drumming and, surprisingly, mid-tempo blast beats; these are elements we had intentionally avoided on previous albums. Here, the clear premise was having no premises: we play what we want, and however we feel.”

Photo credit: Stanisław Szuster

With artists from Polish underground bands such as Calm Hatchery, Tyran and Deathinition, The Black Thunder moved from the stoner and groovy sounds that characterise their previous albums »Visions In Black« (2017) and »Into The Darkness We All Fall« (2021). The album takes the band to darker tones with a mixture of black metal elements, sludge elements, technical elements and crust punk elements. The music is DIY-inspired, where the group did not go for polished studio production but went with feeling: The entire album was recorded in a live recording session at Dobra 12 Studio, Białystok, with production done by Piotr Polak, with mixing and mastering handled by Haldor Grunberg at Satanic Audio.

Lyrically, the album focuses on themes of existential anxiety, internal conflict, and distorted perception. The vocals are performed mainly in English, with select Polish passages added for emphasis. Visuals for the album feature hand-painted cover artwork by Australian artist Rok (Sadistik Exekution), with graphic layouts handled by Łukasz “Pachu” Pach (Hostia).

Pre-order »Time Obliteration« HERE.

All music written and performed live in studio by The Black Thunder.
All lyrics and vocals by Marcin Szczepański.
Recorded as a live session at Dobra 12 Studio in Białystok by Piotr Polak.
Mixed and mastered by Haldor Grunberg.
Album artwork by mighty Rok (Sadistik Exekution, Sadistik Art).
Design by Łukasz “Pachu” Pach (Hostia).

The Black Thunder are:
Marcin Szczepański – Vocals, Bass
Grzegorz Malinowski – Guitar
Jacek Kiełpiński – Guitar
Witek Kozak – Drums

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