Polish stoner/doom metal band Smoke Rites premiere new single »Death Is A Five Letter Word« feat. TOŃ vocalist Monika Adamska-Guzikowska!

Warsaw, Poland based stoner/doom metal band Smoke Rites premiere new single »Death Is A Five Letter Word« featuring guest vocals by Monika Adamska-Guzikowska from TOŃ. Available now on all major streaming platforms!

»Death Is A Five Letter Word« is the first single taken from the band’s upcoming full-length album, which will see the light in September 2025.

Smoke Rites draws inspiration from bands such as Black Sabbath, Sleep, Crowbar and High on Fire. The band was formed in the fall of 2020 in Warsaw, Poland.

»Death Is A Five Letter Word« is the first track from the upcoming Smoke Rites’ album. It features guest vocals by Monika Adamska-Guzikowska of the band TOŃ. Bartek Bartol is responsible for the cover artwork.

This is what the band says about the single »Death Is A Five Letter Word«: “It’s a song about the face of our commonplace death, lurking in blank stares and small human dramas. The face of mortality can be banal, tired, sad, lonely or frightening. It is present everywhere and always.”

The new album is scheduled for release in September 2025.

The single was recorded at Smoke Rites HQ, under the watchful eye of Adam Ziolkowski, who is responsible for mixing and mastering the track.

Smoke Rites released their debut EP entitled »The Rite Of The Smoke« in 2021. It gathered positive reviews both at home and abroad. In March 2022, they recorded their first studio album »Total Lung Capacity« in Warsaw’s Santa Studio with the help of sound engineer Arkadiusz “Malta” Malczewski. Since then they have played a number of concerts alongside the likes of Bongzilla, O.D.R.A., Artillery and many others.

Smoke Rites is:
Tomasz Mielnik- Vocals
Łukasz Borawski – Guitar
Adam Ziółkowski – Bass Guitar
Michał Kamiński – Drums

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