Portuguese neo-folk/doom metal band Thragedium stream their comeback album »Lisboa Depois de Morta«, out now via Alma Mater Records

After two decades of hiatus, Portuguese neo-folk/doom metal band Thragedium returns with a brand new album, »Lisboa Depois de Morta«, which was released on October 31st, 2023 via Alma Mater Records.

Tracklist:
01. Desagregação
02. Lucefécit
03. The adorer
04. O pacto
05. Terra mãe
06. Nations fall
07. Pretérito imperfeito
08. Um mal necessário
09. Trimarkisia
10. Lisboa Depois de Morta
11. The Old Oak And The Mandrake Root

Courtesy of All Noir PR:

“Music you can’t listen to anywhere else…”

Thragedium is a neo-folk-metal band hailing from Portugal. »Lisboa Depois de Morta« (Lisbon AD) is their startling new album, after two decades of hiatus, and it will be proudly released by Alma Mater Records, owned by Fernando Ribeiro, lead singer of Portuguese legendary Moonspell.

“I’ve always been a huge supporter of Thragedium’s vision and the way they incorporate elements of Portugal’s deepest cultural roots into their changeling musical tapestry.” says Ribeiro. It’s absolutely thrilling for me that I get to release this gem. I know this is the most ambitious album yet, and one of the most outrageous artistic pieces we ever released on the label, but what’s life without the flavor of eloquent, risky music?”

»Lisboa Depois de Morta« is the successor of the mysterious tale-telling »The Isolationist« and classic »Theatrum XXIII«, where the band’s flare for Portuguese guitar, Lusitanian myth, and progressive doom metal was already showing and that now reaches a new peak in this album.

Ensuring this record has all the ingredients to make it another cult item,Thragedium enlisted the mastering expertise of Jaime Gomez Arellano (Moonspell, Paradise Lost, Ghost, Ulver). Additionally, Hugo Ribeiro (Moonspell) lent his brilliant drumming skills to the album, while Pedro Oliveira (Sétima Legião) graced the band with his vocal talent on »Um mal Necessário«.

Completing the team, the cover artwork design was entrusted to the renowned Travis Smith (Slayer, Megadeth, Opeth, Katatonia).

Released on October’s 31st, all hallows eve, the day they come back on stage supporting Moonspell on their annual Halloween gig, after so many years of absence from stage, the Lisboa album evokes ghosts from a capital of a country lost in its own mist, a story of disaggregation, brilliantly written and played by these Lusitanian torchbearers.

For the fans of Moonspell, Amorphis, Sólstafir, Wardruna, Paradise Lost and early Anathema.

Order »Lisboa Depois de Morta« here:
almamaterrecords.com
almamater.bandcamp.com

Thragedium is:
João Paulo Farinha – Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion
Nuno Cruz – Vocals
José Bonito – Bass, Vocals
César Feiteira – Drums

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