Russian experimental doom/sludge metal duo Kassus presents their new album »Hypnagogia«M out now via Svanrenne Music!

Saint Petersburg, Russia based experimental doom/sludge metal duo Kassus has just released their sophomore album »Hypnagogia« on July 1st, 2026 via Svanrenne Music.

Tracklist:
01. Empire
02. Battleship
03. Garden
04. Hymn To Enlil
05. Insectoid
06. Hypnagogia
07. Archive Record 52-01
08. Midnight

Courtesy of Svanrenne Music:

The soundtrack to a journey into the darkest and deepest corners of the mind. These brutal cultists have thrown off the old school death metal chains of Cenobite, closed a brutal chapter to open another – darker, heavier, permeated with disturbing ambient, post-industrial and drone, without boundaries and stylish frames. Just a nightmare in the historical landscapes of the life and fall of the tribune, temptations, tortures and orgies that lead Cassus Vicus into the hellish abyss between worlds.

About »Hypnagogia«:

A buzzing drone, post-industrial heaviness, and something almost organic can be found in the dark corners of the »Hypnagogia« maze. The album is a Lovecraftian visionary that defies instant comprehension and is so viscous in its appeal that you return to the noises of this nightmare over and over again. Dependence on cosmic scales and primordial darkness, on the voice of the Forerunners and the sound of foreignness introduces the mystical Kassus project into the listener’s brain.

Kassus is:
Pavel Isakov – Guitars
Konstantin Dolganov – Vocals, Guitars, Production

Vocals on »Hymn To Enlil« by Evgeniy Nikitin
Cover art by Maya Kurkhuli

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