Sermon’s new full-length album »Of Golden Verse« out now via Prosthetic Records; visualizer video for »Light The Witch« streaming!

London, UK based melancholic doom metal band Sermon has unleashed a visualizer video for »Light The Witch« taken from their new full-length album, »Of Golden Verse«, which was just released yesterday, March 31st, 2023 via Prosthetic Records.

Tracklist:
01. The Great Marsh
02. Royal
03. Light The Witch
04. In Black
05. The Distance
06. Senescence
07. Wake The Silent
08. Golden
09. Centre
10. Departure

Courtesy of Prosthetic Records:

On March 31st, melodic-melancholic-doom outfit Sermon released their sophomore album, »Of Golden Verse«, via Prosthetic Records.

»Of Golden Verse« can be ordered in various formats here.

A beacon of iridescent musical light amid the torpid fog of modern life, Sermon blazed brightly but briefly when they released their debut album back in 2019. Led by the shadowy figurehead known only as Him, they blurred boundaries with the aptly titled »Birth Of The Marvellous« – which earned widespread acclaim and the effusive support of listeners around the world. But then, after a single live show at Prog In Park in Poland, there was only silence.

In the years between then and now, the world has become a darker, nastier place. Summoned from their slumbers for a second time, Him and his collaborators are back with an album that accurately encapsulates the mood of the moment. Recorded at Grindstone Studios under the legendary supervision of producer Scott Atkins, »Of Golden Verse« was entirely written by Him, but the new songs reached their final, immaculate state through a team effort.

Him comments: “James is the other side of this. I’ll give him the demo of a whole album and the drums will be written, and he likes me to do that, but when we get in the studio, he makes his suggestions and it often becomes this whole other thing. It wouldn’t sound remotely the same with another drummer. Meanwhile, Scott is the George Martin of the piece. So really Sermon is a trio. I give them something that’s fairly well formed, it’s almost there, and they add into it because they’re far more skilled than I am.”

The resulting 10 tracks that make up »Of Golden Verse« are musically intense, dynamic – and often a startlingly heavy trawl down corridors of corruption and stairways of compromise. First single »Golden« is a stunning entry point to Sermon’s reconfigured world; dense with melody and melancholy, it showcases the band’s expanded sonic vision, with lyrics that detail a slow, steady chipping away at the human spirit. There’s no question: Sermon has returned in 2023 with an imperious flourish.

Line-up:
Him – Guitar, Keys, Vocals, Tongue Drum
James Stewart – Drums & Percussion
Lawrence Jenner – Bass

Engineered, produced, mixed & mastered by Scott Atkins.

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