US blackened doom metal act Mizmor premieres their new studio album »Mnemonic: Ambient Mosaic«; out today via Profound Lore Records!
Portland, Oregon based blackened doom metal act Mizmor premieres their new studio album, »Mnemonic: Ambient Mosaic«, which was just released today, June 27th, 2025 via Profound Lore Records.
Tracklist:
01. Mnemonic – I
02. Mnemonic – II
03. Mnemonic – III
04. Mnemonic – IV
05. Mnemonic – V
06. Mnemonic – VI
07. Mnemonic – VII
08. Mnemonic – VIII
09. Mnemonic – IX
10. Mnemonic – X
Courtesy of Profound Lore Records:
In April of this year, A.L.N. released something new – »Alluvion«, the Mizmor and Hell collaboration. Now in June, A.L.N. brings you something old… or rather, renewed. »Mnemonic: Ambient Mosaic« is comprised of ten of A.L.N.’s earliest recordings, transformed into nostalgic drone-scapes. The artist has been making solo music under multiple monikers consistently since age 13 (ie: The Zarconiac, 2004) and the recordings selected for this record date back almost as far.
“To create »Mnemonic«, I unearthed a selection of old recordings from both The Zarconiac and my eponymous hymns [2011] and repurposed them into ambient tracks, just like I did with the Mizmor song »Pareidolia« (Wit’s End, 2022). I realized that there were many lamentful melodies in my old songs that I still love, despite the lo-fi quality. The idea was to create a nostalgic soundscape of inverted hymns, allowing the listener to explore the sounds of my past, obscured though they may be.” Drafts of these songs were originally published to Mizmor’s Patreon (currently inactive), one each month of the year 2024. The 12 songs were then edited down into the 10 that comprise this LP.”
Photo by Emma Ruth Rundle
About the aforementioned hymns, A.L.N. explains, “In my time as a Christian [2010-2012], I created an EP of original hymns. The life of this project was short and catalogued simply under my given name. I can count the number of people who have heard these songs on one hand. These were worship songs, but not in the traditional sense. These songs were full of melancholy, pleas of help to God. It was from precisely this prayerful place that the first Mizmor album was written not long after, when I lost my faith.”
»Mnemonic: Ambient Mosaic« releases June 27th on Profound Lore Records in a limited edition of 500 vinyl records and a limited edition of 100 hand-numbered cassettes (independently released by A.L.N.). Digital download and streaming will also be available.
Order »Mnemonic: Ambient Mosaic« HERE.
Recorded, produced and mixed by A.L.N.
Mastered by Adam Gonsalves.
Album photography and design by A.L.N.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well