US blackened doom metal outfit Escaping Aghartha to release new album »Lurkers Of Languid Waters« on Hypnotic Dirge Records; first single streaming now!
Hillsborough, North Carolina based blackened doom metal outfit Escaping Aghartha share the first single »Journey To The Sargasso Sea« taken from their upcoming album, »Lurkers Of Languid Waters«, set to release on May 22nd, 2026 via Hypnotic Dirge Records.
Tracklist:
01. Eel Black Market
02. The Phantoms That Haunt And Linger
03. Altered Currents
04. Degrade And Impede
05. Cradle Of The Sargasso Sea
06. Eaten To Obliteration
07. Transformations
08. Journey To The Sargasso Sea
Courtesy of Hypnotic Dirge Records:
Escaping Aghartha is a doom/black metal band from North Carolina, USA. Founded by Avery Dart in 2015, Escaping Aghartha began as a solo experimental project before being joined by CJ Yacoub (drums) and Anghatengh (backing vocals) in 2020. From its founding until today, Escaping Aghartha has released eight full-length albums. With Blackened Doom as their pillar, the band has never-the-less explored beyond the genre with full-length ambient and noise records in their repertoire.
With »Lurkers Of Languid Waters«, Escaping Aghartha’s ninth full-length record, the band focuses on the ongoing declines of anguillid eels, the most notable of which are the Critically Endangered European Eel, Endangered American Eel, and Endangered Japanese Eel. A mammoth of a record with a nearly 80 min runtime, Escaping Aghartha explores the threats to anguillid eels in addition to their biology and incredible life cycle through a tapestry of progressive blackened doom, discordant ambience, and black metal urgency.
To aid eel conservation, Escaping Aghartha is donating all profits from sales of »Lurkers Of Languid Waters« on their Bandcamp page during the first month of preorders to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s Anguillid Eel Specialist Group (AESG). 50% of digital donations on the Hypnotic Dirge »Lurkers Of Languid Waters« Bandcamp page during the first month will also be donated. This group has a history of success in researching, advocating for, and implementing eel conservation. These donations will specifically help fund the AESG assess the population statuses of all 16 species of anguillid eel. This is a critical step in conservation, as without accurate population data, it’s difficult to enact effective conservation policy or evaluate the efficacy of ongoing conservation efforts.
Pre-order »Lurkers Of Languid Waters« here:
hypnoticdirgerecords.com
hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com
escaping-aghartha.bandcamp.com
Credits:
Music by Marco Pansa.
Lyrics by Avery Dart & Marco Pansa.
Mixed by Avery Dart.
Mastered by Harrison Hunt.
Artwork by Mairéad McGuinness.
Line-up:
Marco Pansa – Vocals
Avery Dart – Guitar, Synths, Vocals
Thijs Bults – Bass
Gregorio Ferrarese – Drums
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well