HELLUCINATION UNLEASH NEW FULL-LENGTH ALBUM PENUMBRAL

Spanning crushing death metal, black metal, progressive metal, djent, hardcore, and post-metal, Penumbral combines technical precision and relentless aggression with atmospheric textures and deeply emotional themes. The result is an album that is as heavy and intense as it is cinematic and introspective.

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Following several years of creative development, Hellucination have created a record built around a story of grief, obsession, loss, acceptance, and ultimately letting go.

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PENUMBRAL: A Story of Mourning, Obsession, and Letting Go

At the heart of Penumbral is an original narrative centered around two people connected by an exceptionally deep bond.

When one of them dies, the survivor becomes consumed by grief and refuses to accept the loss. That overwhelming mourning mysteriously disrupts the deceased's passage into the afterlife, bringing them back into the world of the living through an unnatural form of reincarnation.

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At first, their reunion appears to be a miracle.

But as time passes, the consequences of defying the natural order become impossible to ignore. The deceased is no longer truly part of the living world, while the survivor begins to recognize the distance and transformation separating them.

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Eventually, the natural cycle must be restored.

The deceased finds peace beyond life, while the survivor learns that true healing requires accepting loss, releasing grief, and moving forward.

Through this narrative, Penumbral becomes more than simply a collection of songs. It is a journey through mourning and obsession that ultimately leads toward symbolic death, acceptance, and rebirth.

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A Darker Evolution for Hellucination

Musically, Penumbral represents several years of creative development as Hellucination searched for a sound capable of bringing together the different sides of their musical identity.

The band's influences range from the crushing intensity of Gojira and Whitechapel to the technical complexity and atmospheric approach of Meshuggah and Cult of Luna. Rather than simply recreating those influences, Hellucination use them as building blocks for a sound where heaviness, emotional depth, rhythmic complexity, and experimentation coexist.

Compared with their previous full-length album, Multiverse, Penumbral moves Hellucination into darker and more introspective territory, reflecting the emotional weight and narrative depth of the album's central themes.

The record's massive contemporary production was shaped through collaboration with Stefano Morabito at 1Gth Cellar Studio, preserving the band's personality and authenticity while giving the album the weight and clarity necessary to fully realize its ambitious vision.

The album's first single, “Petrified,” offered listeners an early glimpse into the world of Penumbral, but it is only one piece of a much larger story.

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A Decade-Plus of Evolution

Formed in Rome in October 2010, Hellucination began as a four-piece featuring Massimiliano on bass, Andrea on drums, and Lorenzo Sicuro and Francesco Xella on guitars. The band quickly began writing original material and establishing themselves on the Roman metal circuit.

After several lineup changes, the band released their debut three-track EP, Ruins, in March 2013, followed by their first European tour through Slovakia and Poland.