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OBSCURA QALMA Releases New Single “Hollow Bastion” from Upcoming Album “Immortality Through Ashes”
“Hollow Bastion” takes us deeper into the final stages of the album’s dark journey. The song follows the protagonist beyond his first physical death, through resuscitation and into a second, and far more devastating, death.
The song unfolds as a passage through a cold, vaulted hall; a liminal space that mirrors his descent into a state that is neither life nor complete death. As he moves through this desolate realm, we hear his thoughts unfold. He describes what surrounds him while desperately attempting to recover fragments of his past, only to find his memories slipping further away. Once intoxicated by a supernatural gift he could never fully satisfy, his arrogance has ultimately cost him everything.
The track features Joe Sinclair, former vocalist of She Must Burn and current frontman of HeartRitual. His distinctive, vampiric presence and haunting, horror-tinged vocals were a natural fit for the song’s unsettling atmosphere, adding another layer of darkness to the protagonist’s descent.
Stream the track on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/5acb7rzf
Pre-order the album on Bandcamp: https://dusktone.bandcamp.com/album/immortality-through-ashes
Exclusive Merch: https://obscuraqalma.bandcamp.com/merch
“Immortality Through Ashes” is the second full-length album from OBSCURA QALMA and the band’s second release on Italian label Dusktone, following the 2024 EP “Veils Of Transcendence.” Building on their signature orchestral blackened death metal, the album pushes the band’s sound into darker, more expansive territory, incorporating elements of deathcore, industrial metal, technical death metal, and blackgaze. Conceptually, “Immortality Through Ashes” unfolds across eight chapters exploring the meanders of the human condition. Drawing inspiration from the works of Goethe, Kant, and Baudelaire, the album reimagines the figure of Faust through a contemporary lens, confronting themes of desire, transcendence, suffering, egoism, and pride.
Tracklist:
1. Aphasia: The Seventh Exile
2. Fire Tongues Speak Empty Words
3. Obsidian Numen
4. The Venomous Oracle
5. A Sepulchral Obsession
6. Sapphire Epitaph
7. Hollow Bastion feat. Joe Sinclair
8. Anhedonia.exe
Photography: Miriam Brigge
Logo Design: Marcelo Vasco
Album Artwork: Obscura Qalma
Recording, Mixing & Mastering: Leopoldo Santoro
OBSCURA QALMA is:
Sirius - Vocals, Guitars, Arrangements
Lucas – Guitars
Theo - Bass, Backing vocals
Res - Drums
Discography:
From The Sheol To The Apeiron (EP, Metal Scrap Records, 2019)
Apotheosis (Full-Length, Rising Nemesis Records, 2021)
Soundtrack To Apotheosis (Orchestral Full-Length, Independent, 2022)
From The Apeiron (Orchestral Full-Length, Independent, 2023)
Veils Of Transcendence (EP, Dusktone, 2024)
Aiwass (Orchestral EP, Independent, 2025)
Immortality Through Ashes (Full-Length, Dusktone, 2026)
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Biography:
Born in Venice in 2018, OBSCURA QALMA blends the urgency of death metal with majestic orchestral composition and philosophical lyrical themes. In 2019, the band released their first EP, 'From The Sheol To The Apeiron', and began touring across Europe. In 2021, they released their first full-length album, 'Apotheosis', followed in 2022 by the orchestral version, 'Soundtrack To Apotheosis'. In 2023, the band released 'From The Apeiron', which contained the orchestral versions of the first EP plus orchestral tributes. In 2024, the band signed with Dusktone for two releases, the first being the EP 'Veils Of Transcendence'. In 2025, the band released 'Aiwass', which contained every orchestral composition by the band to date. In 2026, with many releases and shows across 15 European countries under their belt, Obscura Qalma released 'Immortality Through Ashes', their second release with Dusktone. The new album blends their characteristic orchestral blackened death with deathcore, industrial, technical death metal and blackgaze influences.
