AUSTERE present a first glimpse into their upcoming album

AUSTERE have unveiled the video clip ‘Time Awry‘ as the first single taken from the black & dark metal duo‘s forthcoming new album , “The Stillness of Dissolution“. The band from Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia will release their fifth full-length on June 6, 2025.

With their fifth album “The Stillness of Dissolution”, AUSTERE embark on a dark journey that leads through the abyss of time, the inevitable return of order to chaos into the black void. In the words of the poet: everything that arises is worth that it perishes. The new album brings an overall blacker feel to their sound. This slight change of course does not constitute an easy nostalgic return to the old days as AUSTERE remain within the framework of the more mature and defined version of their particular style of depressive black metal, which reflects their greater experience and evolution as artists. AUSTERE arose from a solo-project run by multi-instrumentalist and singer Desolate alias Mitchell Keepin who joined forces with drummer, keyboard player, and vocalist Sorrow aka Tim Yatras in 2005. Signature frost-bitten guitars, alongside high-pitched screams and wails marked AUSTERE’s debut album “Withering Illusions and Desolation” (2007). The sophomore album “To Lay like Old Ashes” followed in 2009 and still featured a raw sound but with a refined production. At this point in time, both musicians decided to focus on other projects and AUSTERE went into hibernation until the duo reformed in 2021. The number of followers had only grown during their absence through word of mouth. AUSTERE are back in black with “The Stillness of Dissolution”, yet the Australians also keep all the subtle shades of grey that turn the ongoing evolution of their music into a thrilling experience of new sonic spaces of dark matter.

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Tracklist:
1. Dissolved Exile
2. Time Awry
3. Redolent Foulness
4. The Downfall
5. Rusted Veins
6. Storm Within My Heart

Listen to the song “Time Awry”:

AUSTERE comment:
“The first single, ‘Time Awry’ was the second song written for ‘The Stillness of Dissolution’, our forthcoming new album”, guitarist, keyboard player, and vocalistMitchell Keepin explains on behalf of the duo. “The first few songs written for the album tend to have a slightly more stripped back ‘rock’ sound than those written later, and that is on display here. Lyrically, it is presented from the viewpoint of a betrayed and solemn soul – a man with a heightened awareness of the inescapable running of time and seeking to accelerate that process.”

Line-up
Mitchell Keepin – guitars, bass, keyboards, vocals
Tim Yatras – drums, keyboards, vocals

Recorded & engineered by Austere at Équinoxe Studios, Wollongong (AU)
Mixed by Austere at Équinoxe Studios, Wollongong (AU)
Mastered by Tim Yatras at Équinoxe Studios, Wollongong (AU)

Artwork by Mitchell Keepin
Layout Łukasz Jazsak

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