Five years after the acclaimed “Paradeigma (Phosphenes of Aphotic Eternity)“, Czech pioneers INFERNO return with a new work of unorthodox, avant-garde black metal. The band’s 9th album, “The Anthropic Sophisms (On the Heights of Despair)“, presents four abyssal epics in which subliminal horrors creep and envelop, with hypnotic riffs intertwining to create fields of pressure.

Mixed by Tim De Gieter (AMENRA, TREHA SEKTORI) and mastered by James Plotkin (KHANATE, THOU), this electrifying work now receives a full premiere, few days before official release.

Listen below:

NFERNO offer ideas for how best to experience “The Anthropic Sophisms“: “We propose an experiment. Drown yourselves in the sound, feel the vibrations with your bones and guts, sink into and be absorbed by that which cares not about you, yet it can devour you whole. Born out of the loss of paradise, the music gives birth to the symbols of this loss, and for a fleeting moment the ego may be allowed to merge with the universe or at least with the inwardness of your being by destroying everything in the soul, except for the infinite ‘Sehnsucht’ in which pleasure with dread arise and pass.”

To immerse yourself even deeper into INFERNO‘s universe, visual artist Fabio Rincones (SELBST) has created mesmerizing videos for the songs ‘With Raving Mouths They Utter Things Mirthless, Unadorned and Unperfumed‘ and ‘Circulus Vitiosus Deus (The Infinity Ravages All)‘.

Watch them here:

INFERNO are currently confirmed to play the following shows, with more soon to be announced:

05–06.09.2026 – Tynebound Festival, Newcastle upon Tyne (UK)
23–24.10.2026 – Summoning Of Darkness Festival, Stockholm – Slaktkyrkan & Hus7 (SWE)
14–16.01.2027 – Heart Of Winter Festival MMXXVII, Richmond/Virginia (US)

“The Anthropic Sophisms” will be released on CD, vinyl ,  including an exclusive DMP version – and digital on July 17th. A specially designed t-shirt accompanies the release. Pre-orders are possible via Debemur Morti’s  EU, US and Bandcamp shops.