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Incarnate

by Ghostsmoker

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    Ghostsmoker's debut album Inertia Cult on 12" Sacred Grove colour gatefold vinyl - limited to 100 copies.

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    Ghostsmoker's debut album Inertia Cult on 12" Endless Void colour gatefold vinyl - limited to 200 copies.

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Incarnate 07:33
Father of the depths Cleanse the earth with endless gloom Place your hand on a dying sun Father of the depths Heal old wounds Remove all ache Tear out the burden from his heart Chained to putrescent altar Prey to the vermin and worm Our flowers will bloom where his eyes once were In the rotting bowels of the earth Alone with his pain and his spite Sits a monolith of despair Plunged into an eternal nightmare Pain Spite Anchored around the neck And dragged into the gravity of a dying sun Beyond the reach of mortal hands Beyond the reach of a waking nightmare Beyond the reach of mortal hands Beyond the reach of a waking nightmare Beyond our reach Beyond our reach Let winter take its hold and dusk entomb the sky Let the depths swallow him whole and lay to rest a dying sun Beyond our reach Beyond our reach

about

Incarnate is the first taste of Ghostsmoker’s debut album, Inertia Cult - a record of earth-shaking sludge and blackened doom.

Following the release of their 2022 EP Grief, Inertia Cult represents an evolution for Melbourne’s Ghostsmoker. Their newly refined, collaborative approach to recording has allowed the band to hammer out powerful riffs, tighter song structures and further experiment with mood and atmospherics.

Comparisons to Conan, Thou, Bongripper and ISUA are warranted. Each of Ghostsmoker's riffs ring with monolithic, thunderous power, generating the kind of sonic intensity that only comes from years of amplifier worship.

Opening with haunting howls chased with bone-crushing riffs, the song wages a careful balancing act between loud, hulking instrumentals and haunting ambient inspired sections, each one underscored by slamming drums and wild lashes of fuzz from every string struck. The final product is both hypnotic yet rhythmically punishing, a balancing act that, on face, is hard to achieve.

"Incarnate is about being stuck in a loop of despair and not being able to move forward through your grief and trauma,” says Brunning. “During the very early stages of writing for the album, my brother passed away suddenly which had a significant impact on the lyrical themes on the record. Our drummer Brayden’s father also passed away while we were in the studio recording the album, and the rest of us rallied together to finish the job in dedication to our friend who was going through such a painful time in life, and his father, who was his biggest supporter. The above, the hurdles of everyday life, relationships failing, new ones forming etc all ultimately fed into making this album what it is."

Preparing for the release of Inertia Cult sees the band committing to a promotional tour for Incarnate's release across Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide throughout November and December this year. Following that, a full album release tour will take place in March 2025 across Australia, with the potential for overseas tours to Japan or Europe.

Don’t miss one of Australia’s finest up and coming doom bands. The tectonic heaviness of Ghostsmoker’s Inertia Cult is sure to ring in your ears for days, and is essential listening for loves of sludge, post-metal, doom and drone alike.

Ghostsmoker’s new album Inertia Cult is out 21 March 2025 on Art As Catharsis.

credits

released October 11, 2024

Written and performed by:
Ben Astbury - Guitar
Nathan Brunning - Lyrics and Vocals
Brayden Becher - Drums
Rhys Brennan - Bass

Recorded and mixed by:
Jason Fuller

Mastered by:
John Ruberto

Cover illustrations by:
Abismo Black Arts

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Ghostsmoker Melbourne, Australia

Blackened Doom/Sludge band from Melbourne, Australia.

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