Emerging with a labyrinthine work of creativity constructed with an intensity both unrelenting and precise, VOIDCEREMONY returns with their signature sound, an abstract and scathing zone of musical obscurity rife with cynicism toward humanity. Abditum, the third full-length album, unfurls with a sense of arcane design where twisting riffs clash and converge in unforeseen sequences.
Composed by Wandering Mind (aka Garrett Johnson), the otherworldly riffing spirals into altered shapes, conjuring tones that veer between luminous clarity and abyssal murk. Joined in the darkness by guitarist The Archonoclast (Jayson McGehee), drummer Dylan Marks (Athiest-live), and bass co-conspirators The Great Righteous Destroyer (Damon Good of Mournful Congregation, Stargazer, Cauldron Black Ram) and The Absent Deity (Ben Ricci), in tandem they create a cacophony of hellish jazz-inflected discord and unpredictable texture; every composition a descent into shifting caverns, where sudden openings reveal hidden pathways only to close again with finality.
Existing within an unawakened mind, contemplate a journey through the landscapes of Abditum, a region replete with the harmonies of the spheres and ever evolving chaos. These elements create a world that is alien yet meticulously considered. VOIDCEREMONY once again resists easy grasp, demands immersion and rewards repeated exploration, materializing new contours perpetually.
Abditum was recorded by CK at Exum Studios in Escondido California, with additional guitar, solos, and vocals tracked by Jon Hasz at RMC, and the bass tracks recorded in both the U.S. and Australia. The album was mixed and mastered by Andy Kite at Against the Grain Studio in South Australia and completed with art and layout by Khuzuzu. Fans of Stargazer, Pestilence, Chthe’ilist, Morbid Angel, Immolation, The Chasm, Aenigmatum, Atheist, Timeghoul, Liers In Wait, and Innana should not miss VOIDCEREMONY’s Abditum.
Wandering Mind writes, “Hello all, once again VOIDCEREMONY is releasing a new album… Thanks for your patience in the several delays. Here we present the first single. So, interestingly, we almost called the album Seventh Ephemeral Aura. This is my take on some otherworldly and strange technical death metal… Perhaps something that would have been heard in the early-mid 2000s, indeed. Some ideas for it began developing in my mind in the South of France, and properly manifested when I returned home over the year. The lyrical content is of a spiritual curse consisting of seven phases which ultimately end in death. I decided to return a chaotic lead in the middle, paying homage to a previous work of mine, ‘Through The Woe Of The Dismal Pandemonium,’ from 2017. My other lead on the track is more controlled and manifested organically. Lastly, new guitarist The Archonoclast brings a strong fusion solo that rips the same way the Seventh Ephemeral aura destroys the body and mind from the inside out, both ethereally and physically. Myself, VoidCeremony, and 20 Buck Spin proudly present to you this new single. I hope you all enjoy!”
Hear the first preview of VOIDCEREMONY’s Abditum, “Seventh Ephemeral Aura,” on YouTube HERE and Bandcamp HERE.
Abditum will be released on LP, CD, MC, and digitally on November 14th. Preorders can now be placed at the 20 Buck Spin webshop HERE and Bandcamp HERE.
Additional previews of the album will be issued over the weeks ahead.
Abditum Track Listing:
1. Intro – Inevitable Entropy
2. Veracious Duality
3. Seventh Ephemeral Aura
4. Dissolution
5. Despair Of Temporal Existence
6. Failure Of Ancient Wisdoms
7. Silence Which Ceases All Minds
8. Gnosis Of Ambivalence
9. Outro – Elegy Of Finality
VOIDCEREMONY will celebrate the album’s release with a performance at Wretched Rites MMXXV on November 16th alongside Antichrist Siege Machine, Abysmal Lord, and others.
VOIDCEREMONY Live:
11/16/2025 Wretched Rites MMXXV @ Harlow’s – Sacremento, CA w/ Antichrist Siege Machine, Abysmal Lord, Stress Angel, more
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