PRE-ORDERS LIVE: DYSTHYMIA - The Morning Darkness
July 3, 2026Depressive Black Metal band Dysthymia returns with "The Morning Darkness", the follow-up to their 2021 self-titled debut.
Jointly released by Hypnotic Dirge (Europe) and Red Nebula (North America), "The Morning Darkness" is available on CD and LP with pre-orders launching for both formats today! The CD is presented in a 6 panel digipack in an edition of 300, while the LP is a limited to 200, divided into two colour variants, 100 in "Fallen Leaves", and 100 in "Woodland Soil"
Jointly released by Hypnotic Dirge (Europe) and Red Nebula (North America), "The Morning Darkness" is available on CD and LP with pre-orders launching for both formats today! The CD is presented in a 6 panel digipack in an edition of 300, while the LP is a limited to 200, divided into two colour variants, 100 in "Fallen Leaves", and 100 in "Woodland Soil"
• Order Links •
Europe, Asia, Australia/NZ, Africa, etc: Hypnotic Dirge : CD | LP | Digital
North & South America: Red Nebula: CD | LP | Digital
A new track "We Can Never Go Back" also premieres today!
• Album Notes •
• Album Notes •
Conceived in 2019 by members Grushenka Ødegård and Ray King, New England depressive black metal band Dysthymia crafts music steeped in despondency, isolation, and hopelessness. Following their raw self-titled full-length in 2021 and a split with Saeva in 2024, the band returns with their sophomore album "The Morning Darkness".
The album pulls you straight into a cold, heavy atmosphere that feels genuinely lived-in rather than theatrical. Layered and dynamic yet grounded in its atmosphere, Dysthymia excels at crafting tracks that breathe and build. Quiet, desolate moments give way to rising tension, driving the music forward with momentum that peaks in huge emotional crescendos. Dysthymia's greatest strength is its excellent sense of flow and dynamic songwriting, weaving mournful leads, sparse and distant piano, acoustic guitar, tortured screams, and ethreal clean vocals over a foundation of distant tremelo riffs and prominent basslines.
"This album was written and recorded slowly, over the course of several years, during late nights and early mornings. Through sadness and joy, suffering and relief, life and death, we have returned to share these songs with you. It is our hope that you enjoy them and find them useful in making your way through the days, where even the dawn does not bring light."
• Tracklist •
1 - I Live With What You Created
2 - We Can Never Go Back
3 - To Choose Life is to Choose Grief
4 - Until I Was Nothing
5 - The Morning Darkness
• Release Dates •
"The Morning Darkness" CD - August 21, 2026
"The Morning Darkness" Digital - August 21, 2026
"The Morning Darkness" LP - November 2026
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