PRESS RELEASE:
The Foul Deth of Engelond
by Sacred Son
Tracklist:
1.Pestilence
2.The Foul Deth of Engelond
3.Le Blakheth 09:51
4.The Boy King
5.Vengeance I & II
‘And what can they show or what reason can they give, why they should be more masters than ourselves?’
- John Ball, 1381
Sacred Son return in 2022 with a new album, ‘The Foul Deth of Engelond’; a black metal chronicle of the 1381 Peasant’s Revolt. Weaving historical record with speculative inversion, the album recounts this fierce and tragic Great Uprising as a proto-revolutionary moment in English history that echoes loudly into our own toxic and fragmented present. The story is presented as inspiration and allegory, with principal songwriter, Dane Cross, describing it as his ode to righteous leftwing political violence.
‘The Foul Deth of Engelond’ marks a return to the expansive sound of their debut, whilst continuing the move away from the one-person insularity that began with the sophomore effort. The road-tested four-piece band was recorded in the cold dark winter of 2020 by tube-amp maestro Chris Fullard (Ulver, Sunn O)))), Boris) at the analogue-focused Holy Mountain Studios in London. These sessions were then mixed by Randall Dunn (Wolves in the Throne Room, Earth, Kayo Dot) at his Circular Ruin studio in NYC, resulting in a rich, physical, and enveloping sound of textural layered guitar... more
releases May 13, 2022
Dane Cross - Vocals, Bass, Synths
Mark Norgate - Guitars, Vocals
Stuart Gardham - Guitars
Jamie Tatnell - Drums
Artem Litovchenko - Cello
Tetiana Franchenko - Piano
Additional vocals on ‘Vengeance I & II’ by Jade Ellins
All songs written by Dane Cross
Recorded by Chris Fullard and Stanley Gravett at Holy Mountain Studios in Hackney, England
Mixed by Randall Dunn at Circular Ruin Studio in Brooklyn, New York City
Mastered by Adam Gonsalves at Telegraph Mastering in Portland, Oregon
Cover painting by Mitchell Nolte
Illustrations by Dan Birds
https://sacredson.bandcamp.com/