HEIDEN TO RELEASE "TEMNOPLODEC"

 

PRESS RELEASE:

HEIDEN, the Czech progressive black metal band, announce their tenth full-length album, Cma, set for release on 24 April 2026 via EPIDEMIE Records. Available in digital, CD, and vinyl formats, the album marks a continuation of the journey begun with 2022’s acclaimed Andzjel.

The first single and official music video, “Temnoplodec”, is out now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE0wO5wXZwY

Three years after the acclaimed album Andzjel, HEIDEN return with their tenth full-length release, Cma. The album is a direct continuation of the previous chapter, yet one that dives even deeper into darkness. Once again, HEIDEN’s music flows through the landscape of the Carpathian Mountains — not as a backdrop, but as an inner terrain where memory, guilt, and fear merge into a single current. Across nine tracks, Cma rises from silence and ashes, from images of remote mountain villages where time has come to a standstill, and from human stories in which borders no longer began in the land itself, but within people. Clean, hypnotic riffs and an urgent vocal delivery create a sense of inescapable tension — like a nocturnal flight through a landscape that no longer offers shelter.

Emerging from the black metal underground more than twenty years ago, HEIDEN have never allowed themselves to be confined by genre boundaries. Their music has always been rooted in place, language, and personal experience, remaining open to experimentation and silence alike. Cma continues this path with unprecedented intensity. This is not an album that offers catharsis, strength, or comfort. It is a record of brooding reflection, heavy sorrow, and quiet dread, born from stories of the borderlands of occupied Czechoslovakia, where humanity slowly eroded under the pressure of fear and hatred. It does not seek to overwhelm the listener — instead, it draws them into a state of melancholy where the past continually resurfaces. Darkness here is not an effect, but an inseparable part of the human condition. Cma stands as the darkest album in HEIDEN’s history — and one of their most honest.

Tracklist

Odmítám zítřek (I Refuse Tomorrow)

Temnoplodec (Darkbearer)

Vodě (To The Water)

Rozsudek (Verdict)

Bílý had (White Serpent)

Stěna (The Wall)

Snažím se najít srdce (I Strive To Find A Heart)

Svědek (The Witness)

Poslední (The Last One)

All songs were originally composed and recorded by Heiden, all lyrics were written by kverd. Bass parts were composed and recorded by the band’s close friend Murky. All tracks except the bass and key were tracked during spring – beginning of summer 2025 in SHAARK recording studio, engineered by Pavel Hlavica and Petr Nejezchleba. Bass was tracked in Murky’s home studio, keys were recorded in Niche home studio & engineered by kverd, both during the same period. The album was mixed and mastered by Karl Daniel Lidén in Tri-Lamb studio during July 2025. Album cover photo was arranged and taken by Jan Škop during photo session with Jakub König. For artwork used with kind permission of the author. The band photo was taken by Tom. Ink graphics used on a cover were drawn by kverd. Design and layout of the cover was made by kverd.

Band History:

Formed in 2003 by Kverd and Varnag, HEIDEN began as a pagan black metal project rooted in the Carpathians. The band has evolved while maintaining a dark, uncompromising core:

Dolores (2011) and A kdybys už nebyla, vymyslím si tě (2013) established HEIDEN as a respected underground name.

Experimental releases in 2015 and 2019 deepened the band’s sonic and emotional range.

Andzjel (2022) explored the White Carpathians and the tragic legacy of the Žítková goddesses.

With Cma, HEIDEN delivers a darker, heavier, and more oppressive album, pushing their post-black metal vision to its most uncompromising form.

Line-up:

Einsk – drums

Tom – guitars

Werlinga – keys

kverd – vocals, guitar

For more info:

Facebook: facebook.com/kapelaheiden

Instagram: instagram.com/heiden_kapela

Bandcamp: heiden.bandcamp.com

YouTube: youtube.com/@heidenofficial5133

Label: epidemie.cz