Perth based death metallers Ashen are gearing up for the release of the band’s highly anticipated new album Ritual of Ash, which will be coming out on January 13th via Bitter Loss Records. While the first single Ritual already gave an intense insight into the upcoming album, the band follows up today with a brand new lyric video for the track Gravemind.

Comments the band: “Gravemind is a sacrificial call of destruction, the evisceration of hope bought on by stomping riffs and slicing lyrics. Beware the affliction..Gravemind!”

Ritual of Ash is the follow-up to 2021’s five-track mini LP Godless Oath and features ten tracks of brutal and relentless HM2 death metal. Expanding on the sound developed over the first release, the band’s upcoming full-length record is darker, heavier and more sinister whilst retaining the distinct Ashen sound. Ashen have put together an album of immense detail. From the music itself to the visual presentation, no detail has been spared. This will surely be the new benchmark in the Australian underground!

Ritual of Ash was mixed and mastered by Marko Tervonen (The Crown) at Studio-MT in Trollhättan, Sweden. The stunning album artwork was designed by Remedy Art Design.

See Ashen live with Skeletal Remains this month:
17/11/22 Bunbury, AU – Prince of Wales Hotel
18/11/22 Perth, AU – Badlands Bar

Tracklist:
Ritual
Deadsight
Harbinger
Threshold
Blood
Cursed Rebirth
Embrace Extinction
Gravemind
Buried in Ice
Inhuman

Ashen are:
Richard Clements – Vocals
Shannon Over – Guitar
Ben Mazzarol – Drums
Josh Harris – Bass