Sacred Son’s new album is a black metal chronicle of the 1381 Peasant’s Revolt. Released on 13 May, The Foul Deth of Engelond 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 album marks a return to the expansive sound of Sacred Son’s 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.
You can check out the video for new single ‘Le Blakheth’ right here…
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, propulsive rhythms, caustic voices, and Dunn’s signature spirit-conjuring atmospheres.
Of the first single, Dane reveals, “‘Le Blakheth’ chronicles the bloodiest and most violent chapter of the 1381 Great Rising; when corrupt and sycophantic ruling figures were beaten and beheaded whilst their obscenely lavish buildings burned around them.”
You can pre-order the album here.
