Five years after the release of To, the first full-length album from Totenmesse return with their own brand of black metal via new album Fiktionlust.
Fiktionlust will feature eight brand new tracks recorded, mixed and mastered at Impressive Art by Przemysław Nowak. The cover of the album is a painting, Dwarfs and Stilt Walkers, by a well-known Polish artist, Grzegorz Stec, while the album’s layout was made by Sars (Furia).
‘Confrontation’ from the album has been released as a single, and available via all major digital platforms and you can check out the video here at RAMzine.
The album can be ordered by clicking here and will be out on black vinyl 180g limited to 150 copies as of 29th Janaury if you order here.
Totenmesse’s band name means “requiem” or “mass of the dead” in German and the band were formed in 2016, recorded their first release Demo 2017 a year later. No strangers to extreme metal, the band have honed their craft in groups such as Odraza, MasseMord, Deception and Hell United.
Totenmesse’s 2018 debut album, To, was described as having a “colossal sound”, the lyrics exploring death and how the human mind perceives it. In addition to the seven original tracks, To featured a cover of King Crimson’s iconic ‘20st Century Schizoid Man’.
The band’s second full-length album, Fiktionlust, and will be released on 3 November 2023 via Pagan Records. Featuring Mold (Vocals), Stawrogin (Guitars, bass), Rzulty (Guitars) there will also be guest appearances by Krzysztof Klingbein.
