Phrenelith

Ashen Womb

Dark Descent

CD $13.00

03/21/2025 657628451464

DDR 338 CD

MP3 $7.99

03/21/2025 657628451464

DDR 338 CD

FLAC $8.99

03/21/2025 657628451464

DDR 338 CD

Copenhagen’s Phrenelith emerge from the darkness once again with their third and most unholy full-length offering, Ashen Womb. Seven sinister funeral marches, draped in bleak and blackened atmosphere: a lens into the forthcoming end of times.

A droning tone fades in, opening up a slow dirge which eases one into the apocalyptic explosion of death that will follow for the next forty minutes.

Guitars anxiously scale the fretboard and weave morose melodies while drums pound and smash with the force of the Chicxulub impactor. Interspersed between the infernal, seismic, blackened stampedes are droning psychedelia and ambient noise interludes, immersing one further into the ever growing darkness. But there are also moments of overwhelming beauty, like on tracks “Nebulae” and the eponymous “Ashen Womb,” where Phrenelith indulge in the repetition of their sinister melodies, layering serpentining guitars atop each other, spinning a web of desolate harmonies around the listener.

With Ashen Womb, Phrenelith give one the foretold sound of the apocalypse, but whether it’s a warning or a celebration is yet undecided.