2023 Retro - ANARKHON

As is our tradition, we invite you to join our yearly retrospective series and to (re)discover the year's releases that may have escaped your attention. We kick off with by spotlighting ANARKHON's fifth album, "Obiasot Dwybat Ptnotun," released on March 17th, 2023.

"No star will shine as it hovers with its unfathomable rotted wings in our solar system,
only in total delirium will you be able to pronounce the name of the unfathomable nightmare."
('Only Being In A State Of Total Delirium Will You Be Able To Pronounce The Name Of The Unfathomable Nightmare')

Three years on from the eerie and formidable "Phantasmagorical Personification Of The Death Temple," the Brazilian atmospheric Death Metal group offered up eight brutal new tracks via "Obiasot Dwybat Ptnotun." These compositions delve into the most sinister Lovecraftian depths, demonstrating that 23 years into their journey, ANARKHON continues to grow darker and more powerful with each release.

You can listen to the complete album here or on our YouTube channel:



Sodomic, the band's composer and driving force, shares his plans for 2024:

"ANARKHON, as an entity, will remain dormant, biding its time for a resurgence at the opportune moment. In the interim, my attention is on the European tour with POWER FROM HELL and in crafting new material for this horde. The work on our next album commenced two months ago and will persist into the new year."

For aficionados, Sodomic reveals the top 10 albums that resonated with him the most during 2023:

1. ESOCTRILIHUM "Astraal Constellations of The Majickal Zodiac"
2. PREDATORY VOID "Seven Keys to The Discomfort Of Being"
3. TIMECOP1983 "Searching for Tomorrow"
4. DRAB MAJESTY "An Object in Motion"
5. TWIN TRIBES "Ceremony" (The album is actually from 2019, but I only discovered it at the beginning of 2023)
6. FURIA "Huta Luna"
7. ANGRENOST "Magna Lua Ordem Mística"
8. BLUT AUS NORD "Disharmonium - Nahab"
9. MINENWERFER "Feuerwalze"
10. CLANDESTINE BLAZE "Resacralize the Unknown"

"Obiasot Dwybat Ptnotun" and band merchandising can be ordered via our EU, US and Bandcamp shops!