A grief-filled trajectory On November 14, Chicago’s Withering Soul will release their 5th album, Passage of the Arcane, on Liminal Dread Productions. Balancing “crushingly heavy riffs” with “chilling melodies,” the long-running quartet play an exciting, energetic, and increasingly riffy brand of death-rimed black metal. A lifetime has passed since the band’s more gothic beginnings, but their melodic sensibilities and knack for majestic songwriting bolster the newer, heavier sound. In short, Withering Soul has never sounded better. Thus far, we have been treated to lead single “Attrition Horizon.” The first proper track after a brief intro, “Attrition Horizon” blisters forth with aggression, confidence, … Continue reading Exclusive Track Premiere: Withering Soul‘s “Gallery of the End”