We've got the pleasure of premiering the title track from SORGUINAZIA's debut full-length, Negation of Delirium. The album comes out October 15th through the stalwart label Iron Bonehead, a reliable resource for primitive and oldschool-styled metal of the most extreme varieties. Whenever I see a promo from the label in my inbox, I immediately get a pillow ready to prop behind my head for the impact, because I know it's gonna hurt.

Look, I get it: it's not easy to get hyped about yet another anonymous raw black metal band. On the surface, SORGUINAZIA is harsh and unlovable, and it doesn't immediately feel like there's anything flashy to draw you in. The guitar strings sound like they're being picked with sandpaper and the cymbal haze creates a swarm of noise that clouds the more active sections. Negation of Delirium is shrouded in layers of static, and if you're not okay with that being a part of your black metal you should probably just check out another premiere and get on with your day. If you're willing to brush through the thorny exterior and focus on the melody, you'll be lulled into an ethereal trance and become completely at the mercy of what lurks within.

The drumming provides an understated bed: the sound is muffled, and you can barely make out the toms and snare when everything is going full speed. Somehow, it becomes oddly anthemic even during the blast beats, as you primarily get the thumping of the kick drum leading the rhythm which gives things a marching sort of feel. They also take frequent breaks to let the primal, foreboding melodies bleed into the forefront, creating this hypnotic feel with textures as bleak as they are inviting, like seeing a beam of light that you're drawn towards in the moments before you die.

The song we're showcasing for you today is the title track on Negation of Delirium, coming in at the midway point of the album after your sanity has slowly been picked at with the rawer and more raucous opening tracks. The melody begins with a chord progression that has a certain familiarity that peeks through the noise, building energy into a marching verse that goes directly to the gut. The second wave's primal influence and power can be felt, but a touch of the esoteric in the atmosphere strips any sort of similarities to punk away.

After rooting a rhythm into your brain, the music eases up, as if to lift the veil a second and remind you that there's beauty underneath the shrouded surface, the music launches into another march that steadily gains energy, taking reference from the part that came before it to create a build into the climax of the song. The sensation one gets from Negation of Delirium is difficult to describe, being an odd mix of raw ferocity and ponderous spirituality. The only way to understand it, of course, is to feel it for yourself:

SORGUINAZIA is:

Axczor - Vocals, Drums, Bass
Xolaryxis - Vocals, Guitars

MORE INFO AND PRE-ORDERS:

https://www.facebook.com/Sorguinazia/
https://sorguinazia.bandcamp.com/
https://ironbonehead.de/
https://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/IronBoneheadProductions

And just like that, we have entered the final month of 2019, and even though I just posted our first Top 19 of 2019 from Adam I keep my eyes and ears open because there's always one (usually more) gem(s) that escapes my list while being discovered a year after, sometimes two or more! Yes, this happens even after blasting over two thousand new record a year, but we'll get to that later. For now, buckle up for the final stretch, there's still a lot to be uncovered.

Till next week...

Thrash, hardcore from Switzerland: Hellvetica - BFJ (Straight From The Heart Records)

Black, punk from Denmark: Blot & Bod - Ormekongens Argelist (Iron Bonehead Productions)

Melodic, death, progressive metal from France: Carcariass - Planet Chaos (Great Dane Records)

Black, death metal from Norway: Crest Of Darkness - The God Of Flesh (My Kingdom Music)

Death metal from Mexico: CRS - The Collector Of Truths (Concreto Records)

Doom, stoner, psychedelic metal from United Kingdom: Cybernetic Witch Cult - Absurdum Ad Nauseam (Independent)

Gothic metal from Germany: Eden Weint Im Grab - Tragikomödien Aus Dem Mordarchiv (Einheit Produktionen)

Black, atmospheric, post-black from United Kingdom: Fen - The Dead Light (Prophecy Productions)

Black, symphonic metal from United States: Helleborus - Saprophytic Divinations (Redefining Darkness Records)

Black metal from Netherlands: Hellehond - Verslonden (Iron Bonehead Productions)

Black, death metal from Turkey: Hellsodomy - Morbid Cult (Saturnal Records)

Death metal from United States: Imprecation - Diabolical Flames Of The Ascended Plague (Helter Skelter Productions)

Doom, melodic, death metal from Cyprus: Mortem Atra - A Dark Lament (Pitch Black Records)

Black metal from France: Pénitence Onirique - Vestige (Les Acteurs De L'Ombre Productions)

Death metal from Germany: Revel In Flesh - The Hour Of The Avenger (War Anthem Records)

Doom, gothic metal from France: The Old Dead Tree - The End (Season Of Mist)

Black, death metal from United States: Witchbones - The Seas Of Draugen (Iron Bonehead Productions)

Death metal from Costa Rica: Catarsis Incarne - Abiogénesis Libro III (Careless Records)

Power, progressive metal from Greece: Rhodium - Sea Of The Dead (Sliptrick Records)

Hellvetica, Blot & Bod, Carcariass, Crest Of Darkness, CRS, Cybernetic Witch Cult, Eden Weint Im Grab, Fen, Helleborus, Hellehond, Hellsodomy, Imprecation, Mortem Atra, Pénitence Onirique, Revel In Flesh, The Old Dead Tree, Witchbones, Catarsis Incarne, Rhodium