CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX · Sceaduhelm + Horrific Honorifics Number Two Point Five (2.5) | 2CD SLIPCASE

2CD slipcase edition with deluxe Digipak featuring matt lamination and 20-page booklet for "Sceaduhelm". Second CD "Horrific Honorifics Number Two Point Five (2.5)" in carton sleeve with matt lamination. Includes 3 carton inserts with cut-out elements to create your own theater. All packed in special O-card that functions as the theater.

Background information about ''

Crippled Black Phoenix delivers their most introspective and haunting statement yet with "Sceaduhelm", a work that strips away all pretense to examine the raw nerve endings of human exhaustion. This isn't your typical concept album – it's a psychological excavation that unfolds like a fever dream, where Justin Greaves and his collaborators have crafted something that feels both deeply personal and universally unsettling. The album moves with deliberate restraint, favoring slow-burn tension over explosive catharsis, creating an atmosphere where every note carries the weight of accumulated fatigue.

What makes "Sceaduhelm" truly compelling is how it resists easy comfort. Vocalists Belinda Kordic, Ryan Patterson, and Justin Storms each bring their own shade of melancholy to this emotional landscape, while the production by Greaves and Iver Sandøy maintains a deliberately raw edge that never lets you settle. This is music for the aftermath – when the shouting has stopped and all that remains is the quiet reckoning with what's been broken. The companion piece "Horrific Honorifics Number Two Point Five (2.5)" adds another layer to this meditation on consequence, featuring covers that feel like transmissions from the same wounded frequency.

For fans of:
Swans, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Codeine, Mark Lanegan

Track listing

CD 1 - Sceaduhelm:

1. One Man Wall of Death
2. Ravenettes
3. Things Start Falling Apart
4. No Epitaph / The Precipice
5. The Void
6. Hollows End
7. Dropout
8. Vampire Grave
9. Colder and Colder
10. Under the Eye
11. Tired to the Bone
12. Beautiful Destroyer

CD 2 - Horrific Honorifics Number Two Point Five (2.5):

1. Manhattan Skyline
2. That's When I Reach for My Revolver
3. Invisible People

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