CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX · Sceaduhelm | RED/BLACK MARBLED 2LP

Red/black marbled double vinyl in gatefold cover with pop-up theater and 3 cardboard inserts for DIY theater creation. Limited to 200 handnumbered copies.

Background information about 'Sceaduhelm'

Crippled Black Phoenix delivers their most introspective and haunting work yet with "Sceaduhelm" – a masterpiece that strips away all pretense to reveal the raw nerve endings of human experience. This isn't your typical progressive rock album; it's a psychological excavation that unfolds like a fever dream across four sides of vinyl, each track bleeding into the next with deliberate, unsettling precision.

The album operates as a unified emotional landscape where Justin Greaves, Belinda Kordic, Ryan Patterson, and Justin Storms weave their voices through themes of burnout, memory decay, and quiet desperation. Tracks like "One Man Wall of Death" and "Beautiful Destroyer" showcase the band's ability to build tension without ever offering the release you crave – it's music that lives in the uncomfortable spaces between hope and resignation. The production, handled by Greaves and mixed by Iver Sandøy, maintains a deliberately raw edge that makes every whispered vocal and grinding guitar feel like it's happening in your living room.

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

Track listing

LP 1:
A1. One Man Wall of Death
A2. Ravenettes
A3. Things Start Falling Apart
B1. No Epitaph/The Precipice
B2. The Void
B3. Hollows End

LP 2:
C1. Dropout
C2. Vampire Grave
C3. Colder and Colder
D1. Under the Eye
D2. Tired to the Bone
D3. Beautiful Destroyer

Manufacturer: Sasu Soundworks Sarl, 126 Boulevard Bara, Heliopolis 2, Lot B4, 13013 Marseille, France, Contact: www.season-of-mist.com