CRAVEN IDOL: Decibel Magazine Post Exclusive Full-Album Stream of 'Towards Eschaton'

UK-based coven CRAVEN IDOL and Dark Descent Records have joined  forces with Decibel Magazine for an exclusive full-album stream of the  band's forthcoming debut, Towards Eschaton. Available worldwide  through Dark Descent on digital, CD and vinyl formats on October 15,  Towards Eschaton can be previewed now at this location. Exploring the depths of the subterranean caverns in which they dwell,  CRAVEN IDOL have reached beyond their blackened thrash roots by  incorporating elements of doom, traditional heavy metal and classic death.  The result is eight incantations of extreme metal as it was known in the days  before the subgenre pigeonholing and trend-fucking allegiance to scenes.  Towards Eschaton, which features artwork by Paolo Girardi, represents  the culmination of CRAVEN IDOL's dark visions to date. A coalescing of  the band's new and older material results in a mercurial assault, but one  whose constituent parts each read from the same bloodied hymn sheet.  Thematically the album deals primarily with the rotten fabric of religion and  the depraved notions birthed upon its gilded altars. Musically the record owes  fealty to the maligned era in which black and death metal juddered into  unlife, born dead in cemeteries haunted by relentless riffs and the screams  of the hellbound. The beasts of Bathory, Possessed, Venom, Absu,  Candlemass, Sarcofago, Belial, Manilla Road, Gospel Of The Horns,  Mercyful Fate, Hobbs Angel Of Death, Inquisition, Samael and Autopsy have all left their mark on Towards Eschaton.    Pre-order info is available at www.darkdescentrecords.com.  Spawned in the pits of London, CRAVEN IDOL creates ritual offerings in the  earliest traditions of black and thrash metal. In 2006 a self-released  demo tape materialized, and its original fifty incarnations were quickly  devoured. Starlight Temple Society then fanned this early flame with a  tape re-release. 2010 saw the release of the Ethereal Altars EP on MCD  and vinyl via Vengeful Attakk / Hammer of Hate. In early 2013 Craven Idol  signed with Dark Descent Records for the release of their debut album,  Towards Eschaton, on CD and vinyl. CRAVEN IDOL features members of  Scythian, Sepulchral Temple, Solstice and Deceptor. For the recording of  Towards Eschaton, CRAVEN IDOL enlisted the percussive skills of  Polish metal veteran Volgard.   www.facebook.com/pages/Craven-Idol/158945044134965  www.darkdescentrecords.com    www.facebook.com/DarkDescentRecords

CRAVEN IDOL To Release 'Towards Eschaton' October 15th on Dark Descent Records

UK-based coven CRAVEN IDOL will unleash their debut full-length,  Towards Eschaton, on October 15th through Dark Descent Records.  The album will be made available on digital, CD and vinyl formats.   Exploring the depths of the subterranean caverns in which they dwell,  CRAVEN IDOL have reached beyond their blackened thrash roots by  incorporating elements of doom, traditional heavy metal and classic death.  The result is eight incantations of extreme metal as it was known in the days  before the subgenre pigeonholing and trend-fucking allegiance to scenes.  Towards Eschaton, which features artwork by Paolo Girardi, represents the  culmination of CRAVEN IDOL's dark visions to date. A coalescing of the  band's new and older material results in a mercurial assault, but one whose  constituent parts each read from the same bloodied hymn sheet. Thematically  the album deals primarily with the rotten fabric of religion and the depraved  notions birthed upon its gilded altars. Musically the record owes fealty to the  maligned era in which black and death metal juddered into unlife, born dead  in cemeteries haunted by relentless riffs and the screams of the hellbound.  The beasts of Bathory, Possessed, Venom, Absu, Candlemass, Sarcofago,  Belial, Manilla Road, Gospel Of The Horns, Mercyful Fate,  Hobbs Angel Of Death, Inquisition, Samael and Autopsy have all left  their mark on Towards Eschaton.    Album track "To Summon Mayrion" is currently streaming at this location.     Spawned in the pits of London, CRAVEN IDOL creates ritual offerings in the  earliest traditions of black and thrash metal. In 2006 a self-released demo tape  materialized, and its original fifty incarnations were quickly devoured.  Starlight Temple Society then fanned this early flame with a tape re-release.  2010 saw the release of the Ethereal Altars EP on MCD and vinyl via  Vengeful Attakk / Hammer of Hate. In early 2013 Craven Idol signed with  Dark Descent Records for the release of their debut album, Towards Eschaton,  on CD and vinyl. CRAVEN IDOL features members of Scythian,  Sepulchral Temple, Solstice and Deceptor. For the recording of  Towards Eschaton, CRAVEN IDOL enlisted the percussive skills of  Polish metal veteran Volgard.   www.facebook.com/pages/Craven-Idol/158945044134965  www.darkdescentrecords.com    www.facebook.com/DarkDescentRecords

CRAVEN IDOL: London-Born Blackened Thrashers To Release Debut On Dark Descent Records

The black/thrash bastards in CRAVEN IDOL, who signed with Dark  Descent Records earlier this year, are set to release their full-length  debut, Towards Eschaton, on digital, CD and vinyl formats this fall.  For the debut, CRAVEN IDOL have completed eight new offerings  of ripping black metal, channeled with a vitriol akin to Nifelheim and  Absu, with further allegiances to the dark arts of Inquisition and Samael.  Musically the release is an assault on those who neglect the potent  legacy of the 1980s, while thematically it attacks all proponents of  unfounded spiritual dogma. Album track "To Summon Mayrion" is currently streaming at this location.  To Summon Mayrion Sworn Upon the Styx Golgotha Wounds Craven Atonement Codex of Seven Dooms Aura of Undeath Left to Die Orgies Spawned in the pits of London, Craven Idol creates ritual offerings in  the earliest traditions of black and thrash metal. In 2006 a self-released  demo tape materialized, and its original fifty incarnations were quickly  devoured. Starlight Temple Society then fanned this early flame with  a tape re-release. 2010 saw the release of the 'Ethereal Altars' EP on  MCD and vinyl via Vengeful Attakk / Hammer of Hate. In early 2013  Craven Idol signed with Dark Descent Records for the release of their  debut album, on CD and vinyl. The oath endures... Vrath - Vocals, Guitars, Scourger - Guitar, Suspiral - Bass, Volgard - Drums www.facebook.com/pages/Craven-Idol/158945044134965  www.darkdescentrecords.com    www.facebook.com/DarkDescentRecords