Crypt Sermon - Only Ash and Dust (Dark Descent Records 2025)

Only one year removed from their opus "The Stygian Rose", Crypt Sermon returns with a brand-new EP titled "Saturnian Appendices"! Four tracks, over 25 minutes! Pre-order links below. "Saturnian Appendices" releases on CD/LP and digital formats through Dark Descent Records on August 8th, 2025. "On the heels of an album widely considered to be one of 2024’s best releases, Philadelphia’s CRYPT SERMON presents Saturnian Appendices. A collection of B-sides taken from The Stygian Rose album sessions, the EP offers a deeper look into the psyche behind the story, extending the arc of its predecessor with a darker, more introspective lens. “Conceptually, the new tracks "Only Ash and Dust" and "A Fool to a Believe" illuminate the shadowed thoughts of the narrator from “The Stygian Rose,” expanding on the tensions that arise as one confronts the conflicts between orthodoxy and occult,” offers vocalist Brooks Wilson. Sonically, Saturnian Appendices is firmly rooted in the band’s signature doom-laden dark heavy metal sound. Grandiose melodies wrap around a crushing volley of monolithic riffs for a commanding and epic performance. Featuring three, brand-new, original tracks and a transcendental revisioning of Mayhem’s “De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas” (released before only on flexi-disc through Decibel Magazine in 2017), Saturnian Appendices offers fans a compelling experience steeped in grandeur and philosophical unrest." Steve Jansson - lead guitar Tanner Anderson - synths Frank Chin - rhythm guitar Matthew Knox- bass, backing vocals Brooks Wilson - vocals Enrique Sagarnaga - Drums All songs written by Crypt Sermon except "De Mysteriis Doom Sathanas" Artwork by Brooks Wilson Guest vocals by Thomas Tannenberger on "De Mysteriis Doom Sathanas" "Only Ash and Dust", "A Fool to Believe" and "De Mysteriis Doom Sathanas" - recorded, mixed and mastered by Arthur Rizk "Lachrymose" recorded by Crypt Sermon at Red Planet, mixed and mastered at Subterranean Watchtower Studios Pre-order now: Dark Descent Records https://www.darkdescentrecords.com/shop Dark Descent Records EU Store https://www.ddmsuo.eu/ Dark Descent Records Band Camp https://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/ Dark Descent Records Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DarkDescentRecords