ALBUM RELEASE : Marea - A Caress Of Autumn For All The Lost
Posted by Hypnotic Dirge Records on Friday, October 23, 2026 Under: Marea
*October 6, 2026
The new album from the Italian Atmospheric Black / Doom Metal band Marea is out now!
"A Caress of Autumn for all the Lost" is a nearly hour long expression of melancholia and introspection for the season ahead, using varied strokes to paint its palette from abrasive and furious black metal to dissonant post-rock and atmospheric doom.
The new record is available on Gatefold DLP in two colours variants - "Ocean Blue" and "Autumn Red" - limited to 100 copies each, on CD presented in a 4-panel digipack with a 12 page booklet, and digitally on Bandcamp / Ampwall!
DLP's and CD's are in stock and orders are shipping now!
DLP | CD | Digital
• Album Notes •
Without abandoning the emotional core that has always defined Marea, the album sharpens every aspect of its songwriting, resulting in a record that is simultaneously more incisive, more melodic and more refined than anything the band has released before.
Rooted in atmospheric black metal and post-depressive black metal, "A Caress of Autumn for All the Lost" refuses to remain confined within genre boundaries. Balzarini continuously shifts between textures and dynamics, allowing songs to unfold through subtle transformations rather than predictable contrasts.
Throughout the album, delicate melodic brushstrokes occasionally recall the melancholic elegance of fellow Italian visionaries Novembre, enriching an already expansive emotional palette.
The result is a work enveloped in an autumnal melancholy that permeates every note. Its atmosphere is fragile yet piercing, intimate yet expansive, balancing moments of despair with glimpses of fragile beauty.
With "A Caress of Autumn for All the Lost", Marea reaches a new level of artistic maturity, crafting an album that transcends stylistic labels through nuanced songwriting, emotional honesty, and a rare ability to transform melancholy into something deeply moving.
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