UPCOMING RELEASE: Escaping Aghartha - Lurkers of Languid Waters
March 3, 2026It is sadly an indisputable fact that we are living through the Holocene extinction - the sixth mass extinction in the history of earth, and one caused entirely by humans. Current extinction rates persist at 100-1000 times higher than background extinction rates due to anthropogenic climate change, deforestation, ocean acidification, and displacement of wildlife from their natural habitats.
Escaping Aghartha is a blackened doom metal project drawing attention to this unfortunate reality. In May, Hypnotic Dirge Records will be releasing their latest record - "Lurkers of Languid Waters" the ninth album from this project and first since January 2024.
Escaping Aghartha is a blackened doom metal project drawing attention to this unfortunate reality. In May, Hypnotic Dirge Records will be releasing their latest record - "Lurkers of Languid Waters" the ninth album from this project and first since January 2024.
Based in North Carolina, USA, Escaping Aghartha was founded by Avery Dart in 2015. Avery, a Conservation Biologist with a Master of Science degree, started Escaping Aghartha as a solo experimental project, before being joined by CJ Yacoub on Drums and Anghatengh (Marco Pansa) providing backing vocals in 2020.
The goal of Escaping Aghartha is to educate people about specific examples of the ongoing destruction in the biological world, using extreme music as an educational tool. In this age of extinction, in which species are going extinct at such a rapid rate, Avery firmly believes humanity has a moral imperative to act on extinction. Not only do species have a fundamental right to exist, but humanity also depends on a healthy ecosystem for survival - it is in our best interest to conserve nature. If we fail to act, future generations will curse us for the biologically-impoverished, degraded, and highly polluted world we leave them.
For many of Escaping Aghartha's releases, 100% of profits within the first month of release were donated to help conservation efforts related to the album theme. For example, in 2022, the album "Croak", themed around the ongoing extinction of amphibians, donated all profits to the International Union of the Conservation of Nature's Amphibian Specialist Group.
On this upcoming record "Lurkers of Languid Waters", donations will be directed to conservation efforts to help anguillid eels, including the American, European, and Japanese eel
More information about the specific organizations, their work, and both Escaping Aghartha and Hypnotic Dirge's contributions to these efforts will be revealed soon!
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