Just back from their tour with INFECTED RAIN, avant-garde quintet BLACK SPIKES release a second single from their upcoming album, Ydos, which will be released on August 28 via Napalm Records. "REVANA" continues the album concept in which every song depicts one of humankind’s vices: A personification of revenge, haunting the Lithuanian breakout band's dark realms with beautiful melodies, "REVANA" adds highly recognizable riffs to the album. Alongside the song, BLACK SPIKES release a cinematic video.

BLACK SPIKES about "REVANA":
"'REVANA' is the name that we've chosen for revenge. Revenge promises closure but often delivers continuation. It keeps the story going instead of ending it. You don't 'get even'—you stay entangled. In the music video, we depict a story inspired by the witch hunts that also reached Lithuania in the 17th century. Women who stood out for their curiosity or who did not easily fit into society were often falsely accused of witchcraft and revenged by death sentence for causing misfortunes in their communities."

Watch the Official Music Video for "REVANA"

Emerging from the shadows are BLACK SPIKES, bringing the darkness right along with them on their new album, Ydos, out August 28. The Lithuanian breakout band's first release with Napalm Records, coming shortly after their nomination at their home country's Grammy-comparable M.A.M.A. Music Awards, deals with the eponymous flaws of humanity, conceptually interwoven with modern progressive metal, serving as a complex mirror for us all.

The depth of its concept is reflected in every note of Ydos, from every heavy riff to every proggy twist. Leaning into electronic music while holding on firmly to their metal roots, the Lithuanian band creates a distinctive sound, alluringly dark and captivatingly heavy. BLACK SPIKES venture into gloominess, filling the void with spine-tingling philosophical thoughts and posing as Janus-faced companions on a fateful journey into the self in which every step should be taken with caution because a trap just might snap…

BLACK SPIKES about Ydos:
"Ydos is a conceptual album — a dark fairytale about human vices. The idea was there from the very beginning and guided the entire songwriting process. Each vice has its own name and story, and many songs will be brought to life through music videos where these vices take shape. It was our first time creating a conceptual album, and we really enjoyed starting with an idea and expressing it through music."

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***Photo Credit: Lunaria (Augustina Miknevičiūtė)***

BLACK SPIKES ARE:
Agni — Vocals
Yaga — Guitar, Electronic elements
Mazvis — Guitar
Sime — Bass Guitar
Titas — Drums

ERDVE are releasing "Ydos," the second single from the experimental sludge metal band’s upcoming third album Epigrama. Following the album’s grief-stricken lead single “Nyra”, “Ydos” moves deeper into a corroded place where self-doubt calcifies into something closer to self-destruction.

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Epigrama comes out May 29, 2026 on Season of Mist.

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Where Erdve’s debut album, Vaitojimas, laid the foundation, the band’s follow-up, Savigaila, pushed against it until something cracked. What follows now is not a next step but a deliberate pause, a period of stepping back from the noise to ask what the music is for, and what it needs to become in order to mean something true.

Epigrama answers that question but not in a comfortable way. The album was made with the care that comes from having learned, through trial and error, what it means to create without compromise. The band wrote, recorded, mixed, mastered, photographed and designed it themselves. Handing any part of it to someone else, would have been a betrayal of everything the album is about. Accountability runs through it like a fault line.

“Ydos” speaks to the weakness of facing the truth, shame and the inability to impose judgement upon oneself. The song is a descent from stagnation into what Erdve envision as the gradual consumption of the last remaining spark of life.

The band is known to dive into unexpected ventures by choosing to perform in places that intuitively seem incoherent to the type of music being played or are not considered to be regular venues. First such show took place in the church of St. John's 2019 and another one in Lukiškės Ex-Prison, both in Vilnius, Lithuania.

After the second album, the band took some time to rediscover their relationship with music and identified the elements that would convey their future vision in the most truthful way. This idea is followed by their 2026 release - EPIGRAMA, that delivers a familiar, yet a fundamentally different approach towards experimenting within the confines of heavy music and reflective storytelling. The goal was to craft a meticulous consistency between the music, lyrics and sound production, where every aspect of the song works together to create meaningful impact. This album marks a new beginning for ERDVE, in the process of rediscovery, experimentation and raw expression.

Line-up:

Vaidotas Darulis — Vocals, Guitars

Adomas Varnelis — Guitar

Valdas Voveraitis — Drums

Karolis Urbanavičius — Bass

Production Credits:

Self-produced by Vaidotas Darulis & Adomas Varnelis.
Mixed Vaidotas Darulis & Adomas Varnelis.
Mastered by Vaidotas Darulis.

Cover Art:

Photography by Vaidotas Darulis.

Vainius Česnauskas (https://www.instagram.com/vainius.art/),

Marija Česnauskienė-Dvarionaitė (https://www.instagram.com/maryces.art/).

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