[Melodic Black Metal] Lumen Ad Mortem - "A Grave Ascent"
Band/Artist: Lumen Ad Mortem
Release Title: A Grave Ascent
Release Date: June 19th, 2026
Label: Hypnotic Dirge Records
Format: Digital, LP, CD
Genre: Melodic Black Metal
Country: Australia
South Australia’s Lumen Ad Mortem return with their second full-length album, A Grave Ascent, released through Hypnotic Dirge Records.
Formed in 2019, the band released their debut album Upon the Edge of Darkness in 2023 through Bitter Loss Records before bringing their live show to festivals and venues across Australia. With A Grave Ascent, Lumen Ad Mortem continue their work in anthemic black metal, combining fast tremolo riffs, heavy rhythm guitars, bass, synths and driving percussion with a colder, more atmospheric edge.
The album draws from themes of loss, death, vengeance and the will to endure, set against an ancient landscape where time and darkness make human existence feel small. Across seven tracks, the band move between speed, melody and slower, heavier passages, keeping the record intense without losing its sense of atmosphere.
A Grave Ascent was mixed by Patrick Pages Oliver at Blood Wolf Productions and mastered by Owen Gillett at O.G. Mastering. The album is available now on CD and digital formats, with the LP edition scheduled to ship in September 2026.
Tracklist:
1. What Was Lost
2. The Departed
3. I Never Ceded
4. Ghost Gums
5. A Grave Ascent
6. A Stone Shall Come to Rest
7. And What is Yet to Lose
Line-up:
Aaron Tuck – Guitars, Keyboards and Orchestration
Gregor Pikl – Vocals
Rory Amoy – Percussion
Morris Ewings – Bass
Lachlan Odell – Live Keyboards
Lachlan Stopa – Live Guitar
Recording info:
Percussion recorded at M/E Studio by Patrick Pages Oliver and Gregor Pikl
Guitars, keyboards and orchestration recorded at Forest Trees Studio by Aaron Tuck
Vocals recorded at Fjordrecord Studio C by Gregor Pikl
Bass recorded by Morris Ewings at M/E Studio
Produced by Patrick Pages Oliver and Lumen Ad Mortem
Mixed by Patrick Pages Oliver at Blood Wolf Productions
Mastered by Owen Gillett at O.G. Mastering
Artwork "Le Devourer" by Leoncio Harmur
Logo by Christophe Szpajdel
Monogram by Sam Dishington
Layout by Gregor Pikl and Aaron Tuck
For fans of: Dissection, Sacramentum, Watain, Emperor
Links:
Bandcamp: https://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-grave-ascent
Ampwall: https://ampwall.com/a/hypnoticdirgerecords/album/a-grave-ascent
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-8tf495aT0
Website: https://www.lumenadmortem.com/
Bandcamp: https://lumenadmortem.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lumenadmortem/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LumenAdMortem/
CD: https://tinyurl.com/lam-aga-cd
LP: https://tinyurl.com/lam-aga-lp
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/hypnoticdirgerecords
If you wish to receive the full promo, please, get in touch: catia@againstpr.com