OUT NOW: Latvian blackened death metallers EREMOS-IX release new album "Foregone" via Metalkalve

Latvian blackened death metal band EREMOS-IX released their new album "Foregone" on November 2nd, 2026 through Metalkalve. The six-track record is available on CD.

At the centre of "Foregone" is the idea of inevitability. The album looks at moments when human decisions, accidents and outside circumstances create a chain of events that becomes increasingly difficult to escape. Rather than offering an answer to the question of free will and fate, the record stops at the point where the distinction between the two is no longer clear.

Each of its six songs approaches that idea from a different angle, drawing from history, literature, religion, politics, folklore and modern warfare.

"Silicate Heart" deals with drone warfare and the cold impersonality of an enemy reduced to technology. "Rottweiler" looks at authoritarianism through the perspective of an unquestioningly obedient follower, while "The Mariner" takes inspiration from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and the idea of living permanently with the consequences of a single action.

"The Anchorite", inspired by a painting by Polish-Armenian artist Teodor Axentowicz, deals with religious isolation and doubt. "Nensha" draws from the Japanese folklore concept of psychically imprinting images onto physical media or other minds, an idea also associated with "The Ring".

The album closes with "A River Of Iron", the first song ever written for EREMOS-IX, now completely re-recorded and adapted from its original 2018 version. The song takes inspiration from Latvia's Šķirotava railway and its history, including the deportations to Siberia that took place from the area.

"Foregone" also represents an important change in the history of EREMOS-IX. Founded by Dāvis Kots in 2018 as a one-man project, the group developed into a full band in 2024 and made its live debut in early 2025.

The transition changed the way the music was created. A large portion of the material originally written for "Foregone" was discarded, with the band deciding that it felt too safe and monotonous. The remaining material was rebuilt into something heavier and more aggressive, moving further towards death metal while retaining black metal, doom, melodic and atmospheric elements.

Since becoming a full band, EREMOS-IX have won the Latvian Metal Music Award for Best EP with "Marquis of Snakes", reached the Latvian final of Wacken Metal Battle, where they took first place in the jury vote, and became the first extreme metal band to perform a full live set on Latvian national radio.

The band have also performed across Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, appearing at festivals including Zobens un Lemess, Dūstant Black Metal Fest III, Sugis Extreme Fest and Grēkāzis, and sharing stages with acts including Dymna Lotva, Luctus, Dodsrit, Lamp of Murmuur and Batushka.

Tracklist:

1. Silicate Heart
2. Rottweiler
3. The Mariner
4. The Anchorite
5. Nensha
6. A River Of Iron (2026)

Line-up:
Dāvis Kots - Guitars, vocals
Aleksandrs Smoriževs - Guitars
Andrejs Žuks - Bass
Frenks Šenbergs - Drums

Guest musicians:
Eva Beatrise Auzenberga - Saxophone on "Rottweiler"
Gundega Māra Grūtupa - Additional vocals on "Rottweiler"

Recording info:
Mixed and mastered by Artūrs Mačevskis at Macevskis Audio
Drums recorded at Studija Gateris
Drums engineered by Jānis Kalvāns
All other instruments recorded and engineered by EREMOS-IX

For fans of: Leviathan, Hate, Behemoth

Links:
Website: https://metalkalve.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EREMOSOFFICIAL
Bandcamp: https://eremos-ix.bandcamp.com/album/foregone
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eremosofficial/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eremosband/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0FwbBoAizbeDFdh4rok6yK