Taken from the album On The Promise of the Moon (out April 17, 2026)
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Visualizer by Craig Rossi.
REEKING AURA, a 5 piece death metal group made of seasoned veterans from the NY/NJ underground scene, returns in 2026 with their second album On the Promise of the Moon to be released on April 17th via Profound Lore Records. Tracked at OK Studios in Kinderhook, NY then mixed and mastered by the legendary Dan Swano, On the Promise of the Moon builds on the "Fires in Deep Frost" EP released in 2025 with a dark, melodic atmosphere that does not compromise their brutal, guttural NY roots.
Returning from the first album are guitarists Terrell Grannum (Thaetas), and Rick Habeeb (Grey Skies Fallen) as well as vocalist William Smith (Afterbirth). Drummer Hudson Barth and bassist TJ Coon (both also in Trog) round out the lineup and bring fresh blood to the band, with all members having contributed to the writing process.
The album also features contributions from guest vocalists Eston Browne (Vulnificus) and Jon Berg (The Path) as well as string arrangements by Ben Karas (Slaughtersun).
1. Concrete Basin Bath
2. A Forlorn And Frozen Vapor
3. Gorged Beyond Grudges
4. Manure Like Magma
5. Lunar Rumination
6. What Worms Only Witness
7. The Cathedral’s Calculation
8. Sifting For Fungal Inheritance (A Mildewey, Alcrid Mulch)
9. On The Promise Of The Moon
Lyrics:
Welcome to the world you dug up, welcome to the world you created
Welcome to the mind of what you have become now
Below the grass, the worms they wander
Below the grass, the roots of trees
Below the grass, the soils’s rich from the one I made bleed
Churning below, changing slow into a paste - human waste
Enrich the ground, never found - even the teeth, scattered beneath
I’ve tried to let it be, tried to let it breathe
Trying not to dig it up again
Beyond these frozen fields, in a woods of broken trees
Becoming part of the background below
Within the womb of earth reborn as dirt and dust
To drive on the seeds that are sown
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