Spectral Damnation

Genre: Black/Death Metal
Origin: Belgium (2015)

Spectral Damnation is a Black Metal Band
from Belgium (Charleroi) founded in 2015
on the ashes of Mystica (Melodic Death
Metal) by Arachnid Saar (lead guitars – Hybrid
Viscery), Yohann Thibaut (Drums – Cryptogenic,
Feed Them Lies), Jon (Guitar – Blow Up), Michael
(Bass – Blow Up) and Jeff (Vocals – Metrydia). In 2018,
the band releases “Out of Control”, a 4-track Melodic
Black Metal EP, plays its first gigs and shares great
line-ups (No Return, Sekhmet, Zardens, Mercyless).
2017 ends tragically with a car crash that left wounds
and resulted in the brutal stop of the band’s activities.
Neuu Era
In 2019, Arachnid Saar (Lead guitar) searched
for musicians to revive the project. Most of
the actual line-up was discovered quickly.
Tsebaoth (Guitars – ex-Enthroned) and GÆTN
(Vocals – ex-Desakralised) join the project and the music
of Spectral Damnation evolves. Their Black Metal
is less accessible. The sound gets darker with more
violence, suffocating blast beats and occult screams if
varying black and death metal. The first tracks leave
melodic touches behind to bring more incisive riffs
and other solos.
In that lapse of time, line-up keeps blurry. The band
finds its bass player Arkhon (Naked Evil) but moves
forward without a “full-time” drummer as all auditions
are disappointing. Spectral Damnation is
intractable in terms of intensity of drumming for its
music.
April 2022 – the band enters the Blackout Studio
(Brussels) under the direction of Déhà (Opus Magnum
Studio) for the recording, mixing, and mastering
of 9 tracks of blasty, blackened death metal, blasty
with few melodics times. Drums are played by human
machine Ahephaïm (Sabathan, Humanitas Error Est),
who joins the band as drummer.
2023 starts with a deal with bright Belgian extreme label
Necktwister to release the first album of the band
that bear the cursed name of Extra Æcclesiam.