SORCERER Release Third Studio Album ‘Lamenting Of The Innocent’ (May 29th, 2020)

SORCERER Release Third Studio Album ‘Lamenting Of The Innocent’
May 29th, 2020

Stockholm, Sweden-based doom metal band Sorcerer issued third full-length studio album Lamenting Of The Innocent on May 29th, 2020 through Metal Blade Records.

The band commented: “This time out we wanted our sound to grow in every direction and not be limited in what we do. We wanted to capture the same vibe as on The Crowning of The Fire King (2017) but to also bring something new into it, so this time around, for example, we have some growling parts, and we think we have a pretty diverse album in many different aspects. Some parts are heavier and faster compared to what we’ve done before while some other parts are softer and more mellow. We wanted our sound to expand in every direction.

“We don’t really think about writing music to sound like Sorcerer, we just make music that we like, but for us it’s important to have great melodies, an ambient, big sound, heavy, badass riffs and a big epic chorus; that’s a Sorcerer song in a nutshell, at least at this point in time.”

The track ‘Deliverance’ features guest contributions from Candlemass vocalist Johan Längquist and renowned Swedish cellist Svante Henryson. Sorcerer stated: “They truly brought another dimension to that song and now it’s impossible to imagine it without their contributions, which is the way it should be when you bring guests in to perform; they are there to provide something you couldn’t do on your own.”

Lamenting Of The Innocent was mixed and mastered by Ronnie Björnström.

The track listing is as follows:

01. ‘Persecution’ (intro)
02. ‘The Hammer Of Witches’
03. ‘Lamenting Of The Innocent’
04. ‘Institoris’
05. ‘Where Spirits Die’
06. ‘Deliverance’
07. ‘Age Of The Damned’
08. ‘Condemned’
09. ‘Dance With The Devil’
10. ‘Path To Perdition’
11. ‘Hellfire’ *

* exclusive digipak CD bonus track

Sorcerer’s recording line-up is as follows:

Anders Engberg (vocals)
Kristian Niemann (guitar)
Peter Hallgren (guitar)
Justin Biggs (bass)
Richard Evensand (drums)

Directed by Daniel Wahlström (Heavy Groove Media), music videos were filmed for the tracks ‘The Hammer Of Witches’, ‘Lamenting Of The Innocent’, ‘Institoris’, ‘Where Spirits Die’, ‘Deliverance’, ‘Age Of The Damned’, ‘Condemned’, ‘Dance With The Devil’ and ‘Path To Perdition’. All nine clips can be viewed below.

Second studio record The Crowning Of The Fire King was released in October 2017.

Promotional photograph by Jon Alexandersson.

The Hammer Of Witches: