American Black Metal war machines HUBRIS return with their latest assault, “Lightless Lantern” , now available via Bandcamp. The track marks the first unveiled chapter from the band’s forthcoming full-length album, “Acts of Sedition”, and serves as a harbinger of the storm to come.
First forged in Buffalo’s underground in 2008 by brothers Hellskald and Lichfiend with Melkorpse , and fortified by drummer Deragore in 2010, HUBRIS have carved their place in the U.S. extreme metal scene through sheer firepower. With appearances at Shadow Woods Metal Fest IV , Hell Over Akron , and Slutfest , the band’s high-octane blend of blackened savagery and death metal ferocity has become a crushing hallmark.
“Lightless Lantern” stands as track two on “Acts of Sedition” — a record years in the making. Tracking began in late 2022 across multiple states, with nearly an hour of punishing music captured and finalized with a devastating master earlier this year. If their last EP, Regency of Hungering Swords , was the war cry, this new single is the battle horn that announces their Opus Magnum . Darker, sharper, and refined, it sharpens the steel first drawn on Regency and elevates it to pure blackened devastation.
The single’s artwork, designed by Daniel Oakes , mirrors the song’s role: a fragment, a glimpse, a torch revealing only part of the grand vision. The full album artwork comes courtesy of Santiago Jamarillo of Triple Seis Design, promising a visual counterpart to the sonic onslaught. Fans who caught Hubris live on their East Coast dates earlier this year may recognize the song’s crushing force — the rest of the world now gets its chance to bear witness.
