The most prominent and significant American death / funeral doom emissaries EVOKEN succeed their 2018 landmarkHypnagogiaalbum with their seventh full-length opusMendacium. A work that will reveal itself as one of the darkest and most oppressive Evoken albums among their unparalleled repertoire.
Where 2018sHypnagogiawould see the band capture and focus on a more melancholic, tangible, and even more of an accessible sonic design,Mendaciumtakes that acute shift back to the monumental dirge-like dread and woeful catacombic and disharmonious heaviness reminiscent of the bandsQuietusandAntitheses Of Lightmasterworks. All while still encapsulating the tectonic-shifting nature of theirCaress Of The VoidandAtra Morsreleases while venturing more through classic gothic audial textures and even treading a little down experimental mire as well, reminiscing an aura seeping from such luminary artists as Dead Can Dance, Monumentum, and Disembowelment. To signal this shift in sound harking back to this previous era, the band would recall the services of producer RON BUMBLEFOOT THAL who worked with Evoken on theirAntithesis Of LightandQuietusalbums respectively. The result beingMendaciumcapturing a sepulchral heaviness saturated in ambience with even more of an emphasis on deathlike dread and anguish; an ambience reflecting the depths and catacombs of an ancient cathedral or monastery, ultimately definingMendaciumas Evokens most powerful sounding album to date.

Format / LP
Released /10/17/2025
Catalogue / PFLO-338
Barcode / 843563194454
Artist /Evoken
Label /Profound Lore
Genre /Punk / Metal