NECROMANIAC – “Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable” (2025, Invictus Productions / The Ajna Offensive)

 
INVICTUS PRODUCTIONS in conspiracy with THE AJNA OFFENSIVE present NECROMANIAC‘s long-awaited debut album, Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable, on CD and vinyl LP formats. INVICTUS will handle the album’s release for Europe while AJNA will handle its North American release. The CD version is scheduled for release on January 13th, 2025 to coincide with the Wolf Moon, while the LP version will be released at a later date.

Forged in heretical fire while lurking in the darkest shadows of the underground for the past 13 years, this London-based (UK) band formed by Swedish, Spanish, Greek, and Polish musicians has crafted a debut album that’s guaranteed to send cold shivers down your spine. A truly sinister musical journey containing 9 forbidden rites steeped in witchcraft, necromancy, and an overall occult atmosphere, NECROMANIAC‘s first full-length is everything its weighty title promises…and more!

Those who were possessed by their 2015 demo tape and 2018 7″ EP don’t need to worry, as the NECROMANIAC sound of old is reanimated here. Only now it’s given delirious flight on demon wings of ecstasy: blacker, more metal, more epic, more atmospheric, more “mature,” more of MORE. Joining these morbid ghouls on their devilish quest are guests A.A. Nemtheanga of Primordial, Negative Plane’s Nameless Void, and one A Corpse Without a Soul, whose signature throat should not be unknown to astute underground dwellers. The sum effect of Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable is a sonic bacchanalia informed by the ageless wisdom of Hell’s heavy metal.

LINEUP:
C. Howler: Throat Possessions, Black Arts Spells & Conjurer of the Restless Wraiths of the Abyss
Sadistik Fornicator: Guitarmageddon, Keys of Death and Hades, Megalomantic Decompositions & Die-Hard Cult Leader
The One: Basstard Tremblings, Necrophonous Disarray, Winds of Mayhem & Macabre Consigliere of Deadly Omens
V. Pestilencia: Apocalyptic Drumonitions, Therianthropic Aural Assault & Morbid Coven Mediator

GUEST MUSICIANS (in order of appearance):
A.A. Nemtheanga: choir on “Caput Draconis”
A Corpse Without a Soul: vocals on “Calling Forth the Shade” and “Conjuration of St. Cyprian”
Nameless Void: synths and bell samples on “Necromancess”

CREDITS:
Guitars, bass, and drums engineered and recorded by Shauny Cadogan (Last Light Recordings) at Sound Training – Studio One (Dublin, Ireland)
Vocals, synths, samples, effects, and additional instruments engineered and recorded by Am at Morbisound Studios (London, UK)
Mixed by Shauny Cadogan
Mastered by Greg Chandler at Priory Recording Studios (Birmingham, UK)