08/16/2025 19:30

Atavistic Decay

Atavistic Decay: 'Immakulate Invokations' EP out now

Indianapolis death metal entity Atavistic Decay return with their new EP, 'Immakulate Invokations', following the release of their 2024 demo. Spanning just over 14 minutes, the two-track work delves into multiple facets of the band’s sound - one half steeped in mephitic, suffocating death metal, the other immersed in murky, unsettling dark ambient.

Tracklist:
1. Immaculate Invokations
2. Transcend the Flesh

Balancing oppressive weight with an almost cinematic sense of atmosphere, the release expands the band's sonic identity and showcases their ability to evoke both physical and psychological unease. The result is a stark, immersive journey that confirms Atavistic Decay as one of the underground's most promising new forces, with more range and depth than initially expected.

The band commented: "Mother of abominations, dominator of beast, fermenter of filth! 'Immakulate Invokations' begins in the dionysion ecstasy of maniacal speed, engulfing you in bestial pleasure. A sonic invocation to the sacred whore, ecstasy devolves into slow, painful reflection. As your past ’self’ lies decimated, we invite the listener to transcend the flesh of what once was, and enter a profane and iconoclastic state of transformation, of self-creation and self-pleasure."

The 7" vinyl edition set for release on October 3rd through Night Terrors Records.

Atavistic Decay is the deterioration of being into a state of atavistic nothingness, that which precedes the self. Birthed in 2023, the band serves as an organ of this process. Dense textures dirge into oscillating moments of mania, inducing fog-filled visions of autoerotic asphyxiation of being. Atavistic Decay seeks to drag you into these putrid depths, to experience a state of total self-suffocation.

(source: Anubi Press)