02/13/2026 09:11

SolNegre

SolNegre's 2nd album ''Anthems for the Grand Collapse' coming in April

Spain's Solnegre first stepped from the obscuring shadows in 2022, although the band's roots stretch much further back into the proud history of Spanish doom/death metal than that, with members having played pivotal roles in the development of Helevorn and Golgotha over previous decades. Yet, since the release of SolNegre's debut album – 'The Spiral Labyrinth' – the past has become an irrelevance, with the music of SolNegre needing no reference points or validations; it stands alone in dark, monumental solitude.

And now the second full length album from SolNegre is about to be unveiled, an album that encompasses everything that epic, melodic, emotive doom/death can be, defining the genre at its most expansive and creative. Welcome to 'Anthems for The Grand Collapse'...

"It has been twenty months of recording, dialogue, collapse, collaboration, despair, destruction, and renewal — our beloved eternal spiral of chaos, light, fog, and certainty that, as always, almost consumed us."
- SolNegre

Track listing:
1. The Axiom - Song for the Inert Part II (09:00)
2. The Hollow Inside (07:45)
3. For All That Could Have Been (09:19)
4. In the Stillness of the Womb (06:14)
5. A Path of Aloneness (I&II) (09:32)

'Anthems for the Grand Collapse' begins with 'The Axiom / Song For The Inert Part II', a moment of calm, of fragile stillness that is shattered by an eruption of anguish. Conflicting and contrasting emotions are captured in vast chords, a magnificent guitar solo and deep, desperate vocals. It is impossible to listen to this music at a distance, from outside the darkness. It draws you into the emotional storm, casting you adrift upon the tumultuous seas of life, at the mercy of the ebb and flow of the tides of passion. This one song is a staggering structure, a pure reflection of the towering emotions that dwarf and break us all. 'The Hollow Inside'’, a driving, powerful track, then carries us deeper into the night, moving through many spaces and territories, so much to grasp and explore. The music, its vital vibrancy, inspires a search for meaning, but the perfect balance between universality and personal intimacy dictates that the meaning you find in these words and sounds will be yours and yours alone. In 'For All That Could Have Been' beautiful introspection is rent apart by dark, collapsing riffs and formidable vocals – the pain and emotion almost too raw to witness, an immaculate marriage between exquisite artifice and agonized reality. And then, 'In the Stillness of the Womb' seems to stop the world from turning, as a wonderful female vocal snatches your breath away in a truly unforgettable moment. The careful sequencing of the album leads us, finally, into 'A Path of Aloneness (I & II)' with a sense of arrival at an inevitable conclusion. It is a stunning piece which brings together so much of what is truly great about SolNegre and 'Anthems for the Grand Collapse' – it's majesty and solemnity, its subtle guitar melodies and searing solo, its lyrical reflections on the diverse moments of life – and the silence that falls after its sudden ending seems to be another, secret part of the listening experience.

Recorded at Diorama Sound in Mallorca, which the band describe as their "shelter", the production and mix of 'Anthems for the Grand Collapse' are superb. From the resonance of the drums to the lacerating edge of the vocals, everything is exactly how it should be and you can hear and appreciate every element of SolNegre's sound, individually brilliant but working together to create an even greater whole. The album will be released on CD and digital formats by Meuse Music Records on April 3rd, with the CD also comprising SolNegre's 2024 EP 'Annihilation of the Self'. Completed by the enthralling artwork of Hans Trasid (Aara, Cuttered Flesh, Phobetor etc.).

"I still struggle to explain why we do this; I only know that what we create with such pain and such passion - countless evenings with numbed hands and a mind set ablaze - resonates with those who listen to SolNegre or read these words."
- SolNegre

Line-up:
Ûkh – vocals
Gebre – bass & keys
Rigel – guitars
Tom – drums

Additional musicians – the Collapse Minstrels:
Mike Le Rosetti – Guitar solos on 'The Axiom / Song for the Inert Part II'
Pedro Inglés – Interlude vocals on 'The Hollow Inside'
Gadea es Ineseta – Vocals on 'In the Stillness of the Womb'
Núria Luis – Violins on 'In the Stillness of the Womb'
Edu – Guitar solo on 'A Path of Aloneness II'
Carmen Jaime – Vocals on 'A Path of Aloneness II'

(source: Imperative PR)