ENTHRONED Release New Single “Ashen Advocacy”

Posted on November 12, 2025

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With over three decades shaping the darkened depths of European black metal, ENTHRONED return with “Ashen Advocacy,” the third single from their forthcoming twelfth full-length, Ashspawn. Conceived as the album’s culminating rite, the track manifests as a slow-burning psalm of judgment and renewal: a psychological tribunal where the self is divided between accuser, accused, and judge.

“Ashen Advocacy” unfolds in solemn escalation: ritualistic percussion and mid-tempo dissonance build toward an overwhelming conflagration of sound. Each riff carries the gravity of invocation, its tension thickening until the song collapses into a cathartic blaze. Fragments of melody briefly surface, only to be engulfed by the surge of distortion. Nornagest’s commanding vocal presence shifts between invocation and verdict, embodying both condemnation and release. The result is a composition that bridges the physical and metaphysical: an act of purification rendered through flame.

The piece distills Ashspawn’s core: rebirth through negation. Refrains such as “Accuser and accused, we are one in the same” and “Through fire, we are forged anew” serve as mantras of dissolution, blurring the line between guilt and absolution. The repeated incantation “Sordes Te, Egregia Sordes Te” closes the album’s ritual circle, marking the death of false divinity and the rise of liberated consciousness from the ashes.

Listen to Ashen Advocacy now: https://youtu.be/2HFaogY7rdo

Ashspawn is out December 5th via Season of Mist.

Pre-order & pre-save: https://orcd.co/enthronedashspawn

Praise for Enthroned:

“The drumming is spectacular, managing to be impressive yet inconspicuous at once … each beat working to accentuate the riff underneath instead of overpowering it.” — Angry Metal Guy, on Cold Black Suns

“The eeriness that permeates tracks like ‘Son of Man’ and ‘Oneiros’ is contagious, and the buzzsawing riffs maintain plenty of bite even when dragging one into slower segments.” — Dead Rhetoric, on Cold Black Suns

“Belgium’s Enthroned have been a worthy presence on the European black metal scene without ever setting it alight. They are highly competent purveyors of an orthodox whirlwind black metal.” — Metal Reviews, on Prophecies of Pagan Fire

“Enthroned act cleverly. The musicians do not only focus on high velocity … the output does not lack variety and special effects strengthen the charisma of some tunes.” — MetalBite, on Prophecies of Pagan Fire

“Solid and harsh Black Metal with atmospheric details.” — Reflections of Darkness, on Sovereigns

“Imagine my surprise then at being confronted with the blistering aggression of Pentagrammaton … this sounds like a fucking Enthroned album.” — The Metal Crypt, on Pentagrammaton

“It explores a variety of ideas and evokes a palette of intense and obscure feelings.” — Terra Relicta, on Sovereigns

“This is a perfectly solid black metal release that can certainly give the top division black metal bands something to worry about — and deservedly so.” — Echoes & Dust, on Sovereigns

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