Greek atmospheric black metallers Lucifer's Child has announced their long-awaited third studio album, The Illuminant, slated for release on 28 March via Agonia Records. The band's return is marked by a new single, "Antichrist", available for streaming below.
After a seven-year slumber which Lucifer's Child slipped into following its last full-length The Order - a slumber veiled in shadow and silence - the Greek black metal quartet reawakens the fire which never fully ceased to burn or amaze. In a phoenix-like reprise, the group channels the heights of its esoteric ponder and the depths of its harrowing despair into The Illuminant.
The album marks a profound evolution in Lucifer's Child's sound, aspiring to "a journey deeper into the abyss and the emotions, where the extreme meets the melodic, and the unseen becomes manifest", points out co-founder/guitarist George Emmanuel (ex-Rotting Christ, ex-Chaostar, Necromantia). "Our new album represents a bold evolution in our sound. It is an intense journey that blends the dark, the emotion, and the melody. With eight blasphemous tracks, it is both a reckoning and a revelation, a fire that consumes but also renews. This is our revelation, and we can't wait to share its intensity across the stages."
The Illuminant was produced, mixed and mastered by George Emmanuel at Pentagram Studio (Demonical, Septicflesh, Necromantia), except for the drums recorded at Pale Blue Dot Studios. The album's cover artwork was hand-drawn by Daniele Valeriani (Dark Funeral, Mayhem). Link
The Illuminant tracklist:
1. Antichrist
2. As Bestas
3. The Serpent And The Rod
4. Ichor
5. Righteous Flama
6. Curse
7. The heavens die
8. And all is prelude
Lucifer's Child - live/tour dates:
20.04.2025 - Dark Easter Metal Meeting DE
15-16.05.2025 - Dat Unland Fier Fest DE
27.05-07.06.2025 - Latin America TBC
18.09.2025 - Metal Im Woid DE
08.10.2025 - House Of Metal SWE
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