French black/death metal entity Bliss of Flesh has dropped the “The Awakening,” accompanied by a gripping music video, as the first preview from their forthcoming fifth record, Metempsychosis — Life or the Pact with Death (EN). The most introspective entry in Bliss of Flesh’s discography, this album, scheduled for 17 October 2025 via Black Lion Records on CD, vinyl, and digital, continues the band’s tradition of weaving music into vast conceptual frameworks. Metempsychosis is defined as the transmigration of the soul after death from one body to another.
Of “The Awakening,” Bliss of Flesh explains:
“This piece expresses the moment when the individual becomes aware of their state and the new environment revealed to them, imbued with decrepitude and fatalism. ‘The Awakening’ is an introspective monologue between the individual and the inner forces that drive and consume them, allowing them to transcend themselves and finally overcome the fatality that gnaws at them, to bargain and seal the pact that will allow them to regain control of their existence at the twilight of this new life.”
WATCH the Video for “The Awakening” Below; FIND the single on your preferred digital platforms AT THIS LOCATION
PRE-ORDER Metempsychosis on CD/LP/Digital/Merch HERE on the label’s Bandcamp or from other Distributors HERE.
Bliss of Flesh will support Gorgoroth on their “33-Year Anniversary Tour 2025 Part II” in Northern Europe, running from 16 to 26 October 2025 alongside their fellow label allies Carved Memories.They are also confirmed for Metal Earth fest (Brest, FR) and Douceur Noire Fest (Crosne, FR).
UPCOMING LIVE APPEARANCES
Gorgoroth “33-Year Anniversary Tour 2025 Part II” – Northern Europe
w/ Carved Memories, Shemhamforash
16.10.2025 – Roskilde, DEN / Gimle
17.10.2025 – Flensburg, GER / Roxy Concerts
18.10.2025 – Malmö, SWE / Plan B
19.10.2025 – Göteborg, SWE / Monument
20.10.2025 – Stockholm, SWE / Kollektivet Livet
22.10.2025 – Jyväskylä, FIN / Lutakko
23.10.2025 – Helsinki, FIN / Anniwalli
25.10.2025 – Tallinn, EST / Tapper Club
26.10.2025 – Riga, LAT / Melna Piektdiena
Festival Appearances:
14.11.2025 – Metal Earth Fest, Brest, FR
07.02.2026 – Douceur Noire Fest, Crosne, FR
For more than 25 years, Bliss of Flesh has steadily unfurled their sinister grandeur across four full-lengths and a host of mini-releases, while setting European stages ablaze with constant live appearances. The French horde has long embraced grand concepts to cloak their sublime black/death metal abominations, with the first three records descending into the visions of Dante’s Divine Comedy, and the fourth, Tyrant, drawing upon Étienne de La Boétie’s Le Discours de la Servitude Volontaire (The Voluntary Servitude Thesis). The latter confronts the unsettling paradox that what seems to be forced obedience is, in truth, a servitude freely embraced.
Bliss of Flesh’s forthcoming fifth album Metempsychosis, was written by Sikkardinal in the span of seven days, the music was fueled by an intense period of hatred. “The songwriting and arrangements dwell in insanity and torment, directly inspired by our cursed existences,” declares the band.
This new opus addresses Metempsychosis through the observation of an individual who helplessly witnesses their physical decline via the gradual deterioration of their five senses. This decline inexorably plunges them into a feverish emotional state, propelling an introspective journey through the various stages of loss and grief. Each loss engenders a new perception and a shifting apprehension of the future, forcing them to rediscover an altered body and a world that has become hellish: a mixture of fear and expectation, where the life they once knew becomes an endless circle of renewal, culminating in death — a portal to a new existence each time more destitute and altered.
The artwork was created by the acclaimed Hungarian artist Balázs Jacsó. The centerpiece is a chalice symbolizing the unconscious pact between the Individual and Existence. From birth, we live anathematized until our demise.
The album was mixed and mastered by Neb Xort at Drudenhaus Studio (France).
Glory or Damnation, Chaos then becomes the new Realm!
Track Listing:
1. A Loss
2. I Deny
3. Sacrifice
4. If Only
5. Verdammt
6. The Awakening [Music Video | Audio]
7. Adieu
8. Metempsychosis
9. Martyr
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