Doomed

by Defacement

Doomed cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 22 Aug 2025
  • Label: Unorthodox Emanations
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Length: 41:07
  • Community rating: 3.96/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Mark Bestia, Forsaken Ahmed, Tadzio, Khalil Azagoth

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Doomed' is the fourth studio record from international quartet Defacement, presenting a disorienting and deeply introspective descent into psychological collapse. The album blends the visceral power of dissonant blackened death metal with atmospheric noise and doom textures, constructing a landscape of emotional desolation through chaotic, heavily layered instrumentation. Balancing raw, punishing aggression with moments of warped melody, the compositions explore themes of identity erosion and existential futility, acting as a complex and harrowing reckoning.

Genres

Descriptors: dissonant, technical, atonal, downtempo, claustrophobic, experimental, bleak, extreme

Tracklist

  1. Mournful (02:24)
  2. Portrait (05:42)
  3. Unexplainable (08:53)
  4. Forlorn (02:32)
  5. Worthless (06:50)
  6. Unrecognised (06:11)
  7. Clouding (02:15)
  8. Absent (06:20)

Credits

  • Forsaken Ahmed - vocals, bass
  • Khalil Azagoth - guitars
  • Tadzio - guitars
  • Mark Bestia - drums
  • Brendan Sloan - mastering, engineer [rhythm and bass guitars reamped by], mixed by, mastered by, producer [additional]
  • Kjetil Karlsen - cover art
  • Federico Ferretti (2) - engineer [drums], recorded by [drums]
  • Gabriele Gramaglia - engineer [drums], recorded by [drums]

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