Release Date April 20th, 2026
Format Digital/CD
Genre Esoteric Dark Ambient/Doom/Electronica
Origin United Kingdom
Born from the gloom of South Africa, The Medea Project has always been a strange beast, dragging doom metal through a hedge of experimental misery. After the raw power of their live showing at Dingwalls, they’ve decided to let Lucifer X, the mastermind behind St. Lucifer, tear their songs apart and stitch them back together. This is a total descent into a basement full of flickering shadows and ancient ghosts.
"Akkadian Artefacts" is a trip for those of us who like our music to sound like a funeral in a derelict factory. By stripping away the traditional metal skeleton, these versions let the pitch-black atmosphere take over the room. It is a bleak, cold experience that trades in soaring riffs for a lingering sense of dread. This is for sitting in the dark and feeling the walls close in.
The vocals from Brett Minnie are a real trip here. Without the usual wall of sound behind them, his voice sounds like it’s echoing off the walls of a tomb. It’s haunting to hear the lyrics isolated like this, making the themes of fallen gods and dying suns feel a lot more personal and bitter. The way "Ghosts In The Shell" and "Cave Dweller" have been reconfigured makes them feel like entirely different entities, dragging the listener into a trance that is hard to shake off.
There is a real sense of desolation throughout this release. "The Drone Song (Desertion)" is a perfect example of how to make a listener feel completely lost in the void. The electronics are cold and calculated, working to create a world where the sun has finally given up. By the time the final echoes of "Redacted" fade out, the silence that follows feels heavier than it did before you pressed play. It is a grim journey, but one that feels honest in its pessimism.
This is a brave move for a band rooted in doom, and while it might alienate the purists who only want distorted guitars, it hits the mark for the rest of us. It is an unsettling, atmospheric piece of work that turns familiar songs into something far more ghostly. Lucifer X did a number on these tracks, and the result is a vision of the end times that stays with you long after the speakers go dead.
Damage done @: 7.0
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