Release Date September 4th, 2026
Format CD
Genre Atmospheric Black/Funeral/Doom Metal
Origin Australia
Exitium Sui is a one man atmospheric black and funeral doom metal band from Perth, Australia, formed in 2020 by E.S., also known as the vocalist of Deadspace. The project is focused on bleak spiritual and psychological themes, placing black metal extremity against the immense slowness and desolation of funeral doom. E.S. handles the music, vocals, recording, production, mixing and mastering, making Exitium Sui a fully personal project. Guest vocals from Drew James Griffiths appear on the sixth track, while Anett Gebauer handles the artwork, photography and layout. After a two year gap, "Unravelling" arrives as the second full statement from the project, following its earlier material and continuing its descent into death, despair and metaphysical darkness.
"Unravelling" places the black metal side of Exitium Sui much closer to the surface, with funeral-doom remaining the dominant force in the pacing and atmosphere. The keyboards have a smaller role here, allowing the guitars and vocals to shape more of the album's bleak landscape. The riffs move through long, oppressive stretches, often relying on repetition and slow harmonic changes to create a feeling of isolation. E.S.'s vocals are deeper and more present, shifting between abyssal growls and tortured black metal howls, while the guest appearance adds another voice to the album's bleak vocal palette.
The production is raw enough to preserve the coldness of the compositions, while the individual elements remain distinguishable across the slower sections. Lyrically, the record deals with the darker corners of the human psyche, spiritual emptiness, seclusion and depravity, themes that connect closely with the music's funeral atmosphere. There is little comfort here, and the album spends most of its length immersed in desolation, with the blackened passages adding movement to the otherwise glacial approach. "Unravelling" is a grim, uncompromising listen that sits comfortably between atmospheric black metal and funeral doom, with E.S. pushing both styles into a bleak and deeply personal space.
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