On November 28th last year the masked black metal coven of Suffering unleashed the sinister, insidious evil of Things Seen But Always Hidden through their label, Apocalyptic Witchcraft, eliciting nervous praise from across the metal world; with Metal Hammer proclaiming album track ‘Hell On Earth New Eden‘ one of the best metal songs of 2025. Now, in celebration of the international Record Store Day event, the band are set to release a special splatter vinyl version of the album, strictly limited to just 100 copies. Move fast if you want to get your hands on one of these magnificent collectors’ pieces.
“Things Seen But Always Hidden is an enveloping nightmarish journey through temptation and spiritual destruction, an immersion in contrasting states of terror and ecstasy – it bewilders, consumes and possesses the power to change and scar. Each song seeps into the next, binding them into a grimoire of dehumanising ritual, yet they exist as powerful individual entities. There is ‘Enthralled’, constructed from classic black metal riffs and raw vocal exhortations…and something more, something imperceptible but profoundly affecting; ‘What Once Was Shall Be Again And What Is Shall Be No More’, a glimpse beyond the veil, a fall down the endless paths of inherited memory that binds you to this album, this place constructed from arcane sound; the fear filled and imperious ‘Hell On Earth New Eden’, driven by a ravenous, unholy hunger…each chapter in this tome of unmaking and desecration will burn itself into your mind. A fusion of blackest metal, ritualistic doom and unsettling, distressing atmosphere Things Seen But Always Hidden will never leave you, no matter where you run.”
In other exciting news, Suffering have announced that they will be heading to Ireland this Summer, for a brace of live dates with the renowned Abigail Williams! See this coalition of dark forces at:
The Soundhouse – Dublin – June 4th
Abigail Williams, Suffering & Soothsayer
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Voodoo Belfast – Belfast – June 5th
Abigail Williams, Imperial Demonic & Suffering
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Speaking about these upcoming shows Suffering have stated:
“We have wanted to play Ireland for many years now but the opportunity has never come up. So we are extremely pleased to finally get the chance to get over there and even more pleased to be doing it with the great Abigail Williams. As long term fans of the band we are very excited to be sharing a stage with them!”
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