03/06/2026 08:16

Yoth Iria

Yoth Iria: 3rd album 'Gone with the Devil' coming in May

Greek black metal band Yoth Iria are getting ready for the release of their third full-length album, 'Gone with the Devil'. It will be out on May 8th, 2026, via Metal Blade Records.

Track listing:
1. Dare to Rebel
2. Woven Spells of a Demon
3. The Blind Eye of Antichrist
4. I, Totem
5. 3am
6. Give 'Em My Beautiful Hell
7. Once in a Blue Moon
8. Blessed Be He Who Enters
9. The End of the Known Civilization
10. Harut, Government, Fallen

Yoth Iria's trajectory has been on a steep ascent since crafty 2021 debut 'As the Flame Withers' and 2024's hypnotic 'Blazing Inferno', but there has audibly been a concerted determination to develop and expand in sinister new directions. "The creative workflow was similar to 'Blazing Inferno', yet we deliberately pushed ourselves to bring new elements into our music. We kept the immediacy of 'Blazing Inferno', the psychedelia of 'As the Flame Withers', and all the characteristics people expect from Hellenic black metal, while adding fresh sounds and atmospheres never before heard from Yoth Iria."

The daemonic avatar Yoth Iria was first explicitly summoned on Rotting Christ's legendary debut 'Thy Mighty Contract' in 1993. Bassist/lyricist Jim Mutilator formed that band as Black Church in 1984, before also becoming a founder member of cult Athenian BM heroes Varathron for their first five years. Renewing the otherworldly atmospheres and occult ravishment for a new era, Yoth Iria functions almost as the third panel in an apocalyptic triptych of Hellenic black metal excellence.

With its windswept intro, rock-steady snap, jubilant solo and duelling harmonies, album opener 'Dare To Rebel' is a useful pointer to the more accessible, classic heavy metal influences of 'Gone with the Devil'. The elegant sound and smooth, sinuous arrangements mark a distinct hike in quality at every level, each song ready to roll as an engaging addition to the live set. Predominantly stately tempos ensure the dark riffs, memorable melodies, and flamboyant leads have space to breathe their fire, so that the blastbeats, when they come – as during the mid-section of haunting highlight and lead single 'The Blind Eye of Antichrist' – devastate even more utterly. Flecks of Mediterranean folk and gothic cadences further expand the band's sonic palate, while there are countless melodies so atavistically simple and primally satisfying they could be a thousand years old.

The band further comments on 'The Blind Eye of Antichrist': "True change begins when we refine our character, discipline, and inner power. A transformed person creates a transformed reality. Personal evolution becomes a universal shift – a new order of existence. The world changes when the self is reborn."

The album will be released on following formats:
- digipak CD (EU)
- jewelcase CD (USA)
- red electric blue melt vinyl (US)
- 180g Black vinyl(EU)
- oxblood black merged (EU – limited to 500)
- oxblood blue silver merged (EU – limited to 250)
- gold black splatter (EU – limited to 250)

(source: Metal Blade Records)