East Anglian post‑black metal outfit Fen have served another advance track from their forthcoming opus, Elemental Part One: Mourning Earth, poised to see the light of day on 21 August through Prophecy Productions.

Their latest offering, "Massif", stands as one of the album's most dynamic and expansive compositions, revealing the group's deep roots in the distinctly English strain of black metal as it gradually unfolds from evocative, cinematic acoustics into a ferocious, towering beast.

Fen's mastermind Frank "The Watcher" Allain reflects on the track's theme: "As the first of a two-part centrepiece song on the album, 'Massif' speaks of the rearing, jagged splendour of upheaved bedrock and the unforgiving nature of the mountain range. There is no mercy here – no surcease or yielding to the procession of ages – and in this, we see reflected back at us not only the inconsequential nature of our own existences, but the utterly uncaring nature of the reality in which we find ourselves. The cold rock of the 'Massif' cares not whether we live, die, or ever existed in the first place. Musically, the song sets out slowly, quiet tones slithering towards us, akin to the first whisper of the chill winds that wreathe the slopes. It builds as we approach, the leaden skies and blackened crags rendered in huge chords and desperate screams. And then – the breath of ages, forced into the throats of sorrow. On the album, the ending shifts into the beginning of the second part without a break".

Further details about the band and their upcoming Elemental Part One: Mourning Earth, alongside the previously revealed video single, are available HERE. Link