Following chillingly dark recent single "Walking Wounded", the USA-based doom metal dealers Frayle are pleased to reveal details about their upcoming third full-length, Heretics & Lullabies, due on 10 October via Napalm Records.

Frayle has been lauded as one of the fastest-rising, most haunting active modern doom metal outfits of late, infusing its sound with eclectic elements and now reinventing its trademark spectral sonic profile. Merging the heaviness of occult-driven doom and blackgaze with frontwoman Gwyn Strang's distinctively eerie vocal stylings and the crushing guitars of Sean Bilovecky, the band has fully realised its "lullabies of chaos" musical vision with Heretics & Lullabies.

Alongside the album announcement, Frayle has launched a cover of Lana Del Rey's favourite, "Summertime Sadness". Embers of the original slowly burn through the band's ethereal, shadowy sonic rework of the hit song, providing a fitting closer to the summer season as autumn looms near.

Frayle on the "Summertime Sadness" cover: "We've always been fans of songwriting with notes of melancholy, no matter what the genre. Hearing 'Summertime Sadness' for the first time was special. Everything seemed to fall into place for us with little resistance on this song. It was the first rough mix we got back from our producer. He added the pause before the breath leading into the first chorus and upon hearing it, we knew we had something special".

Following head-turning performances at international festivals such as Damnation, Desertfest, Soul Crusher, Gloomnar, Post Fest and Inkcarceration, Frayle vows to enrapture audiences everywhere with Heretics & Lullabies. Recorded by Frayle and produced, mixed and mastered by Aaron Chaparian at Iron Audio (Bleeding Through, Harms Way), Heretics & Lullabies is a must-listen for any fan of doom, post-metal or atmosphere-heavy alt-rock, but also a pristinely phantomic journey for any heavy music fan as it maintains its accessible edge throughout. 

The album kicks off with the first single "Walking Wounded", a whispering wall-of-sound that crushes with spine-tingling stacks of harmony. The deeply punishing atmosphere continues into the second track, "Summertime Sadness", an entirely reworked doom-laden cover of the Lana Del Rey hit. Airy anthem "Boo" injects mid-tempo flavour and multifaceted vocal balance into the album as crushing weight lands alongside each hook, with bending guitar tone and dark, sparkling atmosphere swirling amid pounding percussion. Mid-album cuts such as "Demons" and "Glass Blown Heart" flirt with threateningly macabre lyrical poetry and otherworldly melody, while glacially-paced anthems "Souvenirs Of Your Betrayal" - described as a deeply personal look at the depths of despair after a painful deception - and "Run" double down on the aggressive, suffocatingly beautiful ambience and Gwyn Strang's shimmering, beckoning vocal timbre. Hair-raising "Hymn For The Living" and standout single "Heretic" inject heavy rock edge and arena-ready drums into the mix, before the album concludes with droning melodic masterpiece "Only Just Once" - an unforgettable closer to this colossal modern doom compendium.

Heretics and hypocrites beware - Heretics & Lullabies will perpetually etch itself into the darkest corners of your psyche, taking deeper hold with each spin. The "Walking Wounded" video is HERE. Link

Heretics & Lullabies tracklist:
01. Walking Wounded
02. Summertime Sadness
03. Boo
04. Demons
05. Souvenirs Of Your Betrayal
06. Glass Blown Heart
07. Hymn For The Living
08. Run
09. Heretic
10. Only Just Once