Respected purveyors of the most cultured, melodic and melancholic doom/death metal, France's Inborn Suffering has announced a new alliance with Ardua Music, a label whose roster is overflowing with riches of the gravest and most majestic of bands. The band and label will unveil the first new Inborn Suffering album since 2010 - Pale Grey Monochrome. This stunning collection of songs preserves the mournful, reflective soul of Inborn Suffering, reaching new heights of melodic beauty and plunging to new depths of absolute desolation and despair. Set for release on 7 February 2025, Pale Grey Monochrome will capture the hearts of the doomed and the damned, all devotees of the most sombre and introspective sounds.

Inborn Suffering was formed in Paris in 2002 and, over the following eight years, established itself as a master of doom, spinning tragic tales across foundations of colossal riffs and ethereal melody. The band has performed alongside fellow overlords of the doom/death underground like Swallow The Sun, Saturnus and Mourning Beloveth and produced two critically acclaimed albums, Wordless Hope and Regression To Nothingness, before stepping away from the scene in 2010. It would be eleven years before Inborn Suffering began to stir again, but the new music began to flow when the flame of creativity was alight once more. Pale Grey Monochrome was recorded in 2024 and mastered by Déhà of Opus Magnum Studio (Wolvennest, Deadspace, Decline Of The I, etc).

Ardua Music was happy to welcome the rejuvenated Inborn Suffering to its ranks and, in February, will not only release the new Pale Grey Monochrome album but also reissue both previous Inborn Suffering albums.

The first taste of Pale Grey Monochrome's moribund magnificence, "From Lowering Tides", is now out. Link