Paris (France)-based melodic doom/death masters Inborn Suffering returns to the scene, signing a new deal with the esteemed Ardua Music and preparing to release the album of their career, Pale Grey Monochrome.
Inborn Suffering quickly established themselves as one of their country's premier exponents of majestic, melodic doom death. They released two exceptional albums, 2006's Wordless Hope and 2010's Regression To Nothingness, played numerous high-profile shows alongside the likes of Swallow The Sun, Saturnus, and Mourning Beloveth, and then slowly slipped away into years of silence.
The upcoming album, Pale Grey Monochrome features all the trademarks of Inborn Suffering's music – the crushing weight and towering majesty, the piercing emotion and beautiful guitar melodies, the aching vocal lines and sombre gravitas – but Inborn Suffering have returned not to match their past endeavours, but to surpass them. They have ventured further than ever before into the depths of despair and human suffering, they have poured every drop of their sorrows into the sublime, melancholic melodies that unwind around the staggering riffs.
Ardua Music will unveil Pale Grey Monochrome's procession of desolation on 7 February 2025, complete with the arresting artwork of Franck Besançon (Maveth, Solemn Lament, Silent Hill: Townfall etc) and the intuitive mixing and mastering of Déhà of Opus Magnum Studio (Abduction, Deadspace, Wolvennest etc). An honour guard for this superlative release will be provided by Inborn Suffering's two revered early albums, Wordless Hope and Regression To Nothingness, which Ardua Music will also reissue in February, creating a perfect triptych of tragedy.
The brand new revealed single is "The Oak". The song carries the weight of meaning and emotion and it is stunning in its power and potency. Speaking about "The Oak" the band comments: "'The Oak' is a poetic journey through despair and rebirth, the text explores forgotten truths and the collapse of illusions. Themes of divine absence, decay, and rage intertwine with imagery of ashes, sorrow, and renewal. Amid hollow emptiness and shattered identities, it envisions revival and rage-fueled transcendence."
The first taste of Pale Grey Monochrome's moribund magnificence, "From Lowering Tides", was previously published over HERE. Link
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