Swallow The Sun have announced that their new album “When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light” will be released on January 25. That effort will be preceded by a standalone 14-minute single titled “Lumina Aurea.” That release will be available on 12-inch vinyl and digitally on December 21.

The following was said about the releases:

“Fueled by personal loss (the album title has its origins in Trees of Eternity’s “Broken Mirror”) and powered by the will to continue, “When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light” showcases the group’s ability to maintain its signature sound while expanding upon horizons and diving deeper into the crevasse of doom-death metal. Even though the single and the album are conceptually connected, they are musically completely different. While “Lumina Aurea” – featuring Wardruna’s Einar Selvik and The Foreshadowing’s Marco I. Benevento – marks the band’s darkest and most sinister piece of music the band has ever released, “When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light” follows a more positive approach and continues in the vein of previous albums – first-rate death-doom in the typical style of SWALLOW THE SUN.”

“When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light” Track Listing:

01. “When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light”
02. “The Crimson Crown”
03. “Firelights”
04. “Upon The Water”
05. “Stone Wings”
06. “Clouds On Your Side”
07. “Here On The Black Earth”
08. “Never Left”

“Lumina Aurea” Track Listing:

01. “Lumina Aurea”
02. “Lumina Aurea” (instrumental version)