Ever since they emerged from Greeceâs underground catacombs, Unverkalt have been drawn to the edge. On their upcoming third album, the post-metal luminaries finally plunge into the darkness thatâs always waited for them below. While wrestling with the weight of our accursed history, Héréditaire now stands as the bandâs heaviest and most heartfelt offering.
“…drifts from bleak-toned, but beautifully sung post-metal to hellfire black-metal blasting, and back again“, Revolver writes in naming the albumâs lead single, âDie Auslöschungâ, one of the best new songs of 2026.
Today, Unverkalt are releasing the third and final advanced single from Héréditaire. âIntrojectsâ breaks from the broken beliefs of the past with the bandâs newly blackened edge.
âWe often carry beliefs and ideas that were never ours but absorbed from the worlds of othersâ, Unverkalt says. âThese dead constructs linger just beneath the surface, quietly shaping us – until something breaks. Thereâs a moment of dissonance, a crack in the surface, a realization that the weight we carry isnât ours to bearâ.
Watch the bright and blistering video for âIntrojectsâ on the Season of Mist YouTube channel.
Héréditaire comes out February 27, 2026 on Season of Mist.
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https://orcd.co/unverkalthereditaire
Pre-save on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/prerelease/5ndUNl3HyjsagbOuQCrakn?si=QESfESdPQwqHTC5MKNX4Jw
Available Formats
CD Digipack
2Ã12â Vinyl Gatefold (Black)
2Ã12â Vinyl Gatefold (Black & Gold âSunburstâ)
Canât wait for Héréditaire? RSVP for the upcoming Bandcamp Listening Party and hear all nine heavy and heartfelt songs before the album comes out.
Héréditaire Bandcamp Listening Party
February 17 @ 1:30 pm Eastern Time
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Unverkalt are still possessed by a cinematic vision. Like the spell that falls over a darkened theater, âIntrojectsâ descends into a doomy trance beneath hypnotic bass tolls. âItâs all sorts of dead ideas / They cling to us all the sameâ, chimes Dimitra Kalavrezou. Her spellbinding cleans are still one of the bandâs defining traits, but the songâs piercing tremolo-picked melodies reveal their newly blackened edge.
âWe love to experiment with every albumâ, Unverkaltâs guitarist and primary composer Themis Ioanno says. âMy two favorite genres are black and post-metal. With Héréditaire, we wanted to blend the two together. The heavier direction hits harder on the heartâ.
Héréditaire marks a pulse-pounding new direction for Unverkalt, but their upcoming third album traces back to our deepest and darkest origins. With each headbanging chorus, âIntrojectsâ breaks further from widely held beliefs that were never ours but inherited like a disease passed down between generations. âWe just want our own way / Cut off from the sourceâ, Kalavrezou warns before all hell breaks lose. As if summoned from the fiery blast beats, her newly blackened screams bring the old pillars of society crumbling to the ground.
âThis song is a violent detachment from borrowed identitiesâ, Kalavrezou says. âIn that rupture, awakens the faint possibility of becoming something realâ.
âI enjoy discovering new, unique and compelling music in todayâs overwhelming world of information, and I believe I truly succeeded with Unverkaltâ, says Season of Mist labelmate and Rotting Christ frontman Sakis Tolis, whoâs featured on the monolithic âI, The Deceitâ from Héréditaire. âThis is an exceptional piece of art, worth every minute of listeningâ.
The video for âIntrojectsâ was produced by Unverkalt and directed by Themis Ioannou at RAWBITE Studio.
Additional video credits
Cinematography & Editing – Themis Ioannou
Camera Equipment Support – Marcus Sander
Choreography Director – Eli Mavrychev
Set Floor Manager – Stavros Maras
Backstage Photography – Heiko Kaminsky
Lighting – Hariolf âHarriâ Lemke
Costume Design / Styling РFeaturing pieces by AllSaints, Touch̩ Priv̩, Disturbia, Morgan De Toi
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