NECROFIER Presents “Fires Of The Apocalypse, Light My Path I” Video; Transcend Into Oblivion Full-Length Out Now On Metal Blade Records

Watch/stream NECROFIER’s “Fires Of The Apocalypse, Light My Path I” HERE.

Houston, Texas-based black metal alchemists NECROFIER are pleased to present their new video for “Fires Of The Apocalypse, Light My Path I.” The track comes by way of the band’s Transcend Into Oblivion full-length, released February 27th on Metal Blade Records.

NECROFIER is rewriting the rulebook in their own blood. Since 2018, the quartet has applied a spicy Texan intensity to the icy atmospheres of mid-‘90s Norway and Transcend Into Oblivion deploys their modus operandi with more power, conviction and ingenuity than ever before. Here, NECROFIER crafts a modern classic of the form, where tempestuous squalls of extremity are punctuated by sinister, melancholic, otherworldly melodies, twinkling in the gloom like will-o’-the-wisps on a black night.

Of “Fires Of The Apocalypse, Light My Path I,” vocalist/guitarist Bakka comments, “The beginning when your eyes see for the first time. Something in you has changed but you don’t know what it is yet. You’re drawn to it, it consumes you. You are not the person you were before, but you don’t know why and how yet. New beginnings burn deep in the soul.”

Watch NECROFIER’s video for “Fires Of The Apocalypse, Light My Path I” HERE. 

Watch NECROFIER’s previously released video for “Servants Of Darkness, Guide My Way I” HERE and “Fires Of The Apocalypse, Light My Path III” HERE.  

Transcend Into Oblivion was recorded at Southwing Studios and House Of Thorns in Houston, Texas, produced and engineered by Joel Hamilton with assistant engineering by Chris Kritikos, and mixed by Joel Hamilton at Studio G in Brooklyn, New York. The record features artwork by José Gabriel Alegría Sabogal (Whoredom Rife, Mephorash, Exhumation, Beheaded) and is available on CD and digital formats as well as 2xLP w/ etching on Side D + four-page insert and DLC in the following color variants:

Cosmic Storm (Clear Brown Black Marbled) – (US)
180g black – (EU)
Enchantment (Cloudy Clear/Red Marbled) – (EU – Ltd. 500)
Transcend (Gold W/ Black Splatter) – (EU – Ltd. 300)
Cursed (Black Powder Splatter) – (EU – Ltd. 200; Band Exclusive)

Preview/purchase the record at metalblade.com/necrofier.

NECROFIER will play a special one off show with Acid Bath, Obituary, and High On Fire in March as well as San Luis Metal Festival and Maryland Deathfest in May. Stay tuned for additional live dates, including a full European tour, to be announced in the weeks to come.

NECROFIER Live:
3/28/2026 White Oak Music Hall Lawn – Houston, TX w/ Acid Bath, Obituary, High On Fire
5/16/2026 San Luis Metal Festival – San Luis Potosí, MX
5/22/2026 Maryland Deathfest – Baltimore, MD

While the US has had a black metal scene since the early ‘90s, developing in its own obscure, eccentric directions, NECROFIER are among a gathering spearhead of US bands taking the genre’s ancient Scandinavian roots and replanting them on a wide American prairie. “Black metal in America has always been different than in Europe,” Bakka asserts, “but I think there’s been a siren song in the US for this style of black metal to be created here. Something in the zeitgeist has pulled it forward, and bands like Uada, Hulder, Lamp of Murmuur, Blackbraid, and Cloak have all been really carrying the torch. Some of the reason is that America is starving when it comes to it; we rarely see European black metal tours. I think it created something where we and the others had to walk the left-hand path so we can have this in America.”

As is evinced by Transcend Into Oblivion’s song titles, themes and lyrics are conceptually linked with the number three playing an especially significant role on this, their third LP, a three-act structure comprising three three-part suites, separated by three instrumentals. Notes Bakka, “Transcend Into Oblivion is based on a Luciferian Dark Night Of The Soul. ‘Fires Of The Apocalypse, Light My Path’ is the awakening. The first three songs are experiences and dreams that were happening as this change began, and I questioned everything I was doing. It starts feeling as though a new fire has been lit, but it grows dark as we venture into the second act, ‘Servants Of Darkness, Guide My Way.’ This is the struggle and torment that comes along with the awakening. Realizing things from the past are no longer true and you see the world in a different way, and it isn’t easy. This leads into Act III, ‘Horns Of Destruction, Lift My Blade.’ This is the rebirth or accession. You have been transformed; you are not who you were before. You see the world differently and you take what is yours.”

“…a fully cohesive, absolutely crushing work…” – Decibel Magazine

“…the finest full-length experience released under the NECROFIER name to date as we find ‘going big’ with an idea generally pays off here… an entertaining step-up for the group which rewards the patient listener with a well-curated hourlong spiritual transformation…” – Mystification ‘Zine

“The album is extreme, but never one-dimensional, brutal and at the same time imbued with an ominous beauty. The songs unfold in powerful arcs of tension, in which chaotic outbursts meet melancholic, almost ethereal melodies…” – Deaf Forever

“Behind ‘Fires Of The Apocalypse, Light My Path,’ ‘Horns Of Destruction, Lift My Blade,’ and ‘Servants Of Darkness, Guide My Way’ lies a concept based on the number three, which represents awakening, the struggle with knowledge, and ascension or rebirth… This is not light fare, and musically, NECROFIER naturally indulges in the extreme. Oldschool black metal, albeit with a melodic touch, somewhere between Watain, Necrophobic, and Dissection.” – Metal Hammer

“…a fierce attack that’s more pointed and purposeful than all that has come before. The expected and desired histrionics of black metal — cold tremolo picking, slicing blasts and high-register screeches — are all in tow.” – Blabbermouth

“The band blends the fiery directness of the Texan scene with the cool, melodic black metal language of the Scandinavian’ 90s; stormy passages stand alongside melancholically ethereal melodies, without any motif degenerating into mere ornamentation…” – Rockhard Germany

“…this is certified corpse-paint wearing, squeezing invisible oranges black metal that would make Frost grimace! I mean, moreso.” – Jersey Beat

“NECROFIER’s ambition pays dividends. Act II alone justifies the album’s existence, proving they’re more than just melodic black metal revivalists. By wedding conceptual depth to technical prowess, the Texan quartet have crafted the rising American black metal scene’s most compelling statement.” – Distorted Sound 

“NECROFIER has created some of the best black metal released in a while. Totally essential!” – Metal Rules

NECROFIER:
Bakka – vocals, guitar
Semir Özerkan – guitar
Mat Aleman – bass
Dobber Beverly – drums

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