REEKING AURA: NY/NJ Death Crew With Current/Former Grey Skies Fallen, Thætas, Afterbirth, Artificial Brain Members Issues New Single/Video; On The Promise Of The Moon LP Out April 17th On Profound Lore Records

New York City/New Jersey-based death squad REEKING AURA – uniting current and former members of Grey Skies Fallen, Artificial Brain, Afterbirth, Buckshot Facelift, Thætas, Brave The Waters, Trog, and many others – today issues a new video for “Sifting For Fungal Inheritance (A Mildewey, Alcrid Mulch).” The song marks the latest preview of their atmospheric second LP, On The Promise Of The Moon, nearing release through Profound Lore Records.

Tracked by Keith Moore at OK Recording Studios in Kinderhook, New York, mixed and mastered by the legendary Dan Swanö (Bloodbath, Edge Of Sanity, Grey Skies Fallen), and completed with cover art by premier Moldova painter Ion Carchelan, On The Promise Of The Moon builds on the REEKING AURA sound with an ominous, melodic atmosphere that does not compromise their brutal, guttural New York death metal roots. The album also features contributions from guest vocalists Eston Browne (Vulnificus) and Jon Berg (The Path), as well as string arrangements by Ben Karas (Slaughtersun).

REEKING AURA’s video for “Sifting For Fungal Inheritance (A Mildewey, Alcrid Mulch)” combines live footage filmed at a recent show at Mother Pugs Saloon on Staten Island by NYC Metal Scene and Craig Rossi, edited by Rossi.

Vocalist Will Smith writes, “‘The song is a slight departure from the rest of the album, showcasing the bands explosive grindcore chops while still leaving room for dissonant lead guitar work and guttural stomps. With a lyrical narrative from the perspective of a mushroom harvester who has consumed the wrong fungi while deep in a secluded forest, it’s another chapter of accidents to be filed under ‘agricultural death metal’.

REEKING AURA’s “Sifting For Fungal Inheritance (A Mildewey, Alcrid Mulch)” video is now playing HERE.

On The Promise Of The Moon will be released on LP, CD, and digital formats next Friday, April 17th via Profound Lore Records. Find preorders, presaves, merch, and more where the title track and “What Only Worms Witness” visualizer are playing HERE.

REEKING AURA has also booked a Bandcamp Listening party for this Monday, April 13th at 8pm Eastern where they’ll be chatting with fans about the record. RSVP HERE.

REEKING AURA Live:
5/09/2026 Rage Of Metaljuana @ The Meadows – Brooklyn, NY w/ Sathanas, Sickbay

While its members are all longtime veterans of the New York City/New Jersey underground, REEKING AURA is far from a side project. This group’s encompassing sound is equal parts captivatingly immersive and utterly devastating, infusing technicality with infectious melodies and curious tones into their thundering foundation of East Coast brutal death metal. The band began in 2019 and promptly recorded their debut EP, Beneath The Canopy Of Compost, and debut album, Blood And Bonemeal, both with Colin Marston in Queens, NYC, followed by the succinctly savage Fires In Deep Frost EP in February of 2025. In addition to playing gigs around the greater New York City/North New Jersey area supporting Malevolent Creation, Horrendous, Crypt Sermon, and Mortician, they have toured the Northeast and Southeast US with Replicant, Atoll, Pyrexia, Hath, Animals Killing People, False Gods, and Carrion Vael.

With their formidable presence now well-known far beyond their hometown region, REEKING AURA now arrives with their monstrous second album On The Promise Of The Moon. Returning from the first album are guitarists Terrell Grannum (Thaetas), and Rick Habeeb (Grey Skies Fallen, Buckshot Facelift) as well as vocalist William Smith (Afterbirth, Buckshot Facelift, ex-Artificial Brain). Drummer Hudson Barth (Trog) and bassist TJ Coon (Trog, Sentient Horror) round-out the lineup, and bring fresh blood to the band, with all members having contributed to the writing process of the new record.

“Brutality isn’t everything. Yes, even when it comes to death metal. Listen, we all love an album written to peel the scalp off your skull, but if that’s all a band’s offering nowadays, they’re probably gonna fall short. REEKING AURA get it, and On The Promise Of The Moon is the proof… And that is consistent throughout the album, with the band turning what could have been rote sections into hooks, layering melodies and adding clean passages that aren’t just volume breaks, but have their own dynamics and emotional builds.” – Decibel Magazine

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