Tribunal - In Penitence And Ruin - LP

Tribunal returns with their sophomore album, ‘In Pentinence and Ruin’, an elegy most grievous and forlorn, descending deeper into the solemn abyss of woe. 2023’s debut ‘The Weight of Remembrance’ set a high bar for the Canadians becoming one of the year’s most notable and praised Doom releases, leading Decibel Mag to include the band’s new album in their annual list of most anticipated releases. Tribunal took their time and crafted an opus of enormous scope to echo evermore through halls long abandoned.

Having expanded into a fully fleshed out 5 piece band and live unit, ‘In Penitence and Ruin’ has a wider lens of cohesion and maturity weaving together the widow’s wail of doleful strings, chilling keys and percussion that tolls like the iron bell of fate. These elements ornament the monolithic foundation of crushing dirge and funereal melodies hewn from the marrow of sorrow itself. The duality between the wistful, impassioned singing of vocalist / cellist Soren Morne and agonized growls from guitarist / vocalist Etinne Flinn bind with resolute tread and stride forth into darkness, traversing a path lit only by the pale glow of distant lament.

FFO: Candlemass, Blood Ceremony, My Dying Bride, Draconian, Woods Of Yrpes, Theatre of Tragedy, Jex Thoth

Side A:
1. Incarnadine / 2. A Wound Unhealing / 3. Angel of Mercy / 4. The Sword of the Slain / 5. Ruin

Side B:
6. The Penitent / 7. Armoured in Shadow / 8. ...And the Thorn-Choked Flowers Grow / 9. Between the Sea and Stars