New album, “Songs Of Praise”, out on August 22nd!
Six years after emerging from the shadows with their critically acclaimed debut Stagmata, UK doom metal collective Bleeding Antlers return with their long-awaited sophomore album, Songs of Praise, arriving August 22, 2026.
Born from what was originally meant to be nothing more than a stag party adventure across Europe in 2016, Bleeding Antlers transformed an unlikely brotherhood into one of underground doom’s most distinctive voices. Blending crushing doom metal with progressive rock, sleaze, folk shanties, and gothic atmosphere, the band has carved out a sound that is both theatrical and deeply immersive.
Where Stagmata introduced the world to Bleeding Antlers, Songs of Praise pushes their vision even further into the darkness.
“Stagmata was us finding the sound of Bleeding Antlers. Songs of Praise is us learning what to do with the silence around it. More space, more weight, and a lot darker in tone than Stagmata. ”
Produced, mixed, and mastered by Simon Bismarck, Songs of Praise presents seven haunting compositions that explore temptation, loss, mythology, mortality, and spiritual conflict. Despite its title, this is no traditional hymnbook. These are songs of devotion aimed toward altogether different altars.
From the apocalyptic groove of When the Sun Bursts to the folk-horror atmosphere of Meet Me in the Woods at Midnight, the Norse-inspired weight of Fimbulwinter, and the haunting reinterpretation of Lana Del Rey’s Blue Jeans, the album offers a diverse yet cohesive journey through doom-laden storytelling. It concludes with Crooked Lines, an epic meditation on faith, temptation, and the eternal struggle between light and darkness.
Bleeding Antlers first captured attention with Stagmata, earning widespread praise throughout the underground metal community.
