The ancient gate is open. From it, horrors old, evil unbelievable, and spells ghastly unfold. Germany/Basque Region-based death metal spirits Sijjin have made the call, and there’s no turning back. Sijjin — Arabic for “vehement” or “a terrible place in the bottom of Hell” — are comprised of bassist/vocalist Malte Gericke (ex-Necros Christos), Iván Hernández (Extinction), and Ekaitz Garmendia (Extinction). The terrible troika blew the valley of Hinnom wide open with their blessedly sick Angel of the Eastern Gate demo in 2019. Now, the terrors of a forgotten age return for another strike of the copper spear into the heart of modern weakness. Indeed, the altar-ed madness of Sumerian Promises (Sepulchral Voice) is both harrowing and haunting, rife with dervish-paced passages, blackened unspoken spells, and wicked war drums. Sijjin are the fire within, lost to time, dust, and Abrahamic patriarchy/hegemony.
Says Sijjin bassist/vocalist Malte Gericke: “The sessions [for Sumerian Promises] were intense. Since we recorded the base frame of drums, guitar and bass live, we were absolutely immersed in our work as day and night became one. Our monastery was the studio, death, madness and metal the trinity we served. The morning after we finished the recordings, we had to bury one of the cats and found dead animals on the porch. The night before, I had sung the words, cat mummies gaze into the maze in “Darkness on Saqqara.” Storms are coming, volcanoes erupting, lava flows. Sumerian Promises shall unfold.”
The cultivation of knowledge and the benefits of its drink from temples sacred yet submerged Decibel and Sepulchral Voice digitally herewith present Sijjin’s Sumerian Promises! DALKHU KASADU!
