Vicious Italian cult The Secret returns in 2018, with new live performances as well as the impending release of their first new material in six years. Following three years without communication between members, the band regrouped under the same roof for the first time since 2015 to record Lux Tenebris, a three-song act in sonic exploration of the theme of the sepulchre. It will be released by Southern Lord on August 31st and you can now watch a brief trailer below.





Description provided by the label: "The twenty-minute Lux Tenebris EP sees The Secret abandoning the minimalistic approach of the previous two albums, the band expanding its sound by adding more layered and textural guitar work to the primordial destructive aggression that distinguished the Solve Et Coagula and Agnus Dei LPs. While still physical and confrontational, these songs show no concern for mortality and forget time and decay, creating new room for resonation and atmosphere. Lux Tenebris is an ode to the eternal night suspended beyond life and death."

Southern Lord will issue The Secret's Lux Tenebris as part of the label's special twentieth anniversary subscription series with a small portion of the pressing to be available via label direct mailorder. The 12″ vinyl pressing bears the three tracks on the A-side, with a silkscreened B-side; the EP will also be released on all digital platforms.

You can also catch The Secret live this summer at the following dates:

6/16/2018 Saint Helena Festival - Munich, DE w/ Converge, Dark Buddha Rising, Kringa
8/12/2018 Cudi Purci Festival - Budapest, HU w/ High On Fire, Pillorian
8/18/2018 Frantic Festival - Francavilla al Mare, IT w/ Sadistic Intent, Bölzer, Enslaved




Lux Tenebris track listing:

1. Vertigo
2. The Sorrowful Void
3. Cupio Dissolvi

Source:	southernlord.com
Band profile:	The Secret