Blackened death metal is alive and vicious in Bakersfield, California. Agonysm — formed in 2024 — have just released their debut EP ‘Litany of Uncreation’, a sonic assault built as an uncompromising reflection of entropy, nihilism and humanity's own undoing. Out June 23, 2026, it is a statement of intent from a young band that already sounds fully formed.
‘Litany of Uncreation’ — A Blackened Death Metal EP
The EP fuses the tremolo-picked coldness and atmospheric dread of black metal with the low-end brutality, blast beats and guttural weight of death metal. Riffs coil and unravel, drums move between blasts and doom-heavy grooves, and the vocals shift between shrieks and gutturals to carry a lyrical world built around collapse, decay and the end of things.
This is not shock-value extremity for its own sake. ‘Litany of Uncreation’ reads more like a ritual — a stripped, deliberate reckoning with entropy and self-destruction — and it plays like one, too: dense, cinematic and unrelenting, with just enough melody bleeding through the walls of distortion to keep the listener locked in.
About Agonysm
Agonysm formed in 2024 in Bakersfield, California, and quickly staked out territory in the modern blackened death metal underground. The band's identity is built on that hybrid space where black metal atmosphere meets death metal weight, with lyrics and imagery pulled from themes of nihilism, entropy and humanity's own undoing.
‘Litany of Uncreation’ is their opening chapter — a debut EP that doubles as a mission statement. Expect blastbeats, tremolo riffs, gutturals, shrieks and an overall atmosphere that treats extremity as language, not decoration.
Hot News — Debut EP Out Now
‘Litany of Uncreation’ dropped on June 23, 2026 and is being pushed across playlist pitching, article coverage and track pitches to blackened / extreme metal tastemakers. For a debut, it lands with the confidence of a band several records deep.
Release Info
‘Litany of Uncreation’ by Agonysm is out now on Spotify, Bandcamp, SoundCloud, YouTube and all major streaming platforms.
Style & Vibe
Blackened death metal · nihilistic · atmospheric and brutal — for fans of Behemoth, Belphegor, Hate and Naglfar.
— Report by Metal Madness Weekly