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artist: Selenoplexia
title: Beneath the Lunar Tyrant
year: 2026
genre: Death Metal
type: Album
label: Independant
language: English
rel. date: 2026-10-09
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Joint Stereo
runtime: 00:36:40
size: 84.1 MiB / 6 tracks
rip date: 2026-10-09
source url: https://open.qobuz.com/album/oouinwmhnsbqv
tracklist:
01. Prologue 1:46
02. A Secret From Time's Past 6:09
03. The Battle of Agretes (Glory of Holy Warfare) 7:06
04. Ruins of Taivaraseem 6:27
05. Dreams of Wolves: Blood of Giants 3:52
06. Passing Through the Wounds of Abraxas 11:21
release notes:
Formed in 2021, Selenoplexia has developed a sound grounded in death and
black metal while reaching into doom, sludge, post-rock, and progressive
music. Guitarist Daniel, drummer Jonathan, bassist Sawyer, and vocalist
Courtney move between dissonant atmosphere and sheer aggression, with
songs built around shifting structures, stark contrasts, and a strong
sense of narrative.
The band released its debut EP in 2022, followed by its first
full-length, Exalt and Despair, on October 13, 2023. The album received
favorable attention from outlets including the Chicago Reader and
Denmark's Metalized. Selenoplexia has since played extensively throughout
Chicago and the Midwest, sharing bills with Goatwhore, Maul, Morta Skuld,
Deterioration, Escuela Grind, and others.
On October 9, 2026, Selenoplexia returns with its second full-length,
Beneath the Lunar Tyrant. Recorded with Colin Marston in the Pocono
Mountains, the 37-minute album takes the band's established sound into
more progressive and atmospheric territory while retaining the weight and
aggression of its earlier material.  
Structured as a prologue and five chapters, Beneath the Lunar Tyrant
tells the story of a young hero drawn into a struggle against the
sorcerer Uldor. The story unfolds through a world of ancient peoples,
demigods, holy warfare, and competing forces of faith and power. The
music develops alongside it, with recurring ideas, long-form passages,
and abrupt shifts between atmosphere, dissonance, and violence tying the
record together.
Beneath the Lunar Tyrant is a natural progression from Exalt and Despair:
broader in scope, more deliberate in its storytelling, and deeper in the
world surrounding it, while remaining unmistakably Selenoplexia.