SHORES OF NULL Teams Up with CONVOCATION To Unleash "Latitudes of Sorrow" Split Album
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Two of doom metal’s most uncompromising forces, Italy's Shores of Null and Finland's Convocation, have joined together to unleash one of the heaviest and most emotionally devastating split albums in recent memory. Their new release, "Latitudes of Sorrow," premieres in full today via Doomed & Stoned, offering listeners an exclusive first encounter with this monumental collaboration before it is officially released from Everlasting Spew Records on Friday, November 21st.
"Latitudes of Sorrow" transcends the idea of a traditional split release, standing instead as a profound conversation between two unique visions of doom. Shores of Null’s melodic yet crushing sound collides with Convocation’s suffocating atmospheres, opening vast, introspective landscapes where grief, mortality, and inner turmoil reverberate. The outcome is a work of staggering weight and resonance, an album destined to haunt listeners long after its final echoes fade.
Hailed as “a union of all the many shades of doom, forging one of the most grievous and heavy splits you’ll encounter for years to come,” the record presents exclusive new material from both bands. Each track delves into themes of absence, loss, and existential struggle, offering two distinct but complementary approaches to the genre’s darkest depths.
Shores of Null open the split with three tracks that balance catchiness with crushing despair. 'An Easy Way' reflects on depression and human frailty, pairing memorable hooks with unrelenting darkness. 'The White Wound' draws inspiration from the tragic 2017 Hotel Rigopiano avalanche in Italy, weaving grief and anger into a soundscape of doom passages and blackened blastbeats. "The Year Without Summer" meditates on the catastrophic events that occurred globally in 1816 after the volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora, located in modern-day Indonesia. It features guest growls from MN of Convocation to heighten its apocalyptic atmosphere.
Convocation contributes two tracks steeped in suffocating heaviness and spectral atmospheres. 'Abaddon’s Shadow' and 'Empty Room' expand the split’s themes of absence and mortality, recorded at The Desolate Dungeon and mastered at Trollhouse Audio. Together, the five tracks form a cohesive journey through grief, devastation, and the haunting beauty of doom metal.
The Shores of Null side of "Latitudes of Sorrow" was written by Raffaele Colace, Gabriele Giaccari, and Davide Straccione, and produced in collaboration with Marco “Cinghio” Mastrobuono, who also handled mixing and mastering at Bloom Recording Studios in Rome, Italy. Convocation’s contribution was recorded and mixed at The Desolate Dungeon, with mastering completed at Trollhouse Audio. Final split and vinyl mastering duties were carried out by Carlo Altobelli at Toxic Basement, ensuring a unified sonic weight across both sides of the release.
The album’s artwork, created by LL of Convocation, depicts a spectral figure and an empty chair—an evocative image symbolizing presence in absence. This visual perfectly mirrors the record’s themes, as "Latitudes of Sorrow" unfolds musically and lyrically into a harrowing journey through grief, solitude, and the crushing inevitability of mortality.
"Latitudes of Sorrow" drops digitally and on CD and Cassette physical format on November 21st via Everlasting Spew Records. The vinyl edition of the split will be issued in Spring 2026.
Album countdown and pre-save: https://open.spotify.com/prerelease/79oGZH6MpwHGsTTmnLKo8D
Pre-Order:
Physical: https://bit.ly/42PbNY8
Digital: https://everlastingspew.bandcamp.com/album/latitudes-of-sorrow
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Track Listing:
1. Shores Of Null - An Easy Way - 5:56
2. Shores Of Null - The White Wound - 6:00
3. Shores Of Null - The Year Without Summer - 5:53
4. Convocation - Abaddon's Shadow - 10:31
5. Convocation - Empty Room - 8:55
Split Album Length: 37:17
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