BLACK SPIKES - Aurea

Pre-Order "Ydos" here: http://lnk.to/BlackSpikes-Ydos
Out on August 28th, 2026 via Napalm Records

Combing through the shadows, Napalm Records found another gem in BLACK SPIKES—the Lithuanian modern progressive band has signed their first record deal with the Austrian metal flagbearers. The quintet brings the darkness right along with them on its new album, Ydos, scheduled for August 28, 2026. The release comes shortly after BLACK SPIKES’ double nomination at their home country’s Grammy-comparable M.A.M.A. Music Awards and their tour with juggernauts Infected Rain. Ydos deals with the eponymous flaws of humanity, each explored in their own song, conceptually interwoven with sophisticated metal with a twist, serving as a complex mirror for us all.

BLACK SPIKES about “AUREA”:
“AUREA is the name we chose for the vice of pride. It grows within us when we are young and beautiful but becomes painful when time passes and that beauty fades. The song is released together with a music video filmed in the stunning Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology.”

Credits:
Mixed and mastered by Pavel Daniels Audio
Video by Rokas Baškys, Lumetri House
Actors – Matilda, Alina Žaliukaitė-Ramanauskienė, Agni, Sime, Gabrielė
Makeup artists – Ema Lukminaitė, Monika Šacikauskaistė
Designers - Monika Petrauskienė, Jomilė Balvočiūtė
Location - Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology


LYRICS (enable CC for translation):
AUREA (Pride)
Burning, my youth is burning
My power, uncontrollably burning
The green valley is gone
I walk forward - I
I walk towards death - I

Verse
In a glass tower, where mirrors whisper
In a glass tower - the mirror I pray to
While mirrors shine - I am a god
I bathe in youth

Chorus
In a glass tower, mirrors they whisper
In a glass tower the mirror I pray to

Bridge
As youth decays, the mirrors shatter
Only memory remains
Ancient treasures are all I have left, where memory leads me
Down to earth, where the sun still rises for the living
The green valley - it is gone
I walk forward - I
I walk towards death - I

Verse
In a glass tower, a half-empty soul
Youth left behind

Chorus
In a glass tower, mirrors they whisper
In a glass tower the mirror I pray to


BLACK SPIKES Live 2026

Tour Support for INFECTED RAIN, w/ Butcher Babies
25.03.26 UK - Glasgow / Slay
26.03.26 UK - Newcastle / Anarchy Brew
27.03.26 UK - Manchester / Club Academy
28.03.26 UK - London / O2 Academy Islington
29.03.26 UK - Bristol / Fleece
30.03.26 UK - Birmingham / O2 Institute
31.03.26 UK - Southampton / The 1865
01.04.26 UK - Brighton / Concorde 2
03.04.26 BE - Kortrijk / DVG Club
04.04.26 NL - Nijmegen / Doornroosje
07.04.26 DE - Essen / Turock
08.04.26 DE - Weinheim / Café Central
09.04.26 FR - Paris / La Machine
10.04.26 FR - Lyon / La Rayonne
11.04.26 ES - Barcelona / Salamandra
12.04.26 ES - Madrid / Mon
14.04.26 FR - Toulouse / Metronum
15.04.26 IT - Milan / Legend Club
16.04.26 CH - Zurich / Dynamo Saal
17.04.26 DE - Lindau / Club Vaudeville
18.04.26 DE - Munich / Backstage Halle
19.04.26 HU - Budapest / Barba Negra (Blue Stage)
20.04.26 AT - Vienna / Szene
22.04.26 PL - Warsaw / Hybrydy
23.04.26 DE - Hamburg / Bahnhof Pauli
24.04.26 DK - Copenhagen / Pumpehuset
25.04.26 SE - Stockholm / Kollektivet Livet
28.04.26 FI - Helsinki / Ääniwalli