Former ANALEPSY vocalist Ricardo Proença and DOWNFALL OF MANKIND guitarist Sérgio Páscoa feature in CRUCIVORE, the Portuguese brutal death metal band preparing to release its debut album, Desecration. The full-length arrives Friday, November 13, 2026 through Testimony Records.
The announcement supplies three current singles: “Devourer of Existence,” “Depths of Despair” and “The Banished Torment.” Each has a YouTube listening link; “Devourer of Existence” is the selected player accompanying this article.
On Desecration, CRUCIVORE combine brutal death metal and slam grooves with cavernous vocals, cinematic atmosphere and epic arrangements. The supplied album description emphasizes a dynamic approach, pairing the weight of those foundations with dramatic elements.
The musicians come from Lisbon and bring years of experience in Portugal’s death metal scene. Their biography connects the album’s atmosphere to an imagined darkness beneath the capital’s familiar streets, gardens and tiled walls. It describes “a sinister presence that haunts the tracks on CRUCIVORE's debut album,” framing the record through that sense of unease.
The press announcement recommends CRUCIVORE to listeners of Suffocation, Aborted, Skinless, Gorgasm, Benighted, Dying Fetus, Ingested, Carnifex and Embrace Your Punishment. Those reference points accompany a stated musical focus on death metal infused with brutal death and slam, with cinematic and dramatic qualities running through the debut.
