The Scottish Highlands provide the setting for THE GREAT SEA’s new video for ‘Thirteen Moons,’ directed by David Gregory. Featuring guest vocals from Pelle Åhman, formerly of In Solitude, the song opens Silent Feeble Cries, the band’s second album, scheduled for international release on January 29, 2027 through AOP Records. The video is available on the label’s official YouTube channel.
The announcement connects the video’s natural landscapes with the album’s examination of humanity’s relationship with nature. It describes an approach that avoids gratuitous visual effects and AI-generated imagery, using the natural world to express the record’s themes.
Across Silent Feeble Cries, THE GREAT SEA expand their black metal songwriting with greater aggression and an increased presence of melancholy. Solemn, expansive passages remain part of a musical approach built around nature and its forces. The lyrics address reconnection with nature alongside ecstatic madness, decay, corruption and decline.
The announcement describes that reconnection as ‘a surrender to the eternal cycle of becoming and passing away.’ Its account of the album emphasizes humanity’s return to its origins and continued place within that cycle, despite existence’s cruelty and transience. Through the music, the band seek to give listeners a temporary sense of immersion in primal nature.
Lead vocalist A. returns alongside guest vocalists Azathoth of Gràb, formerly of Dark Fortress, and Phil ‘sG’ Jonas of Crone, formerly of Secrets Of The Moon. Åhman joins that vocal cast on ‘Thirteen Moons.’
The recording sessions took place in two settings. Drums, bass and most vocals were recorded at the band’s own studio in Germany, while guitars and keyboards were recorded in a remote, snow-covered Swedish cabin near lakes Vänern and Vättern. Janosch Rathmer handled recording, production and mixing, maintaining the band’s DIY approach. Conventional drum samples were omitted to retain the performances’ natural dynamics and energy. Tom Porcell handled mastering.
Benjamin König / Sperber Illustrationen supplied the cover artwork. The announcement credits the photographs to Janosch Rathmer.
Founded in 2022 by Rathmer and Stefan Hackländer, THE GREAT SEA released their debut album, Noble Art of Desolation, in 2025. The announcement reports that the debut placed third in Rock Hard’s soundcheck and fourth in Metal.de’s soundcheck, receiving 6/7 from Metal Hammer and 85/100 from Aardschok. The band made their live debut at Prophecy Fest 2025 in the packed Balver Höhle and subsequently performed at Rock Hard Festival 2026.
Three announced shows accompany the January release: Dresden on January 29, Weiher on January 30 and Oberhausen on January 31. Ticket access is supplied through the band’s Linktree.
- Thirteen Moons — 8:49
- Ashborn Ruins — 5:46
- Meadow of Broken Horses — 7:23
- Under the Firelight — 4:51
- I Am Not of Your World — 5:47
- Within Cold Veins — 3:20
- The Mountains Regent — 9:13
- January 29, 2027 — Dresden — HD Rock & Metal Bar
- January 30, 2027 — Weiher — Live Music Hall
- January 31, 2027 — Oberhausen — Helvete
